Council Membership 2005 - 2009

Our Council is made up of 50 members who fall into one of three categories:

• elected registered teachers (26) 
• appointed members (18) 
• members nominated by Scottish Ministers (6)

These members are illustrated below. * indicates that they are a registered teacher.

Download a pdf version of Council Membership 2005 - 2009 (pdf)

Elected Members

Primary/Nursery Headteachers (4)

*Patrick J Boyle	*Thomas LF Burnett
*Frieda E Fraser	*Gerard Maguire

Primary/Nursery Teachers (7)

*Margaret I A	*May Ferries	*Linda A
Bryce-Stafford		Fisher-Dougan
*Linda J Gray	*Susan Quinn	*Michael Ross
*Margaret C H Smith

Secondary Headteachers (3)

*Ian Anderson	*Douglas Milne	*James M
		Thewliss

Secondary Teachers (8)

*Ann Ballinger	*Kay Barnett	*John G Devine
*James Forbes	*William Gorrie	*David Malloch
*Anne O'Kane	*Margaret Smith

Pre-school/Non-school Teachers (1)

Vacancy

Further Education (2)

*John Cassidy	*Kirsty Devaney

Relevant Institutions (1)

*Anne T Wilson

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Appointed Members

Convention of  Scottish Local Authorities (3)

Eric Gotts	*Terry Loughran	Isobel Strong

Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (3)

*Gordon Ford	Donald MacKay	*Leslie Manson

Further Education Colleges (1)

Awaiting photo

Graeme Hyslop

Scottish Council of Independent Schools (1)

Judith Sischy

Relevant Institutions (4)

*James Conroy	*Pamela Munn	*Ian Smith
Jill Bourne

Universities other than Relevant Institutions (3)

Veronica Bamber	*Lesley Kydd	*Ian Minty

Church of Scotland (1)

Awaiting photo

*David McTaggart

Roman Catholic Church (1)

*Michael McGrath

Association of Directors of Social Work in Scotland (1)

Tom Kirk

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Members Nominated by Scottish Ministers (6)

Ephraim Borowski	Ian Jackson	*Catherine
		MacAslan
		Awaiting photo
Brian Paterson	Eileen Prior	Vacancy

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Assessors Appointed by Scottish Ministers

Michael Kellet	John Gunstone
Deputy Director, Teachers Division, Scottish Government Schools Directorate	Teachers Division, Scottish Government Schools Directorate

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Observer

Wray Bodys

HM Inspectorate of Education

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Officials

*Anthony Finn	*Tom Hamilton	Gavin Scott
Chief Executive/Registrar	Director of Educational Policy	Director of Finance and Administration
Avril Barker	Irene Hunter
Director of Professional Services	Director of Corporate and Legal Governance