Ralph Tabberer (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ralph Edwin Tabberer CB (born 5 August 1954 in Romford) was the Director General of Schools in the UK government department, the Department for Children, Schools and Families. He held the position from March 2006 until March 2009. He attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in Economics, Social and Political Science in 1976. He gained a PGCE from Brunel University in 1977. He worked as a teacher in Hillingdon LEA, then entered education administration in 1989. He also worked at the National Foundation for Educational Research. He first joined the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in 1997 where he worked in the School Effectiveness Unit. He was Head of the National Grid for Learning from 1999-2000.