Ian is the successful and highly respected headteacher of Broadgreen International School and has been at the school for 19 years.  He introduced the Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate in 1992, the first inner city comprehensive to do so.

His school houses two specialist units on site, one for disabled pupils and one for deaf pupils.  Broadgreen is a PFI school and Ian has vast expertise in this area both in terms of working with the designers and contractors and facilities management.

At present he works with KEY in an advisory role. His opinion is widely sought and published by the national and educational press.

Expertise

• School Improvement Partner
• PFI headteacher
• Chair of the Regional Council for IB Africa, Europe and the Middle East
• Treasurer of IB Schools and Colleges Association of the UK and founder member
• Treasurer of the Liverpool Association of Headteachers
• Chair of the Liverpool Schools’ Forum
• Chair of the Liverpool Behaviour and Attendance Forum
• Accredited authoriser for the IB Diploma Programme
• Member of the Court of the University of Liverpool

• Teaching for 15 years in predominantly challenging schools
• 23 years in Senior Management as Deputy Head and Headteacher
• Acting Assistant Director of Education in 1999
• Member of the IB Board of Governors 2005-2008
• Secretary to the International Head’s Representative Committee 2000-2007
• Member of the BSF Liverpool Headteacher Consultative Group

Publications

• A chapter on the Broadgreen experience in “The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme” ed. Tim Pound, Routledge 2006
• “Creating Lifelong Learners” with Ged Murphy, IB Publication, 2008