Geraint Jones (educator)

Geraint Paul Jones is a British educator. He was formerly Dean of the School of Education at the University of Buckingham,[1] where he oversaw the university's master's degree program in Educational Leadership.[2][3]

Geraint Jones
Born
Bridgend, South Wales
NationalityWelsh
EducationThe University of Buckingham, Swansea University, Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari
OccupationEducational consultant, education advisor, commentator
Known forAuthor and founder of the Wake and Shake Programme
TitleProfessor
Websitewww.professorgeraintjones.com

Prior to joining Buckingham University he was Chief Education Officer at Cognita Schools, where he oversaw the quality of educational provision in 45 schools in the UK and abroad.[4][5]

In 2008 Jones was appointed Headmaster of Quinton House School in Northampton.[6]

A former Ofsted-accredited school inspector, he was once awarded an Innovation Prize from the Youth Sport Trust for leading the country’s first ‘Alternative School Day’ project which was funded by Sport England. As Vice Principal of St Edmund’s School and Sports College in Salisbury, Jones led the initiative which included a 7 am – 8 pm school day with over 100 different extra-curricular activities and clubs each week for the school’s pupils.

In 2002 Jones wrote and founded the Wake and Shake Programme – a physical activity initiative for primary aged pupils, which is now practised in schools across the world.[7] This led to his involvement in assisting the London bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Education

Between 1988 – 1995 Jones attended the Welsh speaking Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales.

He gained a 2:1 degree in German from Swansea University as well as a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). In 2005 he gained the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), and in 2009 a master's degree in Educational Leadership from Buckingham University.

Career

Jones was a part-time police officer with South Wales Police during his degree studies. After gaining his PGCE he worked as a teacher of languages and physical education at Kingdown School in Warminster, Wiltshire. He then joined St Edmund’s School and Sports College in Salisbury as a languages teacher and sports co-ordinator, a position which oversaw the development of school sport in the Salisbury district. He became director of sport at St. Edmund’s and then the school’s Vice Principal.

He joined the Cognita School’s Group in 2008 as head of Quinton House School in Northampton. The school’s Ofsted report of 2010 judged the school as “highly successful in fulfilling its stated aims because the passionate inspiration of the Principal engenders an ethos in which all students feel valued and nurtured.”

He became Cognita’s Chief Education Officer in late 2012.[8]

Media

Jones writes regularly on educational issues in the national press.[9][10][11] He was close friends with the late Sir Chris Woodhead, formerly Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, whom he met at Cognita. Described as Woodhead’s “right hand man”, Jones interviewed Woodhead for the Sunday Times and broke the news of his battle with cancer.[12][13][14] Following Woodhead’s death in 2014, Jones was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, in which he described Woodhead as having “dignified the teaching profession”.[15]

References
  1. "Introduction to the School of Education". www.buckingham.ac.uk. The University of Buckingham. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Master's Degree in Educational Leadership". www.buckingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. "New Institute of Leadership to Tackle Severe Shortage of Inspirational Heads". www.buckingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "About Cognita, Cognita Schools Worldwide". Cognita Schools. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "Former Cognita Director Appointed as Dean of Education". www.buckingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "New dean to head up innovative teacher training scheme". www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. "Shake it all about". Times Educational Supplement. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. "Professor Geraint Jones". www.professorgeraintjones.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  9. "It's time to reward success in the classroom, not failure | The Sunday Times". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  10. "'Make teachers do more work to save cash'". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  11. Evans, Gareth (2015-03-05). "Academic describes Wales' radical new curriculum as a source of 'hilarity'". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  12. "Chris Woodhead's Legacy Lives On and It's Training Thousands of Happy Teachers". www.buckingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  13. "Now paralysed education guru must fight cancer". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  14. "A hero and villain not even chemo can keep down". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  15. "Sir Chris Woodhead, Last Word - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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