Experience

National Strategies

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Adviser, Behaviour and Attendance

  • 2007 - Present

  Leading and managing a team of ten regional advisers working with 50 English local authorities and their schools in improving behaviour, increasing attendance, reducing exclusions, promoting social and emotional aspects of learning. This involves team leadership, the strategic development of the programme, event management, programme development, quality assurance, web writing, reporting, and working with local and regional government, HE institutions and schools. Leading and managing a team of ten regional advisers working with 50 English local authorities and their schools in improving behaviour, increasing attendance, reducing exclusions, promoting social and emotional aspects of learning. This involves team leadership, the strategic development of the programme, event management, programme development, quality assurance, web writing, reporting, and working with local and regional government, HE institutions and schools.



National Healthy Schools Programme

• Public Health

• National Coordinator

  • 2004 - 2007

  Working within the Department of Health liaising with senior civil servants and policy boards, leading and managing a team of nine regional coordinators working with all 150 local authorities and 152 PCTs in England. Strategic and programme development, quality assurance. Working with a large number of government departments e.g. DfES (now DfE), DCMS, Home Office, Department of Transport, Food Standards Agency, with quangos such as the School Food Trust, NICE, Ofsted and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and with pressure/special interest groups such as the PSHE Association, Citizenship Foundation and parent groups. Leading and chairing standing committees on healthy eating and physical activity. Serving on the Department of Health expert group on obesity. Show less



Department for Education and Skills

• Government Administration

• National Adviser to the National Healthy School Standard

  • 2001 - 2004

  Working from the Health Development Agency (now defunct) supporting the strategic and operational development of the National Healthy Schools Standard, supporting a number of regional coordinators who in turn were working with partnerships of local authorities and PCTs. Working with a number of government departments. Advising on the suitability of programmes and strategies to schools. Working from the Health Development Agency (now defunct) supporting the strategic and operational development of the National Healthy Schools Standard, supporting a number of regional coordinators who in turn were working with partnerships of local authorities and PCTs. Working with a number of government departments. Advising on the suitability of programmes and strategies to schools.



Kirklees Local Education Authority

• Various

  • 1976 - 2001

  PSHE adviser and raising boys’ achievement manager (1993-2001) Health Education Adviser (1989-1993) Drugs Awareness Co-ordinator (1986-1989) Whitcliffe Mount (13-18) School, Cleckheaton (1976-1986) PSHE adviser and raising boys’ achievement manager (1993-2001) Health Education Adviser (1989-1993) Drugs Awareness Co-ordinator (1986-1989) Whitcliffe Mount (13-18) School, Cleckheaton (1976-1986)