Andrew Read
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Speaker Topics
- Workforce Reform
- Wellbeing
- System Change and Transformation
- School Improvement
- Safeguarding
- Professional Development
- Leadership
- Inspection
Introduction
Andrew is an experienced professional with extensive commercial, strategic and operational management success. He has particular expertise in the inculcation of commercial disciplines and entrepreneurial attitudes within schools, new academies, local government and charities.
His work has focussed on market change in the education service industry, academy formation, sustainable school federation, large scale cost centre reform, transition of public services to traded delivery and new coalition instruments for performance measurement
Current Positions Held
Director of Pearson Publishing Group, Cambridge
Principle and founder of The Cambridge Institute of Technology
Governor, King’s College Choir School, King’s College, Cambridge
Governor, Houghton Community Primary, Cambridge Local Authority
Lead Facilitator, The Primary Academy Network
Senior Advisor, The Children’s Centre Support Network
Senior Partner, UK Education Research and Innovation
Lead Sponsor, The National Online Schools Gallery
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
Personal Achievements and Awards
Author of 17professional books and digital guidance resources
Author of 1 Children’s book
Participant and lead presenter in “Film in Education” productions
Relevant Career and Professional Background
Ministerial advisory committee member appointed by the Shadow Education Minister 2002
TDA advisor on the formulation of the new “National Curriculum in IT for Initial Teacher Trainers” rolled out initially in 1999
OFSTED Inspector for 8 years
Local Government Ombudsman fieldworker
Associate Lecturer University of Cambridge – 1995 – 1997
School SLT member and Departmental Head - 1992 – 1997
IAPS subject advisor
Voluntary and Non- Executive roles:
Charity trustee, National Science Alive Education Centre
Charity Trustee, The Felixstowe Learning Trust
Director – School –Data research partnership
Director – Intuition educational software
Sponsor, OASIS Learning Academies (Asia)
Senior external editorial advisor, The Education News organisation
Chair, National Register of Outstanding Learners in Education