Barry Reed

Good counsel, well given.

I have taught and led in mainstream, built a special school from nothing, held senior leadership roles in specialist provision for a decade and inspected schools for Ofsted. I bring all of that to every review.

I was the founding headteacher of a DfE commissioned special free school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and autism. I led it from concept to full capacity in 24 months, working through flooding, major building adaptations and complex admissions, and led it through its first Ofsted inspection.

Before that I was deputy headteacher of an all through specialist school for pupils with moderate, severe and profound multiple learning disabilities and autism. I led key areas of safeguarding, behaviour, attendance and quality assurance, and built reporting that helped leaders spot risk early. Earlier, I was acting principal and vice principal of a specialist further education college with a 68 bed residential service. I began my career teaching science and leading a year group in a mainstream secondary school.

I was an Ofsted inspector from 2022 to 2023, mainly in mainstream secondary schools across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, and I was a designated safeguarding lead for over 10 years. I have written for Tes on making inclusion bases work and spoken at the PBS UK conference on positive behaviour support in mainstream schools and new provision.

I work as an independent SEND and inclusion consultant with schools and trusts across the North East and England, and with a small number of schools at a time, so the person you speak to is the person who does the review. Redewell is independent and is not connected with or endorsed by Ofsted.

• Founding headteacher of a special free school
• Ofsted inspector, 2022 to 2023
• BILD accredited PBS coach
• Tes author on inclusion bases
• PBS UK conference speaker
• Designated safeguarding lead for over 10 years
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service
• Based in Northumberland