Paul Jackson is the Headteacher of Gallions Primary School, an innovative school in Newham, East London involved in many exciting projects, which teaches its curriculum through the creative arts.
Paul has experience of senior leadership in several school settings, incuding being part of the team that established Gallions as a brand new school in 1999, and as Deputy Headteacher at Ellen Wilkinson Primary School in Newham, a school which at the time Paul joined was judged to have Serious Weaknesses. After 2 years at Ellen Wilkinson, following a successful Ofsted inspection and gaining the NPQH, Paul re-joined Gallions in January 2007 as joint-headteacher.
During this time, Paul has worked on several other projects, including working as a consultant for We are What we do during the production of their latest book for children, co-authoring materials for Cambridge University Press's Cambridge Maths Direct Scheme and being seconded to Newham LA as a Primary Maths Consultant. Alongside his role as Headteacher at Gallions, Paul currently project manages the askit strand of the Helen Hamlyn Trust funded Open Futures initiative, working with 50 schools across the country in partnership with SAPERE to introduce Philosophy for Children into their schools.
Paul has also volunteered as a mentor to several undergraduates at Middlesex University, and has been involved in several voluntary organisations, including the Scout Association and CCHF, as well as being a founding trustee of The Gallions Music Trust.