David Peck is CEO of the Curriculum Foundation, and has
been a consultant with the organisation since it
was founded in 2009. He is a curriculum specialist working
with governments and schools in the UK
and internationally, as well as a Leadership and
Management Coach supporting head teachers and senior
and middle leaders with school improvement.
Dave has been head teacher of a large urban
comprehensive school and has also worked for a
Local Authority, specialising in 14–19 developments.
He was the founding Chair of a network of ten
secondary schools and he led the Steering Group
of the Heads of Language Colleges.
Martin Baxter has a track record of curriculum development and
assessment that extends over 30 years. He has taught and
supported teaching and leaders in primary, special and secondary
schools, led on aspects of the school curriculum in the UK and
overseas, inspected schools and Initial Teacher Education, developed
a strategy to improve schools through early intervention, and was a
successful headteacher. He has been the Chair of Governors of a
school in challenging circumstances and is currently the Chair of a
school which provides children with a rich curriculum such that
standards are now well above the national average.
Martin is a Fellow of the RSA and is committed to developing
self-improving schools through partnerships, which develop
and draw on the expertise of the partners. He uses his
experience and enthusiasm to improve learning and to
evaluate and support the development of effective
governance, school leadership, the curriculum,
and assessment.
Sue Boyle is an Early Childhood Development specialist,
but she has worked across all phases of education and in research.
She was an Ofsted Inspector for over 20 years and also a
consultant to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
during the development of the Secondary National Curriculum
and the ill-fated Rose Curriculum of 2009.
Sue has worked extensively with the Curriculum Foundation on
National Curriculum projects and teacher training in a variety of
countries in the Middle East and Africa.
Narinder Gill has worked for over two decades in the educational field, successfully leading three schools as head teacher. She has been involved in policy development with central government and has presented at national conferences as a keynote speaker. A certified leadership coach, Narinder has worked with heads and leadership teams to improve outcomes for children, and contributed to succession plans through developing the next generation of leaders. The approaches she uses include developing a ‘growth mindset’ through embedding the strategies and behaviours needed to successfully embrace change, persevere in the face of adversity, acquire mental toughness and bounce back from setbacks.
Kelly Green has a background in primary education, with a
specialisation in emotional and physical health and wellbeing.
In recent years she has worked with Gloucestershire Healthy Living
and Learning and Facts4Life, supporting schools to promote better
health outcomes for their youngsters. She has also written a
number of teaching resources, with accompanying training,
on emotional and physical health themes.
Through her own organisation, LearnHappy.org.uk, Kelly
continues to work with other agencies and individuals to improve
awareness of and provision for emotional health and wellbeing
around the UK.
Colin Jackson has worked in education for 27 years, initially as a
secondary Drama and English teacher before becoming head of an
expressive arts faculty. He went on to become Arts Education
Consultant for City of York Council, where his work focused on developing
arts provision within schools as well as supporting the development
of learning and outreach provision with cultural organisations and artists.
In 2011 he founded Creative Learning Partnerships.
Colin has played a fundamental role in the development of Arts Council
England’s Arts Award and Artsmark schemes. Recent work includes
the delivery of a learning programme for Illuminating York, delivery
of the annual Yorkshire Schools Dance Festival, a learning strategy
for the UNESCO Guild of Media Arts and input into the planning
stages of a new creative art academy in York.
Dr Brian Male is a curriculum design specialist and
author of books on curriculum design. He is a former
headteacher, inspector, advisor and lecturer who has
also worked on national UK projects such as for
Building Schools for the Future and Excellence in
Cities, and for QCA.
He has worked extensively with governments around
the world on curriculum change, teacher education
and assessment.
Jane Martin has more than 15 years’ experience in all aspects of senior
leadership, including Quality Assurance roles within two different Initial
Teacher Education organisations and the provision of leadership
development support through the National College on the Tomorrow’s
Heads Programme. Having worked in education for over 30 years,
Jane has accumulated a great deal of knowledge, understanding and
expertise. She is a dynamic leader with a strong work ethic who is
able to interact with both people and settings with empathy and
an invaluable sense of humour.
Jane is a specialist provider of interim leadership support to
schools in challenging settings and knows how to get the best
from people in these contexts by tailoring her leadership
approach.
Richard Martin works as a consultant in education with a range of
organisations, schools and groups, in the UK and abroad.
Richard has over 20 years’ successful experience as a head teacher
in several primary schools, as Co-ordinator of Gloucester Excellence
Cluster and as Lead Developer of Gloucester City Curriculum.
