Who’s who on the task forces
surrounds the workings of its numerous and influential task forces. The TES
publishes the first comprehensive list of those chosen to serve behind
closed doors
Red tape working group
Help for stressed teachers, cut bureaucracy and identify best practice.
Report due in the autumn
Peter Owen (chair) DFEE
Peter Smith general secretary ATL
Nigel de Gruchy general secretary NASUWT
Rowie Shaw NAHT
John Bangs NUT
David Jones PAT
Colin Broomfield head of Cheshunt school, SHA
Pat Petch chair NGC
John Fowler LGA
Greg Hill Solihull education officer
Michael Collier chief executive FAS
John Taylor OFSTED
Tony Millns QCA
Stephen Hillier TTA
Colin Muid central IT unit, Cabinet Office
Graham Walker Arthur Andersen
Tony Cann TDS Cad-Graphics
Standards task force
“To unite the education service” in the drive to raise standards, promote
good practice, secure delivery of literacy and numeracy targets
David Blunkett (chair) Education Secretary
Stephen Byers school standards minister(deputy chair)
Tim Brighouse (vice chair) CEO Birmingham
Chris Woodhead (vice chair) chief inspector
Michael Barber (secretary) director of the school standards and
effectiveness unit, DFEE
David Puttnam film director
John Baker chair, National Power
Anthea Millett chief executive, TTA
Nick Tate chief executive, QCA
William Atkinson head, Phoenix high school, London
Carole Evans head, Priory school, Slough
Sue Pearson head, Lache junior school, Chester
Janet Warwick head, Rhyn Park school, Oswestry
David Winkley head, Grove primary, Birmingham
Carol Adams CEO, Shropshire
David Bell CEO, Newcastle
Chrissie Garrett assistant principal, Banbury school, Banbury
David Hargreaves professor of education, Cambridge
Stephen Heppell director of Ultra-Lab, Anglia Poly University
Jill Kieran deputy head, Whiteheath infants, Middlesex
Simon Lee Liverpool Hope University College
Janet Major teacher, Bungay high school, Suffolk
John McBeath Strathclyde University
Heidi Safia Mirza South Bank University
Peter Owen DFEE
Numeracy task force
Assess evidence on teaching methods, examine educational and social factors
that might affect performance
David Reynolds (chair) professor of education, Newcastle University
Margaret Brown professor of maths, King’s College, London
David Burghes centre for innovation in maths teaching, Exeter University
Chris Robson Leeds University and chair of the Joint Mathematical Council
Anita Straker director, national numeracy project
Carol Robinson head, William Ford primary, London
Martin Armstrong deputy head, Marlwood school, South Gloucs
Margaret Dawes KPMG consultants
Pat Petch NGC
Anne Waterhouse head, Orsmkirk Asmall primary, Lancs
Literacy task force
Raise primary literacy standards
Michael Barber (chair) director of the school standards and effectiveness
unit, DFEE
David Reynolds professor of education, Newcastle University
Anne Waterhouse head, Orsmkirk Asmall primary, Lancs
John Botham head, Greenwood junior, Nottingham
Mary Gray retired head
Diane Wright NCPTA
Simon Goodenough NGC
David Pitt-Watson Deloitte and Touche
Mike Raleigh OFSTED
Ken Follett novelist
New Deal task force
Marketing policies on youth and long-term unemployed.
Peter Davis (chair) group chief executive, Prudential
Shami Ahmed Joe Bloggs Jeans
Christopher Haskins chair, Northern Foods
Ian McAllister chair, Ford UK
Stephanie Monk human resources director, Granada
John Roberts chief executive, the Post Office
Michael Wemms managing director, operations, Tesco
Rodney Bickerstaff general secretary, UNISON
Bill Morris general secretary, TGWU
John Harman leader, Kirklees Council
Jenny Shackleton principal, Wirral Metropolitan College
Helen Edwards chief executive, NACRO
Tom Shebbeare director, Prince’s Trust
Alison Millward chair, Groundwork Black Country
Victor Adebowale chief executive, Centrepoint
Valerie Scoular director of customer service, British Airways
New Deal advisory group
Carry out work in support of the task force’s remit
John Bright director of field operations, Crime Concern
Rita Britton director, Pollyanna
Christine Carling director, NACVS
Paul Convery director, Unemployment Unit, and the Training and Enterprise
Network
Andrea Cook director, National Energy Action
Jeremy Crook director, Black Training and Enterprise group
John Davidson formerly chief executive, Groundwork Trust
Annmarie Dixon-Barrow Project Fullemploy
David Eade principal, Barnsley College
Stuart Etherington chief executive, NCVO
Dan Finn school of social and historical studies, Portsmouth University
Carolyn Hayman chief executive, Foyer Federation for Youth
Chris Humphries chief executive, TEC national council
Amanda Jordan public and community affairs, NatWest Group
Richard Layard London School of Economics
Bert Massie director, RADR
Samantha Peters general secretary, British Youth Council
Iain Roxborough chief executive, Coventry City Council
Judith Rutherford director, London TEC council
Alan Sinclair chief executive, Wise Group
Michael Ward director, Centre for Local Economic Strategies
Howard Williamson school of social and administrative studies, Cardiff
University
Chris Woodcock head of corporate affairs, Kellogg’s
Shelagh Woolliscroft general secretary, CSNA
Continuing education advisory group
Advise on adult, lifelong and work based learning, draw up proposals for a
white paper, flesh out the “University for Industry”. Report due by
autumn.
