Speakers

James Bowen is Assistant General Secretary at the NAHT, where he leads the organisation’s policy, research, press and communications teams. He is the former Headteacher of a junior school in Hampshire and has held a number of other leadership positions in schools, including Deputy Headteacher, SENCO and subject leader. James has particular expertise in a number of key policy areas including: funding, assessment, accountability and curriculum and has sat on a range of DfE expert groups. James is a former member of the DfE’s workload taskforce and is currently working with the government to try to identify ways to help reduce workload in schools. He is a regular education blogger and appears regularly on television and radio as an NAHT spokesperson.