Samantha joined Schools Week in February 2020. She became chief reporter in 2023 and then deputy editor in 2026. Her specialisms include covering England’s SEND system.

In 2025, she won Specialist Journalist of the Year at The Press Awards for her reporting on the SEND crisis. She has also been longlisted for The Paul Foot Award 2022 and highly commended at the British Journalism Awards 2023.

Prior to this, she worked at award-winning local newspapers the Camden New Journal and the Croydon Advertiser.