Gavin Hepherd-Hall

Speaker Summary

Gavin Hepherd-Hall (Liverpool Hope University, BSc 2001, PGCE 2002 and Warwick Univeristy, MA 2016), Managing Director of MuchSmarter UK, has spent the last 21 years teaching students in the north-west of England.

Having left the classroom at the end of 2020 to pursue opportunities to extend his impact, Gavin has consulted schools on the delivery of Maths whilst founding MuchSmarterUK in partnership with MuchSmarter in the USA. Gavin continues within the partnership to advocate for the students from disadvantaged backgrounds, through the pursuit of high quality robust pedagogy that educates the whole student.

In 2023 Gavin took up the role of Academic Director at Svitlo School, a charity providing an extra-curricular education to students impacted by the war in Ukraine, overseeing the quality of the provision for students and developing a curriculum that empowers students to be powerful members of Ukrainian society post conflict.

Areas of Expertise

Equity and Inclusion – Numeracy – Teaching and Learning