Full member list

last updated:31 Aug 2009

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

All of the elected teacher and nominated members hold office for four years. The term of office for current elected and nominated members began on 1st September 2008 and ends on 31 August 2012.

Those members appointed by the Secretary of State (Public Appointees) hold office for terms of four years. Their term of office commnced on 1 September 2009.

Elected primary teachers

• Flora Barton, primary teacher
• Paul Bird, primary teacher
• Sarah Bowie, primary teacher
• Janis Butler, primary teacher
• Philip  Cole, primary teacher
• Lisa Copeland, primary teacher
• Christine Green, primary teacher
• Derek Johns, primary teacher
• Aaron King, primary teacher
• Alex Parker, primary teacher
• Sarah Reed, primary teacher

Elected secondary teachers

• Andy Connell, secondary teacher
• Barbara  Hibbert, secondary teacher
• Pete McAleer, secondary teacher
• Andrew McKinnon, secondary teacher
• Gail Mortimer, secondary teacher
• Annette Pateman, secondary teacher
• Elizabeth Purnell, secondary teacher
• Alice Robinson, secondary teacher
• Colin Surrey, secondary teacher
• Kathy Thomson, secondary teacher
• Vacancy 

Elected special school teacher

• Stephen Viner, special school teacher

Elected headteachers

• Eric Gledhill, primary headteacher
• 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)
• Julie Davies, National Union of Teachers (NUT)
• David Whitewright, Voice
• Tony Neal, ACSL
• Gussie Andersen, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)

Nominees from other bodies

• Rajinder Mann, Association of Colleges (AoC)
• Andrew Baxter, Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
• 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 (x2)
• Anne Madden, Commission for Equality and Human Rights
• Muriel Robinson, GuildHE
• 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

Public appointees

• Clare Craig, Secretary of State appointment
• Janet Draper, senior lecturer
• Sheba Joseph, teacher
• Zubair Khan, forensic scene manager
• Rebecca Kroese, teacher
• Nasreen Majid, advanced skills teacher
• Stephanie Mason, accountant
• Aamer Naeem, adult trainer and facilitator
• Sue Netherton, parent governor
• Adam Nichols, chief executive Changemakers Foundation
• Carl Phillips, teacher
• Sally Townsend, teacher
• Jason Whyborn, teacher