Dr Tony Breslin

Tony’s experience in governance is extensive. In addition to leading the board at West Herts, he is Chair of the Education and Human Resources sub-committee at Agora Learning Partnership and was formerly Chair at Bushey Primary Education Federation, which he helped to establish, Chair of the Education sub-committee at Anthem Schools Trust and a Trustee of Adoption UK. Through his engagement as a Consultant Trainer at HFL Education and an External Consultant with the National Governance Association, he works with governors, trustees and school leaders in primary, secondary and special education on a weekly basis. Tony was also the founding Independent Chair of the Pathways for All Board in Kent - which oversees post-16 provision across the county - and is a former DFE National Leader of Governance in the school sector.

Tony is a teacher by profession, a former Local Authority School Improvement Adviser, a Chief Examiner at GCSE a Principal Examiner at A level and a Director of Sixth Form Studies. 

Widely published and an established media commentator on educational issues, Tony is a champion of the social curriculum, professional and vocational education, community engagement, governance and lifelong learning, themes that are common in a wide-ranging publications list featuring over 125 articles, papers and texts, and in the work of the successful social impact consultancy that he leads, Breslin Public Policy Limited, which trades as Transform Education and Transform Governance.