Adrian has had a career in education with 20 years as a secondary Head Teacher in Leicestershire. Since retirement, he has worked as an education consultant focused on providing support to Leicestershire Secondary Education and Inclusion Partnership. These bring schools in the county together into collaborative partnerships to meet the needs of children and young people who are at risk if exclusion. He also serves as Member of another education trust, Governor of a secondary school (external to NET) and is the member of a Management Committee of a Primary PRU.

Adrian brings the following skills and experience to the NET Board: education leadership and management of change, broad experience of school governance, knowledge of SEN and the application of the Code of Practice in schools and LAs, and of the range of successful approaches used to support vulnerable children and young people in schools. He continues to work directly with young people.

Adrian is currently Chair of Education Committee.