Sam Schofield Coming out the pod

Sam is a teacher and head of cricket at Trinity School, a private school in South London with an impressive sporting alumnae. In this episode Sam talks about life as a teacher during the pandemic and also about how when rumours began circulating amongst the students about his sexuality, he "took ownership" by leading assemblies for the students in which he talked about being gay and LGBT issues which has no part played a significant role in his school having a LGBT society and openly gay students. Sam talks about how he first came out to a friend whilst watching cricket at the Oval and how his father suddenly died before he had begun telling his family about his sexuality. Sam is a keen sportsman. He plays football for London Titans FC and as well as playing cricket, Sam is involved in coaching the England physical disability team.