about Dr.Neil Hawkes

Neil has had a successful career as a teacher, headteacher, chief education adviser and Local Education Authority officer in the UK. From 1992, he spent 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.

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. Neil is also Director of The Values Education Trust which is currently being constituted in the UK to inspire schools to adopt Values Education

Neil works as an international education consultant. He 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 the Times Educational Supplement, academic journals and periodicals