Mourning Tim Brighouse, a great man

 Tim, the former schools commissioner for London, where he led the highly-regarded London Challenge, and chief education officer for Birmingham and Oxfordshire, died yesterday after a short illness.

The education sector paid tribute to “education giant” Sir Tim Brighouse. Harry Brighouse, speaking on behalf of Tim’s family, said: “He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and a towering figure in the word of education. Susan Brown, Oxford city council leader, tweeted: “Tim’s contributions to education in our country were immense but all those who knew him will miss him for his wit and kindness. Tim Brighouse (when he was chief education officer for Birmingham)  “became renowned for kindnesses , sending more than 5,000 handwritten letters of congratulations to teachers, and even turning up with champagne to one school after a tough Ofsted inspection. When asked what prompted this, he said: “Blummin’ hell…that’s about being human!

Source: School Week

Tim was NAPE's President and gave most generously of his time to NAPE. You can see and hear him in action at NAPE's 2023 Summit here.