Bob Fryer (chair) principal, Northern College
Alan Tuckett (vice chair) director, NIACE
Jacqui Bufton Gloucestershire County Council
Carolyn Daines WEA
John Field Jordanstown Campus
Dan Finn University of Portsmouth
Hywel Francis University of Wales
Leisha Fullick chief executive, Lewisham, London
Pat Gale Darlington College of Technology
Lucia Jones BBC
Sarah Perman TUC
Tom Schuller Edinburgh University
Peter Scott Leeds University
Maggie Semple Arts Council
Gordon Stokes North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
David Taylor Potterson Myson
Janice Shiner FEFC
Maureen Banbury OFSTED
Felicity Everiss DFEE
Special needs advisory group
Advise on the contents of a green paper to be published this month, oversee
implementation of action plan for special needs
Estelle Morris (chair) education minister
Paul Ennals director of education and employment, RNIB (vice-chair)
Gordon Bull principal, Newbury College
Clive Danks head, Round Oak school and support service, Leamington Spa
Gillian Dawson SEN co-ordinator, Sandford primary, Leeds
Michael de Val director of education, Torfaen Council
Alan Dyson Newcastle University
Tim Exell head, Wendover House special school, Aylesbury
Chrissie Garrett SEN co-ordinator, Banbury school
Moira Gibb social services director, Kensington and Chelsea, London
Paul Lincoln education director, Essex
Pauline Maddison chief education services officer, Bexley Council
Vincent McDonnell principal education officer, Staffordshire, and chair of
SEN committee of SEO
Kate McRae head, Alvaston junior school, Alvaston
Richard Rieser teacher, Hackney, member of SEN Training Consortium
Philippa Russell director, Council for Disabled Children
Dela Smith head, Beaumont Hill special school, Darlington
Sandra Tomlinson vice chair, NGC
Vanessa Wiseman head, Langdon School, London
School framework consultative group
Develop policy and legislation for the new framework for schools, offer
advice and act as sounding board
Pauline Latham chair, GMSAC
David Whitbread head of education, LGA
John Sutton general secretary, SHA
David Hart general secretary, NAHT
David Cracknell chair, SEO
Roy Jobson chair, ACEO,
George Phipson chair, AHGMS
Margaret Smart director, Catholic Education Service
Geoffrey Duncan Church of England board of education
University for Industry advisory group
Draft blueprint of the University for Industry
David Brown (chair) chair, Motorola Mathew Evans chair, Library
Information Commission, chair Faber Faber
John Gray principal Newark Sherwood College
Chris Humphries chief executive, TEC national council
Lesley James director human resources, Tesco
Diana Laurillard pro vice-chancellor Open University
John Lloyd education officer AEEU
Margaret Salmon director of personnel BBC
Cob Stenham chair Argo Wiggins Appleton plc, deputy chair Telewest
Communications
Wilf Stevenson director British Film Institute
Peter Welch chair WSP Group, deputy chair Holliday Chemical Holdings
Michael Willis MP
KEY TO ACRONYMS * ACEO Association of Chief Education Officers l AHGMS Association of Heads of GM Schools l AEEU Almalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union l ATL Association of Teachers and Lecturers l CSNA Careers Services National Association l DFEE Department for Education and Employment l FAS Funding Agency for Schools l FEFC Further Education Funding Council l GMSAC Grant-Maintained Schools Advisory Committee l HMCGSA Headmasters’ ConferenceGirls’ Schools Association l HSE Health and Safety Executive l LGA Local Government Association l NACRO National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders l NACVS National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service l NAHT National Association of Head Teachers l NASUWT National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers l NCPTA National Confederation of Parent-Teacher Associations l NCVO National Council for Voluntary Organisations l NGC National Governors’ Council l NIACE National Institute for Adult Continuing Education l NUT National Union of Teachers l OFSTED Office for Standards in Education lPAT Professional Association of Teachers l QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority l RADR Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation l RNIB Royal National Institute for the Blind l SEN Special educational needs l SEO Society of Education Officers l SHA Secondary Heads Association lTGWU Transport and General Workers’ Union l TTA Teacher Training Agency lWEA Workers’ Educational Association
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