Brian Lightman

Speaker Summary

Brian Lightman was General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders from September 2010 – January 2016. Between 2012 and 2014 he led a ‘second Great Education Debate’ which attracted widespread interest and paved the way for the blueprint for a self-improving system published by ASCL in 2015.

A former headteacher, Brian is acknowledged as an authority on the English and Welsh education systems. He has been an external examiner and an Estyn inspector. Brian has served on the boards of the Careers and Enterprise company and the E-ACT Academy Trust. He is also the author of ‘Lessons Learned? A Life in Education’.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership and Management