Curriculum Vitae

Summary of Qualifications	Teaching Certificate: 1971 Bachelor of Education (Hons),UniversityofReading: 1972 Master of Philosophy, University ofSouthampton: 1991

Professional Experience	Director, Hamdon Educaton Ltd - 2002 -Current Senior Consultant, CfBT Education Services - 1999 - 2002 Consultant in Education & Community Development (Self Employed) - 1989 - 1999 General Manager, Eastpoint Community Education Project, Southampton - 1986 - 1989 Acting Headteacher, Solway Community School, Cumbria Deputy Headteacher 1981 Research Fellow (Seconded), University of Leicester Schl. of Edn Division Head/Head of Drama, Earl of Shilton College, Leicestershire Teacher/Deputy Division Head, Bosworth College, Leicestershire Teacher, Islington Green Secondary School, London Teacher, St Angelo's Preparatory School, Ealing, London

Professional Memberships	Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts National Teaching Awards, 2007: Distinction Chair, Kala Chethana Kathakali Troupe Governor, Hightown First School, Southampton (Vice chair), 1988-92 Governor, Woodlands Community School, Southampton 1988-98 (Chair, 92-96) Governor, Norton-sub-Hamdon Church of England Primary School, Somerset, 2000- (Chair, 01- 05) & West Chinnock Primary School, 2010 - Governor, Stanchester Community School, Somerset 2004 – 2011 (Chair, 07-11) Governor (DfES), Sandwell Academy, West Bromwich, 2006 - 2008 IEB Member, Archbishop Cranmer Primary School, 2012-13 Visiting Fellow, University of Leicester School of Education, 1979-81 Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton School of Education, 1989-91 Advisor/Assessor, Investors in People Member, Society of Education Consultants Performance Management Consultant: DfES accredited DfES accredited trainer of governors in performance management Writer, Nelson Thornes Primary Digest Affiliated Field Consultant, Bath Spa University

Consultancies	National College for School Leadership CfBT Education Services (Senior Consultant) Supplementary Schools Support Service National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Community Education Development Centre (CEDC) Charities Evaluation Service Action for Governor Information & Training (AGIT) Grant Maintained Schools Centre

Areas of Expertise	Management: Through secondary school teaching, senior school managment to headship level; establishment and management of a large community education project. Research and evaluation: Through research fellowships at the Universities of Leicester and Southampton; research projects with Southampton City Council; University of North London; NCVO (‘Advancing Good Management’ project); CEDC; evaluation projects for NCVO, Borough of Sandwell, Keen Students Supplementary School, Whitechapel; Grant Maintained Schools Centre; Victoria Venture, Sandwell; Hampshire & South Coast Community Work Forum; London Borough of Haringey; Supplementary Schools Support Service; Sure Start Haringey. Support, Facilitation and Development: Through work with London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Southwark; Sure Start, Haringey; Dorset Education Department; Keen Students School, Whitechapel; Southampton MIND; Sandwell TEC; Sandwell Caring for Carers; Sandwell Tenants & Residents Federation; Victoria Visiting Venture, Smethwick; British Sociological Association; Cruse Bereavement Care; Portsmouth Mediation Service; Headlamp Hampshire; City Academies Trust; National Remodelling Team; National College for School Leadership (Multi-Agency Development Team; Leadership Challenge; Leadership In Multi Agency Context) Training: Of headteachers, staff and governors of LEA and independent schools; with around 70 LAs, Diocesan Authorities, Governors Wales; AGIT, CEDC, GMSC. Writing & delivering Welsh national training for school governors. Production of training materials for national course for governors in Wales. Co-Writer of national DfES-funded NVQ course for tutors/organiser in Supplementary Schools, December 2002-May 2003. Every Child Matters: Consultant Facilitator for the National Remodelling Team/Training & Development Agency, Extended Schools; NCSL Multi Agency Development Team & Leadership Challenge. Performance Management: DfES-accredited consultant/trainer, 2000 (registered with ISCA consortium.) ‘Embedding Performance Management’, 2002. DfES-accredited trainer of governors in Performance Management, 2000; Co-Writer of national training materials in Performance Management for DfES, March-September, 2003 Coaching: Mentoring and coaching new headteachers (e.g. Headlamp) and other leaders for LAs, using Solution Focused approaches

