Brian Lightman
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Brian Peter Leon Lightman FRSA (born 15 June 1955)[1][2] is a British trade union leader who is the former General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL, based in Leicester). The ASCL has around 18,000 teachers.
Early life
[edit]He attended Westminster City Grammar School from 1966-73. At the University of Southampton he gained a BA in German in 1978 and a Modern Languages PGCE in 1979.
Career
[edit]He taught German and French from 1979-84 at Hazelwick School in Crawley in West Sussex. From 1989-91 he was Curriculum Development Manager and from 1991-95 Deputy Head at St Martin's School, Brentwood. From 1995-99 he was Headmaster at Llantwit Major School in the Vale of Glamorgan, and from 1999-2010 at St Cyres School.
ASCL
[edit]He was a representative for the Secondary Heads Association, being the Welsh representative of the National Council from 1998-2010. He was President from 2007-08. He became General Secretary of the ASCL on 1 September 2010. He succeeded John Dunford, who had been there since 1998, and who is now involved with the pupil premium. On 28 January 2016 he left his position,[3] and was succeeded by Malcolm Trobe, the Headmaster of Malmesbury School (former Malmesbury Grammar School).
In January 2006 the Secondary Heads Association became the ASCL; the Secondary Heads Association had been formed in 1977
Personal life
[edit]He married Eva in 1981. They have four daughters. He currently lives off the B582 in the south-east of Leicester near the University of Leicester Botanic Garden. Until recently he lived in Lisvane, in the north of Cardiff.