Deryn Harvey
"Deryn joined The Learning Partnership as a non-exec Director in August 2009. From 2002 to 2009 as Director of The Innovation Unit, Deryn supported hundreds of schools, colleges and LAs in their quest for solutions to the biggest challenges facing the system. In her former privileged position of senior civil servant in the DFES, she and the IU team had direct access to ministers and policy makers, thereby helping bridge the gap between practitioners and policy formation.
"Formerly, Deryn was the Headteacher of Willow Tree Primary School in the London Borough of Ealing. One of the largest primary schools in England, Willow Tree was the result of an amalgamation of three schools undertaken by Deryn in 1993. She had seventeen years of headship experience. During her time as a management consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Deryn worked with a variety of government departments including the then Department for Children Schools and Families.
"Currently Deryn is leading on the National College New Models of Leadership Programme, where she and her team are “out there” with practitioners, finding out what is going on on the ground and in turn advising practitioners, LAs and policy makers on the possible ways forward and implications for leadership."[1]
Affiliations
- Trustee, LEAD Academy Trust
- Elliot Foundation