He has extensive experience of developing curricula across groups
of schools and influencing the national dimension.
For the past ten years Richard has been working with a wide range
of people across the spectrum of education to develop and improve
the curriculum, ensuring it is relevant, appropriate, interesting,
effective and exciting, and reflecting the full learning
experience.
Pam Mundy is Director of Pam Mundy Associates and Director of
International Early Years. She is an international speaker, author and
consultant. Pam is also a qualified CIS Team Leader, a UK Ofsted
Inspector and an Early Years/Primary Specialist.
Pam has recently held the positions of Chief Academic Officer for
Knightsbridge Schools International and was previously Director
for Quality Assurance and Professional Development for the
World Class Learning Group, based in Houston, Texas. She worked
with the National College for Teaching and Leadership as Lead
Associate for Early Years, working with Early Years Teaching
Schools, representing the National College at National
and International conferences as a keynote speaker
and also led out on the National Children’s Centre
Leadership Network.
Linda Peck has worked with the Curriculum Foundation since
2012. She has extensive school improvement and inspection
experience, is a qualified teacher and has held leadership positions
including as head teacher, in schools and Local Authorities.
Linda has also been a school improvement partner and National
Challenge adviser. Her current role involves school review, narrowing
the gap, inspection, quality assurance, assessment, curriculum
development and leadership coaching and training. Linda’s subject
expertise includes Modern Foreign Languages and English.
Vikki is a teaching and learning resource and curriculum design
specialist who works freelance for a range of organisations.
Previously a deputy head teacher in two primary schools in the
north of England and an Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) of Education for
Sustainable Development, Vikki is currently working on projects with the
Foundation that include curriculum reform in South Sudan, Uganda and
Zambia, and world-class curriculum accreditation
projects in the UK.
Vikki has a wealth of experience designing programmes for schools
and their communities that feature aspects of globalisation as a
context for learning. Recent projects Vikki has worked on include
the design of evaluation tools for Oxfam’s teaching and learning
resources and the creation of ‘Energy Heroes’, a schools
programme featuring context-rich problem-solving
activities in mathematics.
Sue Pope is Associate Head of Department for Professional Development
and Educational Innovation (PDEI) at Manchester Metropolitan University.
For five years she was the national lead for mathematics 5–19 at the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) in England, where she
managed and quality-assured substantial research, development and
evaluation projects. She moved to QCA after ten years in higher
education, where she worked with beginning primary and secondary
teachers on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and supported
experienced teachers work to towards higher degrees by researching
their own practice.
Sue also worked as a Local Authority adviser after teaching for ten
years in a number of schools. She worked closely with feeder
primary schools, initiating strategies for enabling primary–
secondary transition and cross-phase approaches
to assessment.
Dinesh Ramjee has worked with the Curriculum Foundation since
2014, in Rwanda and South Sudan. Prior to this he worked for over 30
years in inner-city urban schools in the UK as a Mathematics and ICT
teacher, and then spent ten years as head teacher of an inner
London school.
Dinesh also worked as a volunteer in the education sector with
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in The Gambia for six months
and then in Ethiopia for a year. His VSO work focused on school
improvement projects, setting up monitoring and evaluation systems
and leadership development training. He has also worked in South
Africa with the Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa
(BEFSA) and in Egypt.
In the UK, Dinesh is an IQM (Inclusion Quality Mark) assessor,
mainly in the London area, and he audits schools
for the IQM award.
Mick has extensive experience working at all levels within the
education system. He is at home in the classroom with children
and teachers while at the same time supports governments and
agencies in developing long term policy and strategy.
Mick is based at Wolverhampton University and works across UK
and abroad. He is in high demand as a speaker at national and
international conferences and works alongside governments on
curriculum reform and improvements for pedagogy.
Previously Mick has held senior posts with large Local Education
Authorities and worked with central government as
Director of Curriculum at QCA.
Mick was one of the founding members of the Curriculum
Foundation and continues to support its ambition
and practice.
Dr. Mark Zelman is a specialist in assessment and examinations.
He is Professor of Measurement and Psychology at Moscow University,
and Associate Professor at the University of Manchester.
Mark led test development groups for the Educational Testing Service
(ETS) in the USA, and has significant international experience in
assessment in education projects funded by the World Bank, USAID,
British Council, IADB, and GPE. He has worked on developing national
testing and assessment systems in the Republic of Georgia,
Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Thailand, Bolivia,
Ethiopia, Republic of Kosovo, Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Oman, Jamaica and South Sudan.