Sir Paul Grant
Head Teacher - Robert Clack School
Sir Paul Grant originally joined Robert Clack School in 1990 as the Head of Humanities. The school, at that time, was moving through the most challenging period of its history with very low examination outcomes and very poor pupil behaviour creating an appalling reputation. There were well advanced plans for closing the school down. However the Humanities faculty which Sir Paul led continued to go from strength to strength with outstanding pupil progress in a school haemorrhaging pupils, teachers and community support.
This striking pupil progress had come to the attention of the Governing Body and the Local Authority, and they asked him to replicate this success across all subjects and across both sites of the school. What happened next has been the subject of much study by government, academia and has entered local folklore given that Robert Clack serves one of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK.
In June 2004, December 2007 and March 2011 Robert Clack School was designated by OfSTED as an 'outstanding school'. Robert Clack School now has over 2,000 pupils on two sites and is featured in the prestigious Good Schools Guide. It is one of the most over subscribed schools in London. It is a High Performing School with Specialisms in Science, Maths & Computing and Languages.
Sir Paul works closely with his LA, the DfE, Future Leaders, the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors, The Princes’ Teaching Institute and is a member of Business in the Community’s Education Board. He has also established international partnerships and is an NCSL Consultant Headteacher. He is actively involved in School Improvement having collaborated with and supported, hundreds of secondary schools UK wide. He was part of the National Steering Group that created the National Leader in Education role. He is currently on the National Advisors group for History in the curriculum.
Sir Paul was knighted for services to local and national education, appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London and was bestowed the Freedom of Barking and Dagenham, all in 2009.
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