Complex sentence: After leaving school at the age of 14 she learned shorthand and typing and became the secretary to the head of Dr Challoner's Grammar School, before training as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, then moving to London to train as a midwife.
Split into simpler sentences: After leaving school at the age of 14 she learned shorthand and typing and became the secretary to the head of Dr Challoner's Grammar School. She then trained as a nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, and moved to London to receive training to become a midwife.