Rachel Schofield

Rachel Katherine Schofield (born 13 March 1976 in Winchester, Hampshire)^[1] is an English career coach and former journalist and news presenter.

Rachel Schofield
Schofield at the 2023 Chiswick Book Festival
Born	Rachel Katherine Schofield (1976-03-13) 13 March 1976 (age 49) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Education	St Margaret's School, Exeter
Alma mater	Durham University
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	BBC
Television	BBC News
Spouse	Jeremy Vine ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2

Education

Schofield was educated at St Margaret's School, Exeter, an independent school for girls.^{[citation needed]}

She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages^[2] (French, German and Italian) at Durham University (St John's College),^[3] where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–98, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99, she did a Broadcast Journalism course^[4] at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Communication).

Radio and television career

She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North. She then moved to be a reporter for BBC Radio 4 before joining BBC News. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a freelance basis.

At the beginning of September 2020, she co-hosted the Jeremy Vine show for one week, standing in for the regular show co-host Storm Huntley.^[2]

Personal life

She met the then Newsnight reporter Jeremy Vine 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.^[5][6]