He has been a member of the North Somerset Governor Forum Executive for 4 years and is also Vice-Chair of the Governor Development and Support Group. Associated with this latter role he has helped develop the “Training Package” for Governors and acted as a facilitator/presenter on Induction Courses and workshops on Performance Management and the Governor’s role in Monitoring.

He is a member of the North Somerset Joint Officer/Governor working party established to develop the Governor’s role in Self-Evaluation and School Improvement. Related to this work, he has conducted and facilitated reviews with Governors and senior staff at three schools using Forms S3 & S4. The findings were used to inform the SIP and to establish a Governor Development Action Plan. This approach was praised by HMI at a school in Special Measures and also identified as “best practice” to be shared by North Somerset school advisers.

For 1 years Roy was appointed by the LEA to act as mentor to the Governing Body of a school in Special Measures and also advised on the re-structuring of roles and responsibilities of Governors at two other schools. The advisory roles have been followed by a period of working closely with Governors during implementation of various aspects of revised structures and procedures. The key objective in each case was to support and develop the Governing Body and individuals to ensure that they could continue to sustain and enhance improvements.

Recent experience has also included working with LEA consultants at a school where delegation had been removed from the Governing Body and serving as a member of the LEA Post-Ofsted working party developing a “Vision & Strategy for Learning” in North Somerset.

He is a qualified manufacturing engineer with extensive formal training, qualification and practical experience in general management and financial matters. After significant experience in factory management he spent some 20 years as a management consultant with a major international firm of accountants and consultants, 14 of these years as a partner.

Of particular relevance, in his professional career Roy Evans specialised in Change Management. He worked on and directed assignments in both Central and Local Government, including projects in educational establishments focused on organisation, management and efficiency.

In recent years he has worked as an independent consultant and non-executive director acting as a “company doctor” to identify and resolve problems in a range of industrial and commercial concerns. In all assignments he has focussed on working with and coaching the established senior management teams to ensure that solutions proposed are within their capability and potential. He has delivered related training both on an individual basis and in seminar and workshop format.