Professor David Hopkins – Bright Tribe’s Director of Education

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Bright Tribe

Today our Director of Education Professor David Hopkins is speaking at the SSAT Lead Practitioners Conference in London where he will be developing the theme of curiosity for Lead Practitioners or aspirant Lead Practitioners. ….. but who is he and why is Bright Tribe proud to have to him leading the way with how education is delivered and taught within our academies?

David is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of London, and holds visiting professorships at six national and international universities. David has served three Secretaries of State as Chief Adviser on School Standards and Director of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit. He was also Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Nottingham and was a member of the team that secured the location of the National College for School Leadership there.

David was previously an Outward Bound instructor, schoolteacher, university lecturer and tutor. David believes strongly in both personalised learning and ‘whole school’ designs for school improvement. He is committed to making Bright Tribe academies and students the best they possibly can be and to placing the Bright Tribe movement at the heart of changes to UK education practice and policy.

David has published close to 50 books on educational issues and has just completed hi school improvement trilogy:

• School Improvement for Real (2000);
• Every School a Great School (2007); and
• Exploding the Myths of School Reform (2013).

David is also the Director of Education for Bright Tribe’s sister Trust ALAT.