Dr Gary Jones has been involved in education for over thirty years and has extensive experience as a senior leader. Gary has a doctorate in educational management from the University of Bristol, with his dissertation focusing on the use of school development plans in primary schools. Gary has written extensively about educational leadership in his blog Evidence Based Educational Leadership: https://evidencebasededucationalleadership.blogspot.com

Gary is a Fellow of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and is also an associate of the Expansive Education Network based at the University of Winchester, where he supports teachers engaging in evidence-based practice.

In recent years Gary has spoken about evidence-based school leadership at a number of conferences both in the United Kingdom and abroad – including Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Washington DC and Gothenburg.