Sir Timothy Robert Peter Brighouse (15 January 1940 – 15 December 2023) was a British educator. He was the Schools Commissioner for London between 2002 and 2007, where he led the London Challenge.[1][2][3]
Later he was Professor of Education at Keele University (1989–1993), and Chief Education Officer in both Oxfordshire (1978–1989) and Birmingham Local Authorities.
Whilst he was at Birmingham, he was described by ConservativeEducation SecretaryJohn Patten as a "madman ... wandering the streets, frightening the children". Brighouse sued and won substantial damages, which he donated to charity. He used some of it to set up the University of the First Age, to encourage out of hours activities to enrich school children's learning.[7][8]
Tim Brighouse was married to Elizabeth, who is leader of the Labour group on Oxfordshire County Council. They had four children and eight grandchildren.[12] Brighouse died on 15 December 2023, at the age of 83.[13]
The A-Z of School Improvement: Principles and Practice (28 March 2013)
Inspirations: A Collection of Commentaries and Quotations to Promote School Improvement (1 October 2006)
What Makes a Good School Now? (6 May 2008)
How to Improve Your School (21 January 1999)
The Joy of Teaching (15 April 2008)
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Sir Timothy Robert Peter Brighouse 15 January 1940 15 December 2023 was a British educator He was the Schools Commissioner for London between 2002 and 2007 where he led the London Challenge 1 2 3 SirTim BrighouseBrighouse in 2012Born 1940 01 15 15 January 1940Leicestershire EnglandDied15 December 2023 2023 12 15 aged 83 Alma materUniversity of Oxford PGCE OccupationEducatorChildren4 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Personal life 3 Books and Articles 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and career editBrighouse was born in Leicestershire on 15 January 1940 He was brought up there and in East Anglia and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School Lowestoft County Grammar School and St Catherine s College Oxford Brighouse took his PGCE at the Oxford University Department of Education in 1961 4 He began his career as a schoolteacher becoming a deputy head in a South Wales secondary modern school in 1966 5 In the early 1970s he worked for Buckinghamshire County Council s education department and worked with Geoff Cooksey on plans for Stantonbury Campus the first secondary school of Milton Keynes 6 Later he was Professor of Education at Keele University 1989 1993 and Chief Education Officer in both Oxfordshire 1978 1989 and Birmingham Local Authorities Whilst he was at Birmingham he was described by Conservative Education Secretary John Patten as a madman wandering the streets frightening the children Brighouse sued and won substantial damages which he donated to charity He used some of it to set up the University of the First Age to encourage out of hours activities to enrich school children s learning 7 8 In May 1997 Brighouse was awarded an honorary degree from the Open University as Doctor of the University 9 Brighouse was the Schools Commissioner for London between 2002 and 2007 where he led the London Challenge Brighouse was a Non Executive Director of RM plc the UK educational IT company 10 Brighouse was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours 11 Personal life editTim Brighouse was married to Elizabeth who is leader of the Labour group on Oxfordshire County Council They had four children and eight grandchildren 12 Brighouse died on 15 December 2023 at the age of 83 13 Books and Articles editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The A Z of School Improvement Principles and Practice 28 March 2013 Inspirations A Collection of Commentaries and Quotations to Promote School Improvement 1 October 2006 What Makes a Good School Now 6 May 2008 How to Improve Your School 21 January 1999 The Joy of Teaching 15 April 2008 A national education service what can we learn from the past Chapter 4 In Education System Design foundations policy options and consequences 2020 Hudson B Leask M and Younie S RoutledgeTaylorFrancis About Our Schools with Mick Waters 2022 14 References edit Wilby Peter 24 April 2007 London schools tsar Tim Brighouse retires The Guardian Retrieved 25 February 2008 BRIGHOUSE Sir Timothy Robert Peter Who s Who 2013 A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 2013 online edn Oxford University Press Dec 2012 online edn Nov 2012 accessed 19 May 2013 Professor Sir Tim Brighouse Oxford University Department for Education Oxford University Archived from the original on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 5 July 2015 Tim Brighouse Oxford Education Society www oxes org uk Sir Tim Brighouse Education Fast Forward Geoff Cooksey obituary The Guardian 9 April 2012 Retrieved 14 January 2014 Morrison James 3 August 2006 The University of the First Age summer schools with a difference The Independent London Independent News and Media Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 Retrieved 22 March 2009 Berliner Wendy 9 April 2002 A great crusade The Guardian London Guardian News and Media Retrieved 22 March 2009 http www open ac uk students ceremonies sites www open ac uk students ceremonies files Honorary 20graduate 20cumulative 20list 1 pdf bare URL PDF Announcements from the RM Group of education companies RM plc www rm com No 58929 The London Gazette Supplement 31 December 2008 p 1 Tim Brighouse former schools commissioner for London schoolsweek co uk 2 December 2014 Norris Miranda 16 December 2023 Tributes paid to towering figure in education in Oxfordshire Oxford Mail Retrieved 18 December 2023 Millar Fiona 1 January 2022 Many hold Gove responsible education guru sets out what s wrong with England s schools The Guardian Archived from the original on 1 January 2022 Retrieved 1 January 2022 External links editBiography at the Guardian nbsp This article about an educator is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tim Brighouse amp oldid 1194547362, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
