Ged Rowney
For over 30 years Ged has been actively engaged in Education and Children’s Services at local and national level. Starting out as a teacher of History Ged moved into local government to work on Secondary Special Education and over the next twenty years progressed to become Director of Children’s Services in a range of local authorities in England and Wales. Throughout Ged’s career he has been committed to improving the life chances of all young people, including some of the most deprived. Ged is proud of all the teams he has worked with who achieved not only ratings of ‘Good’ and better from Ofsted but who enabled young people to move onto successful placements and lives. Ged also worked in the private sector and with innovative companies to provide tailored support to schools, MATS and local authorities. In addition, Ged chaired several Improvement Boards for authorities experiencing difficulties and has been a mentor to a range of colleagues across the country.