Sir Bruce Liddington
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Speaker Topics
- Secondary
- School Improvement
- Raising Standards
- Performance Management
- People and Adults
- Opening new schools
- National Reform
- Governers' Responsibilities
- Education Policy
- Diversity
- Academies and Trusts
Introduction
Sir Bruce Liddington qualified as a teacher after graduating in English at Queen Mary University, London. After a period head of English and deputy head at schools in Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire, he was appointed Head of Northampton School for Boys in 1986. He took the school from a state of failure to huge success. In 1999 he moved to the department for education where he held senior posts in the academies team before being appointed Schools Commissioner for England.
In 2009 he was appointed as Director General of multi academy sponsor E-ACT, with a remit to develop and improve educational prospects for pupils in the trust’s academies.
Sir Bruce’s key ingredients for the success of the academies are: focused and professional governance; effective and inspirational leadership; absolute standards – of behaviour, learning and attainment; the best facilities and equipment; good training and coaching for all staff; uncompromising challenge and review; partnerships – with councils, and other good schools, further and higher education, and business
Current Positions Held
2009 – Present - Director General of E-ACT
Personal Achievements and Awards
2000 – Knighted for his services to Education in the New Years Honours List
Relevant Career and Professional Background
2006 - 2009 - Schools Commissioner for England.
1999 - 2006 - Department for Education held senior posts in the Academies Team.
1986 – 1999 - Head, Northampton School for Boys.