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Paul Hammond is Secondary School Improvement Advisor at BDSIP – the Barking and Dagenham School Improvement project. He is also an associate for 20 schools in the Eastern region on behalf of PiXL, the national collaborative that provides support on assessment, curriculum, and leadership. Paul is a consultant for several educational organisations, namely Chiltern Learning Trust, Character First and BlueSky Education. In his hometown of Luton, he is the Chair of Governors at Chiltern Academy.

Until summer 2014, Paul was Principal of Oasis Academy Enfield for four successful years, having founded the Academy from scratch in 2007 in his role as deputy. Previous to Oasis, Paul was Associate Headteacher at Luton’s Denbigh High School which followed on from his two-year spell at NCSL spent developing “Leading from the Middle” from its inception in 2001. As ex-Head of Science at Queensbury High School in Dunstable, Paul doubled GCSE pass rates and led his team to “outstanding” status as recognised by OfSTED.

In his spare time Paul is Chair of the Luton Heritage Forum, active within the local conservation movement and DJs with his son on Luton Urban Radio. His season ticket with Tottenham Hotspur pays tribute to his patience and championing of lost causes.