I’m supporting Gawain’s campaign to become DGS. As NUT Executive Member in Oxfordshire and leader of several local campaigns, he showed tremendous energy and skill in arguing for a properly funded education service and defending all teachers’ rights. Gawain helped to create a stronger support network for teachers at school level and is passionate about professional unity, playing a vital role in the merger leading to the NEU’s creation. He is a strategic thinker and an effective communicator who will enable teachers and other school staff to work together for the changes which NEU members and the children deserve.

 Dr Tony Eaude, former Headteacher, Oxfordshire