AoBSO Patron

AoBSO Patron

The Right Honourable The Lord Lingfield Kt DL KStJ

AoBSO are delighted to be supported by our Patron The Right Honourable The Lord Lingfield Kt DL KStJ.

Lord Lingfield was knighted for services to education in the New Year’s Honours List of 1993. He was senior adviser in education to the government and in charge of the policy of independence for state schools from 1989-97. His schools initiative was described by Telegraph Deputy Editor, Benedict Brogan as ‘the first, and as time passes, perhaps the most important legislative milestone achieved by the Coalition government.’

He was Pro-Chancellor of Brunel University from 2006-13, having served as Chairman of Goldsmiths’ College, University of London from 1999-2005.

He was appointed in 2012 by the then Secretary of State to chair a review of technical and vocational education and support. Its recommendations were accepted in full and as a consequence of them he was appointed by the Secretary of State in 2013 to create a new national Institution for Further Education, which received its Royal Charter in October 2015. This he now chairs, and under his leadership it has grown considerably.