[3] The GRSM is a diploma that may be regarded as a pass degree for the purpose of teacher training.

In 1986, Vann entered Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college.

[2] In September 2008, she took up the appointment, having been installed as Archdeacon of Rochdale during a service at Manchester Cathedral.

[2] In February 2013, Vann was elected Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York.

[12][13] Since 2021, Vann is a patron of the Open Table Network, an ecumenical Christian community for LGBT people and their allies.