about Dr.Neil Hawkes

Neil has had a outstanding career as a teacher, headteacher, chief education adviser and Local Education Authority officer in the UK. From 1992, he returned to Headship to spend 7 years as Headteacher of West Kidlington Primary and Nursery School in Oxford, UK. It was here that the school community worked together to devise and implement a unique system of Values Education that has become well-known throughout the world for its transformational properties.

In 1996, Neil worked with a group of international educators at UNICEF headquarters in New York, USA, to found the education programme, Living Values. This charity works with organisations such as UNESCO to underpin education systems with Values Education. Neil is a Director of ALIVE (The Association of Living Values International) which is a charity registered in Switzerland that coordinates Living Values Education. Education

Neil now works as an international education consultant. He has supported the Australian Government's transformational introduction of Values Education in its schools.  In the UK, he has led 'a quiet revolution' to support hundreds of schools to be values-based.  Increasingly, the methods are being endorsed by Ofsted, the school inspection service, as leading to outstanding practice.   Neil is well-known as an inspirational speaker, being invited to conferences and workshops world-wide. He is also known for his books and contributions to broadcasting, academic journals, magazines and periodicals. His influence extends into business and commerce, as institutions seek to be values-based. He is one of the National Education Trust's Leading Thinkers and is the Founder and a Trustee of the Values Education Trust.