john dunford consulting
Tur Langton
Sir John Dunford During his 50-year career in education, John Dunford has held a
wide range of roles. These were outlined in the introduction to his book, ‘The
School Leadership Journey’, published in November 2016 by John Catt.
http://www.johncattbookshop.com/the-school-leadership-journey John was general
secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (formerly the
Secondary Heads Association) from 1998 to 2010. Prior to that, he was a member
of the leadership team of three secondary schools in the north-east of England
from 1974 to 1998, including 16 years as head of Durham Johnston Comprehensive
School, an 11-18 school with 1500 pupils. John was a member of the Councils of
Durham and Nottingham Universities for 11 and 6 years respectively and was a
member of the Local Government Association’s Commission on the Organisation of
the School Year. He was chair of Whole Education from 2010 to 2019, the
Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors from 2011 to 2014 and of the
charity Step Together Volunteering from 2010 to 2018. He served on the board of
trustees of Teach First and the advisory board of Future Leaders from the
inception of those organisations and was a member of the governing council of
the National College for School Leadership. John was the government’s National
Pupil Premium Champion from 2013 to 2015, an independent role in which he worked
with schools, trusts, teaching schools and local authorities on the effective
use of the pupil premium to raise the educational achievement of disadvantaged
pupils, reporting back to the Department for Education on issues raised by
school leaders and teachers. John is a trustee of the Learn Academies Trust in
south Leicestershire.
