Director: Anthony Hunt

I have spent over 40 years in primary education: from 1973 - 1987 I was head teacher at primary schools in Kent, Bromley and Hampshire before becoming the Primary ICT Adviser for Hampshire LEA, a post I held for 16 years. Since 2003, I worked as an independent ICT consultant before my current involvement as a director of Gatehouse Partnership.

My educational beliefs are rooted in child-centred learning and I find much of the current emphasis on targets and results too narrow for the needs of many of our children. ICT, with its genuine, cross-curricular approach, provides much-needed opportunities for exploration and innovation in the primary curriculum, as well as excitement for both teachers and children alike.

I was the SLICT Programme Director for the Hampshire team between 2003 – 2007 and am an accredited Lead ICT Mark Assessor and Moderator as well as helping launch the ICT Mark in Wales and enhancing its development on the Isle of Wight. My main area of enthusiasm concerns the use of ICT to support and enhance children's learning in all subject areas of the curriculum. I am also interested in the assessment and levelling of ICT skills in a progressive way throughout all stages of the primary age range. The current range of ICT materials available to teachers is both exciting and daunting and I feel that the opportunities to use ICT effectively to support children's learning have never been greater.

Unlike my fellow directors, I do not keep chickens or tortoises but enjoy most sport including being a lifelong Wolves' fan which should provide testimony to my long-suffering nature. I read as much as time permits, am a computer adventure game enthusiast and like travelling, meeting different people and making new friends. Since leaving the LEA, I have appreciated the opportunity to follow many of those hobbies and interests for which I did not have time before: these do not include gardening, DIY or IT technical ability!

Page Updated: September 2007