Rachel Katherine Schofield (born 13 March 1976 in

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) is an English career coach and former

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and

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Education

Schofield was educated at St Margaret's School,

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, an

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for girls. She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages (French, German and Italian) at

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( St John's College), where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–98, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99, she did a

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course at the London College of Printing (now called the

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Radio and television career

She started her career at the

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in 1999 and also reported for ''

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''. She then moved to be a reporter for

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before joining

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. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a

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basis. At the beginning of September 2020, she co-hosted the ''

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'' show for one week, standing in for the regular show co-host Storm Huntley.

Personal life

She met the then ''

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'' reporter

in the run-up to the 2001 general election when he was touring Britain in a VW camper van. The couple married in 2002 and live in west London with their two daughters.

References

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Rachel Schofield Q and A's
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