Tom Whittingham

Head of External Developments

Institute of Education

Contact Details

email: t.whittingham@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 542371

Qualifications:

Associate of the College of Preceptors (Eastern Region)

Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership and Consultancy (Institute of Education, London)

Master of Education (Bath Spa University College)

 

Teaching & Research

Teaching Experience:

Taught across full age range (infant to sixth form)

Two Primary Headships (Cambridgeshire and Avon)

Local Authority Experience:

Adviser (Avon and South Gloucestershire)

Leadership, Management and Governance Strategy Manager (South Gloucestershire)

Research Interests:

Leading and managing change

Creating self-sustaining professional learning communities

Leading learning and teaching

The impact of international leadership learning and study visits

All aspects of professional development

Professional Bodies

Graduate of the Institute of Education, London

ASPECT - Association of Educational Inspectors and Advisers

ICSEI - International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement

Ofsted - Additional Inspector

School Improvement Partner

External Adviser - performance review

Partner with National College and British Council

 

Publications

The International Learning Symphony, Improvement Magazine for National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants, April 2005

Professional Learning Communities - Divergence, Depth and Dilemmas (chapter 5), Edited by Stoll, L. & Seashore Louis, K., McGraw Hill, 2007

Learning to Lead - Learning from International Experience (chapter 11), Edited by West-Burnham, J. and O'Sullivan, H., forthcoming 2012

External Responsibilities

Facilitator and external consultant for networks, collaborations and partnerships of leadership learning at local, regional, national and international levels.