Sir George Berwick, CBE, Education, Debrett's 500 2016, People of Influence

Sir George Berwick, CBE

CEO, Challenge Partners

Former head teacher Sir George Berwick is CEO at Challenge Partners, the organisation that aims to improve pupil outcomes by encouraging collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and resources between schools local to each other. Berwick was head at Ravens Wood school in Bromley for 18 years until 2011, during which time it was one of only a few secondaries to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted on five consecutive occasions. His influential report to government Teaching schools: first among equals?, co-authored with Peter Matthews, advocates the importance of determining and implementing best practice frameworks within schools, and as a result there are now over 600 designated ‘Teaching Schools’ in the UK.