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After leaving Bishop Barrington Comprehensive School, Paul started his 30+year civil service career in the National Savings and Investment Department in Durham as an Administrative Assistant. During the early 90s he transferred to the Department for Education where he worked in various roles over the years; gaining a number of promotions towards being appointed a G7 Team Leader in 2010.

Paul is a qualified Accounting Technician and has used his financial skills in numerous roles throughout his civil service career (in one role being responsible for a budget in excess of £500m).

Paul is also a Project Manager. In this role, Paul provided advice and training to all Project Managers in the Commercial Division of the DfE, whilst one of his other roles, was Portfolio Manager; responsible for all change projects in the Commercial Division of the DfE.

For four years, Paul also fulfilled the role of Secretary to the Chief Schools Adjudicator. Here Paul used his excellent interpersonal skills to manage the service and ensure the Adjudicator Service provided an excellent impartial service to the Secretary of State.

Paul joined the Academy Division in 2010 and was responsible for providing advice and guidance to the Regional Schools Commissioner on all aspects of education provision in three local authorities.

Paul is an expert in education governance, greatly experienced in finance, change management and project management and is highly regarded by his colleagues and peers and provides excellent service in his current role as a self-employed educational and project/change management consultant.