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About the authors SIMON CAMBY
KEITH ADAMS Simon Camby is the Chief Executive of the Focus
Academy Trust. Prior to this, Simon was a Director at
Keith Adams is a Senior Consultant with Focus. This role Focus Education.
involves leading large scale national conferences,
working with groups of schools, working with individual Simon has a well-established track record in
schools and inspecting schools. Keith adopts a straight education which includes work as a headteacher,
forward and open style which colleagues in school senior local authority adviser and lead Ofsted
value highly. He draws on a wealth of experience in his inspector. The inspection in his most recent headship
day-to-day work. acknowledged:
Prior to joining Focus Keith had worked as a • ‘The headteacher has the respect of the local
headteacher in three schools before becoming a local community and, as a result, parents are
authority officer. Keith’s third headship was of a school overwhelmingly supportive of the school.’
in special measures. The experiences of his previous
headships helped him lead the school out of an Ofsted • ‘The determination of the headteacher and
category. leadership team to enhance the pupils’ quality of
education is in evidence throughout the school
Keith has also worked as an associate headteacher to and provides the inspiration from which all staff
two schools in vulnerable and challenging gain strength.’
circumstances as well as working with the local
authority to establish a headteacher mentoring • His strong and inspirational leadership provides
scheme. As a local authority officer he had experience clear educational direction, as a result rapid
of leading national programmes across the LA. progress has been made in addressing the many
weaknesses identified at the time of the last
Keith works with schools on all aspects of school inspection.’
improvement. Much of his work is linked to teaching
and learning, curriculum, assessment and inspection Simon has written a wide range of publications which
issues. Keith has undertaken Ofsted inspection training. adopt a clear and user-friendly style.
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