Paul Jacques is a retired Headteacher having worked in schools and academies over the last 38 years in Manchester, Rochdale and Tameside. He currently works as a trade union official representing school and college leaders on Tameside Council, sitting on a number of Boards promoting education and employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul is passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and children and firmly believes that every child has a right to attend either a good or outstanding school. Throughout his teaching career he has deliberately worked in challenging schools and academies in order to \u201cmake a difference\u201d to the lives of young people. He doesn\u2019t believe in \u201cexcuse-based cultures\u201d where children, parents or environment are blamed for underperformance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was a Trustee on a number of Boards, Groundwork Trust, Mahdlo, Positive Steps and currently serves on Oldham Enterprise Partnership Board and Oldham Cancer Support.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul has always believed in public service and as such, serves as Chair of the Virtual School which is responsible for the education of children in the care of the Local Authority, a Governor at Co-op Academy Failsworth and Glodwick Infants School<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On retiring from education, he became a Councillor for Failsworth East to continue the fight for social justice and equality. He was appointed as Deputy Cabinet member for Economy and Skills in his first year and was promoted to Lead Member for Education and Culture until May 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paul Jacques is a retired Headteacher having worked in schools and academies over the last 38 years in Manchester, Rochdale and Tameside. He currently works as a trade union official representing school and college leaders on Tameside Council, sitting on a number of Boards promoting education and employment. Paul is passionate about making a difference […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":267,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/team-member.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n