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Jeffery is the National Director of Education, Standards, and Quality at Aspirations Academies Trust. An experienced senior leader with an enormous passion for improving the life chances of young people, he was formerly a regional Chief Executive Officer and Director of Standards and Effectiveness. Prior to this, Jeffery was a headteacher of an inner-city London, 11-18 City of London Academy (Southwark), which he led with a dedication to academic rigour and commitment to educational excellence and equity where every student is supported to achieve strong outcomes.

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mathematics Education from Brunel University London, a Master of Arts degree with Distinction in Education, and holds both the National Professional Qualification for Headship and the Professional Qualification for School Inspectors.

Until recently, Jeffery was an Ofsted Lead Inspector for primary and secondary schools, a role he has performed over a decade. He is a Chartered Mathematics Teacher, an Advanced Skills Teacher, a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching (FCCT), and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (FRSA).

Jeffery is a UK Government education policy advisor with recent work with the Department for Education, including the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, Review of Behaviour and School Exclusions in England, and Multi Academy Leadership Development for Chief Executive Officers Content Framework.

Additionally, he is a member of Ofsted’s national expert reference group for curriculum, teaching, and assessment, an Ofqual external expert, and an external examiner for the University of Oxford’s MSc Learning and Teaching and Coventry University’s MA in Educational Leadership programmes.

Jeffery is a researcher with particular interest in Bourdieu’s social field theory, social class, race, gender, and mathematics education. His expertise includes teaching and learning, educational leadership, curriculum development, assessment, school improvement, mathematics education, school governance, and data analysis.

Jeffery was awarded an OBE for Services to Education in King Charles III’s first New Year Honours list and also an Honorary Doctorate in Education by the University of Hertfordshire in 2023.