Peter Newsam
Sir Peter Anthony Newsam (2 November 1928 – 16 November 2023) was an English educationist and a member of the Oxford Education Society. He was an
Department of Education.[1]
Biography
Peter Anthony Newsam was born at
Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He became a teacher, including a spell at the Dragon School from 1956 to 1958.[3]
Newsam was chief education officer for the
Institute of Education, University of London, where he helped lead the building of an extension which now houses the Newsam Library.[5]
He later served as Chief Schools Adjudicator from 1999 to 2002.
Newsam authored the biography of
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[6] He served on the Runnymede Trust's Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain.[4]
In 2011 he contributed an article for discussion by OES members entitled ‘Towards a totalitarian education system in England'.[7][8]
In 2015, he wrote a book called An Autobiography of Education.[9]
Newsam died on 16 November 2023, at the age of 95.[10]
References
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p517: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948.
- ^ A Dragon Roll, Dragon School, 1969.
- ^ a b Runnymede Trust.
- ^ "IOE - History". Institute of Education. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ "Peter Newsam – Oxford Education Society". oxes.org.uk.
- ^ "Towards a totalitarian education system in England – Sir Peter Newsam – The New Visions for Education Group".
- ^ Allison, Emma (27 March 2015). "The Autobiography of an education by Sir Peter Newsam".
- ^ "Sir Peter Anthony Newsam". The Times. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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