NEW CHAIR FOR THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

30 Jul 2004 09:45 AM

Education and Skills Secretary Charles Clarke today announced the appointment of a new Chair of the National College for School Leadership Governing Council. Vanni Treves, Chairman of the London Business School, will take up the post with effect from the beginning of September following the retirement of Richard Greenhalgh.

The NCSL provides professional and practical support for England's existing and aspiring school leaders, career-long learning and development opportunities. The NCSL's goal is to help equip school leaders with the skills, recognition, capacity and ambition to transform the school education system into the best in the world and ensure that every child is taught in a well led school.

Welcoming the appointment Mr Clarke said:

"I am delighted to announce this appointment. I am sure that he will make an extremely important contribution to the College, which plays a key role in the Government's drive to create a first class education system."

Mr Clarke also paid tribute to Richard Greenhalgh who has chaired the NCSL since its creation in 2000: "I would like to thank Richard Greenhalgh for the outstanding work he has done as the NCSL's first Chairman. Over the past four years he has overseen the development of this flagship organisation dedicated to improving the quality of school leadership and building a world-class teaching profession."

Heather Du Quesnay, Chief Executive of the National College for School Leadership, welcomed the announcement of Vanni Treves' appointment as chair of NCSL's governing council. She said:

"Vanni Treves brings an enormous amount of expertise and vision to the role and I'm looking forward to working closely with him over the coming months to develop the framework for the next phase of the College's development."

Profile

For thirty years Vanni Treves was a Partner (for twelve of them Senior Partner) at Macfarlanes, a major City law firm, specialising in corporate law and international transactions. He is now Chairman of London Business School, Korn/Ferry International, The Equitable Life Assurance Society and Intertek Group Plc, and has in the past been Chairman of 3 other public companies and, until recently, of Channel 4 Television Corporation. He is a member of the Council for Industry and Higher Education, a Governor of The College of Law and of Sadler's Wells, a Trustee of the J Paul Getty Charitable Trust and Solicitor to The Royal Academy. Treves holds an MA in Jurisprudence and an LLM in International Law. He writes and lectures regularly on Boardroom topics, especially corporate governance.

NOTES TO EDITORS

This Press Notice applies to England.

1. The National College for School Leadership was established under the 1998 Green Paper 'Teachers meeting the challenge of change' which set out plans to establish a prestigious college to improve the quality of school leadership.

2. The National College for School Leadership was launched in November 2000 and is delivering training programmes, seminars and other leadership development activities regionally around the country and through NCSL's online arm www.ncsl.org.uk. The College's physical centre, a 28 million Learning and Conference Centre in Nottingham, was officially opened by the Prime Minister in October 2002.

3. It is hoped that all school leaders will visit NCSL's Learning and Conference Centre at least once in their career. However to ensure that school leaders across the country can be involved with and benefit from the College many of their programmes and activities will still be made available regionally and online.

4. The College's work includes providing a single national focus for school leadership development, planning and learning; acting as a driving force for world-class leadership in our schools and the wider community; supporting and being a resource for school leaders; and stimulating national and international debate on leadership issues.

5. The National College for School Leadership offers opportunities to develop the potential of school leaders at every level and to enable their schools to work collaboratively with other schools.

6. NCSL Governing Council Membership

Mr Richard Greenhalgh (Chair) - Chair of Unilever UK Limited (retires 25 July 2004)
Ms Yasmin Bevan, Headteacher of Denbigh High School in Luton Mrs Brenda Bigland, Headteacher, Lent Rise Primary School Sir Iain Hall, Head of Parrs Wood Technology College, Manchester Mr Toby Salt, Headteacher of St Anthony's (special) School in Chichester
Mr Matthew Britt, Head of Stocks Green Primary School in Kent Ms Dianne Nightingale, Head of Secondary - Hounsdown School in Hampshire
Ms Helen Paterson, Chief inspector of Schools, Solihull (formerly Head of Liphook CE Junior School, Hants)
Ms Vicki Phillips, Superintendent of Lancaster School District in Philadelphia, USA
Mr Martin Taylor, Retired
Mr Anthony Mackay, Director of the Centre for Strategic Educational Thinking (CSET) in Melbourne, Australia
Mr Terence Piggott, Director of Education, Rochdale
Ms Linda Neal, Director EiC Greenwich
Ms Beverley Hodson, Managing Director, WHSmith, UK Retail Mr Hugh Mitchell, Vice President Human Resources - Oil Products, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
Mr David Patterson, HR Consultant and Director of Bioss International Mrs Patricia Stafford, Non-Executive Director, Inland Revenue Mr Peter Williams, Senior Manager (Customer Services UK & Europe), T-Mobile

Ex-officio members:
David Normington, Permanent Secretary,DfES
John Beattie, Chair, General Teaching Council
Heather Du Quesnay, Chief Executive, National College for School Leadership
David Bell, HM Chief Inspector of Schools in England
Mr Michael Gibbons, Head of Innovation Unit, DfES (formerly Head of the British School in Brussels)

Observers
Prof David Hopkins, Director, Standards and Effectiveness Unit, DfES Stephen Hillier, Director, School Workforce Unit, DfES

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