David Jones

Principal

David Jones has more than 35 years of experience in education, mostly in primary education, school leadership and evaluation inspection. He has been a team inspector for Ofsted and Education Development Trust in the United Kingdom, has led Irtiqaa and ADEK inspections and inspections for the KHDA’s Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau across public and private institutions, and has worked in compliance and evaluation inspection for the Ministry of Education in Dubai. He is an inspector of British Schools Overseas for Education Development Trust, and across his evaluation and compliance work he has inspected every UAE curriculum and school cycle. Before inspection he was a primary teacher, including in kindergarten, and a headteacher for 15 years, four of them as Executive Principal of two primary schools. He holds the NPQH professional qualification and a master’s degree in education (leadership and management). A primary science and STEM specialist, he has also been a special educational needs coordinator and has undertaken training projects for the UK government. He is in his third year as Principal of Springdales School Dubai.