Paul Widnall

Paul widnall

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Health and Safety Consultant and Trainer

  • Education

    • The college of ripon and york st john

      1975 - 1979
      Bachelor of education (bed) creative design ordinary

      Activities and Societies: Athletics Club - Competing at national level Course was semester based and very ground-breaking at the time.Traditional craft teaching was just being called into question and St John's was ahead of the game in introducing a Creative Design course.1975 was the first year that a BEd was run at the college which was affiliated with Leeds University.

    • Lawrence sheriff school rugby

      1968 - 1975
      O levels and a levels, including maths and english woodwork a level, economics a level, engineering drawing a level aac

      Activities and Societies: Gymnastics Club Athletics Club Sixth Form Prefect All boys grammar school at the time.

  • Experience

    • Canon lee secondary modern school

      May 1980 - Aug 1982
      Teacher of heavy craft

      Teacher of WoodworkTeacher of MetalworkTeacher of Community Services Teacher of ArtTeacher of GamesNight School Teacher (Woodwork)

    • King edward vi community college

      Sept 1982 - Aug 1986
      Teacher of craft, design and technology

      Originally employed to bring innovation to a traditional craft department.Chairman of the Common Room Association (110 staff) during last year at the school.Teacher of Games

    • Churston ferrers grammar school

      Sept 1986 - Aug 2008
      Assistant headteacher npqh, ast (d&t)

      During my time at the school I had the following responsibilities:Member of SLT for 13 yearsLead AST (Design and Technology)Head of Design and Technology DepartmentITT CoordinatorHealth and Safety CoordinatorNASUWT School RepresentativePublicity OfficerFire OfficerProject Manager for £2Million building project

    • Merchants' academy bristol

      Sept 2008 - Aug 2009
      Director npqh

      Curriculum Director ICT DirectorLine Manager for Design and Technology DepartmentLine Manager for Mathematics DepartmentLine Manager for ICT DepartmentTeacher of Design and TechnologyTeacher of BTECH Construction

    • Merchants' academy, bristol

      Sept 2009 - Aug 2011
      Vice principal npqh

      Overall responsibility for Parental and Community EngagementLine Manager for Design and Technology DepartmentLine Manager for Mathematics DepartmentLine Manager for ICT DepartmentTeacher of Design and TechnologySupport Teacher of English

    • Torbay school

      Jun 2012 - Aug 2015
      Design & technology teacher

      Having retired from my post as Vice Principal at Merchants' Academy I worked for two days a week in an EBD setting working mainly with boys between the ages of 11 and 16.One of my roles was to deliver BTEC Construction courses and the other working as project manager of a new and exciting literacy project.

    • Ssg training and consultancy ltd

      Nov 2014 - now
      Health and safety consultant / trainer

      Preparing and delivering courses tailored to meet client needs.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Bed, tech iosh

    • Npqh

      National college for school leadership
      Jun 2008