Mary Bousted

Bousted is the daughter of Edward and Winefride Bleasdale. She attended St Osmund's RC Primary School in a deprived area of Bolton, Breightmet, where her father was the headmaster. She went to a Catholic girls' direct grant grammar school, the Mount St Joseph School. She was the second-youngest of eight children. Her mother was also a teacher, and supported the Labour Party. Her father supported the Liberals, and was determined for those at the primary school to pass the eleven-plus (the tests used in England and Northern Ireland to determine admission to selective secondary schools).

She attended the University of Hull, gaining a BA in English. From the University of Durham (Collingwood College), she gained a PGCE.[1][2] From the UCL Institute of Education she gained an MA. Later from the University of York she gained a PhD.

She taught English from 1982-87 at Bentley Wood High School in Harrow. From 1988-91 she was Head of English at Whitmore High School in Harrow.

From 1991-95 she was a lecturer at the University of York, becoming Director of Initial Teacher Training from 1995-97.

From 1997-99 she was Head of Secondary Education at Edge Hill College, (which became Edge Hill University in 2006), then at the School of Education at Kingston University from 1999-2003.[3]

In July 2010, Bousted was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Edge Hill University.[4]

In September 2016 she was elected as President of the Trades Union Congress for 2016/17.[5]

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