Kate Myers

Career Background

Before going into higher education Kate was the Project Manager of the Schools Make A Difference (SMAD) project in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. She has previously been a pastoral head in an ILEA comprehensive school, ILEA co-ordinator of the Schools' Council's Sex Differentiation Project, an advisory teacher, director of the SCDC/EOC Equal Opportunities Project, and a senior inspector in the London Borough of Ealing.

Key Responsibilities

Kate is Emeritus Professor University of Keele. She is a Senior Associate of The Leadership for Learning Network at the University of Cambridge and an adviser for The London Challenge. Previous positions include Professor of Professional Development in Education at the University of Keele and Associate Director of the International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre, Institute of Education, University of London.

Key Achievements

Kate has had a number of books published including: Teachers Behaving Badly? Dilemmas for School Leaders; with Barbara MacGilchrist and Jane Reed The Intelligent School; Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in Schools? Gender Equality Initiatives in Education an edited collection; with John MacBeath Effective School Leaders: How to Evaluate and Improve Your Leadership Potential; with Louise Stoll No Quick Fixes: Perspectives on Schools in Difficulty; School Improvement in Practice: The Schools Make a Difference Project; Genderwatch! After the ERA CUP. She is co-editor with John MacBeath of the RoutledgeFalmer series. ‘What’s in it for schools…’.

What is being brought to the Board

Experience of working in and with schools to break the link between disadvantage and low attainment.