Select Projects	Headspace: Coaching Support for Headteachers, Worklife Support, 2013- Consultant, National Governors' Association, 2013- Governor Support & Development, Diocese of Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust, 2012-14 Keynote conference addresses: Calderdale, Sheffield, Kirklees, Barnsley, 2012-13 Guardian Travel Writers' Prize: Runner-up, 2012 Interim Executive Board, Archbishop Cranmer Primary School, Taunton (2012-13) WorkingInSchool.net: A virtual staffroom, June 2012 - present College of Teachers: The Governance of Schools: A course for governors, 2011-13 Writer/Trainer, Forum Business Media, 2010- Organisational review, Sandwell Young Carers, Sandwell Children’s Trust, 2010 Writer: Philip Allen (Hodder) INSET in a Box, 2010 Consultant/Facilitator: Children’s Trust Challenge Programme, NCSCL, 2009-10 WorkLife Support: Programme Consultant, Well-Being Project, 2008- NCSL: Leading in the Multi Agency Context - Events for Primary Headteachers, 2007-08 Multi Agency Development Team Development for NCSL, Training the Trainers, 2007-08 Teaching Award Finalist (Distinction) 2007 (DfES Governor of the Year) Consultancy to Governing Body, The Junior & Senior Schools, Nicosia, Cyprus Leicester Complementary Schools Trust: Preparation of accredited course for Tutors, 2006-07 Battersea Sure Start Team Development, 2006 NCSL: Consultant facilitator, Leadership Challenge 2006-07 Update of NPQH Units for NCSL, Autumn, 2005 National Remodelling Team/Training & Development Agency: Consultant Facilitator, Extended Schools Regional Consultant training, 2005-06 National College for School Leadership: Consultant Facilitator, Multi Agency Team Development, 2005-06 (teams in Tooting, Hackney, Battersea) Evaluation and support for a CfBT-funded Research Project: Raising Achievement among KS2 Bangladeshi Children 2004-05 Keynote speaker: Qatar Supreme Education Council/British Council, Qatar Symposium: Ensuring Excellence through Leadership & Assessment, 15-16 February, 2005 NCSL Hotseat Guest Contributor, Financial Management in Schools, Sept-Oct 2004 Speaker at the DfES/Ofsted Governors’ Conference, March 2004 Representing the British Council & DfES in seminars with Russian educationists, lawyers and members of parliament on the introduction of new systems of school governance throughout the Russian Federation, Moscow, 2003 Co-Writing of support guide, videos and other training material for governors in performance management for the DfES, 2003 Development of NOCN-accredited Tutor Training programme for Supplementary School Tutor/Organisers (DfES/Supplementary Schools Support Service, 2003-04) Support for Governors and Governing Bodies in Southend on Sea: A survey and needs analysis Moderated School Self-Review for Governing Bodies: A Self Evaluation Programme for CfBT Best Practice Review for the DfES Supplementary Schools Support Service Governors Wales: Preparation and delivery of OCN accredited national training course for governors Southend on Sea: Delivery of training and consultancy to school governors and headteachers, 2000 - London Diocesan Board for Schools: Provision of governor training and conference, 2000 Family Learning: An evaluation for Haringey LEA, 2000 Developing Multi-Agency Work: A consultancy, research and training project for Sure Start Haringey Early Excellence Centres: A Research Project for Haringey LEA & the DfEE, 1999 & 2001 Attached consultant on school improvement: Westminster School Improvement Project, Nord Anglia, 1999-2001 Schools with serious weaknesses and in special measures: Workshops for Southwark governing bodies, 1999-2000 Headlamp Hampshire: Mentoring for new headteachers, 1997-2000 School Governor Services, Dorset Education Department: Training and consultancy, 1992-99