Ken Gibson (headteacher)
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Sir Ken Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Headteacher, Teacher |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Known for | Headteacher of Harton Academy, Jarrow School, Academy 360 |
| Children | 4 |
| Honours | Knighthood (2013), Honorary Doctorate from University of Sunderland (2016) |
Sir Kenneth Gibson is a British former headteacher and former secondary school teacher.
Gibson attended East Boldon Infants School in South Tyneside, where he was taught by his mother, Helen, who was also a teacher.[1]
Career
Gibson began teaching in Kirkby in 1979 and moved to Harton Academy in 1983, where he became headteacher of the school in 2003.[2] Under his headship, the school received an OFSTED rating of Outstanding in 2006. The school was also rated Outstanding in its subsequent OFSTED inspection in 2013.[3]
In 2009, Gibson spoke of his pride at having Joe McElderry as an ex-pupil of his school, after McElderry went through to the last four of the X Factor.[4]
In November 2010,[5] Gibson became head of Jarrow School in addition to Harton Academy; he went on to successfully turn Jarrow School around, after the school's teaching was rated as inadequate.[6] The improvement of Jarrow School took place partly because Jarrow School formed a partnership with Harton Academy as part of a national scheme.[7] In 2012, he also became the head of Academy 360, another school, in Pennywell, after an OFSTED inspection report of the school was published.[6]
In 2021, he moved to Executive Headteacher of the broader multi-academy trust of which Harton Academy was a part.[2] In 2022, he lodged a formal complaint with OFSTED, saying that the inspection body's inspection of Harton Academy had a problem in the inspection process.[8]
As of 2019, Gibson was Vice Chair of Education at Education Mutual,[9] a provider of Staff Absence Protection for multi-academy trusts and schools.[10]
