Category:Donald Naismith

Donald Naismith was brought up in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at Belle Vue Boys Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he held an open exhibition in history. After a spell of teaching at Crown Woods Comprehensive School, Greenwich, he entered education administration in Bradford. Between 1974 and 1994, he was successively chief education officer for the London boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames, Croydon, and Wandsworth. On his retirement, he was appointed CBE and Chevalier des Palmes Academiques. Married, with three children, he lives in France with his wife, Jackie.