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Council members' biographies

The Council has 64 members, two thirds of whom are practising teachers.

All of the elected teacher and nominated members hold office for four years.  The term of office for current elected and nominated members ends on 31 August 2008. 

Those members appointed by the Secretary of State hold office for terms of between two and five years.  The Secretary of State announced the appointment of 12 new members to the Council and the reappointment of an existing member in August 2005.  Their term of office started on 1 September 2005. 

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Elected primary teachers

Flora Barton, Primary teacher
Paul Bird, Deputy headteacher
Sarah Bowie, Teacher of junior pupils
Janis Butler, Teacher of primary pupils
Philip  Cole, Teacher of primary pupils
Lisa Copeland, Primary teacher
Christine Green, Reception class teacher
Derek Johns, Teacher of primary pupils
Aaron King, Primary teacher
Alex Parker, Primary Teacher
Sarah Reed, Primary teacher

Elected secondary teachers

Peter Butler, Teacher of Senior Pupils
Andy Connell, Secondary teacher
Barbara  Hibbert, Teacher of Senior Pupils
Pete McAleer, Teacher of Senior Pupils
Andrew McKinnon, Secondary teacher
Gail Mortimer, Secondary teacher
Annette Pateman, Secondary Teacher
Elizabeth Purnell, Secondary teacher
Alice Robinson, Teacher of Senior Pupils
Colin Surrey, Secondary teacher
Tom Trust, Secondary teacher

Elected special school teacher

Stephen  Viner, special school teacher

Elected headteachers

Eric Gledhill, Primary head teacher
David Lowe, secondary headteacher

Nominees from teacher associations and unions

Caroline Kolek, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
Gillian  Stainthorpe, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL)
Mick Lyons, National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
John Rimmer, National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
Max Hyde, National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Judy  Moorhouse, National Union of Teachers (NUT)
David  Whitewright, Voice
Tony Neal, ACSL
Gussie  Anderson, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)

Nominees from other bodies

Rajinder Mann, Association of Colleges (AoC)
Andrew Baxter, Association of Directors of Education and Children's Services (ADECS)
Oona  Stannard, Catholic Education Service (CES)
Liz Carter, Church of England
Jill Hill, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
To be nominated, Commission for Equality & Human Rights
To be nominated, Commission for Equality & Human Rights
Anne  Madden, Commission for Equality & Human Rights
Muriel Robinson, GuildHE
Ralph Ullmann, Independent Schools Council
Sam Crooks, Local Government Association (LGA)
Tony Lewis, Local Government Association (LGA)
Robert Gordon, Local Government Association
Fergus Crow , National Children's Bureau (NCB)
John Adams, National Governors' Association (NGA)
Chris  Cook, Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET)
Geoff  Whitty, Universities UK

Secretary of State nominees

Lesley Ansari, Equality and Diversity Adviser for Acas East Midlands
Naz Bokhari, Retired Teacher
Peter Cooper, SEN practitioner
Janet Draper, Senior Lecturer and Fast Track Coordinator, University of Exeter
Anne Garner, Headteacher
Gloria Hyatt, Education Consultant/Advisor
Robert Millea, Chartered Accountant
Kirit Modi, Assistant Director (Education Strategy and Management Support) – CEA@Islington
Jean Scott, Senior Policy Adviser
Angela Stones, Full-service Extended Schools Teacher
To be nominated, Secretary of State appointment
Anthony Wilkes, Education consultant
Nicola Wilson, Year 6 Class Teacher
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