Rouane was raised in Canada before coming to the UK for her Sixth Form in a northern comprehensive school and going on to study English at Oxford. She later studied Theatre, directing at Tel Aviv University and Victoria, British Columbia. She lived for years in Nigeria and Turkey where she taught in local schools. She went on to teach in Forest Gate, London and schools in Letchworth Garden City, Biggleswade and Royston before becoming Head of Giles Nursery and Infants School, Stevenage, in 2011 where she has been ever since.
Rouane also worked for many years as part of County’s Early Years advisory body, supporting settings to improve their practice and working as part of the team that developed HQS, now a national kitemark for excellence in Early Years.
Rouane lives in Letchworth Garden City. Her three children all studied at St Chris and she has had a connection with the school since 1998, being for many years a member – and then Chair – of the Parents’ Circle during the jurisdiction of three successive head teachers. So, Rouane knows the School and its history well. She is a lapsed French horn player, adores a Capella singing and in a misspent youth was lead singer in various rock bands. She believes passionately that pupils learn and thrive in a caring, creative environment.
