Roy is founder of www.blinks.education working with schools, multi-academy trusts and colleges in the UK and internationally.
He was Founding Director of the National Education Trust, following headships in London, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes. He has extensive experience of writing inspection frameworks, and has reviewed over 1000 schools, colleges and faculties in Europe, India, USA, Middle and Far East.
He served as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools (HMI), and has been an education policy adviser to the UK and other national governments. Roy is a Visiting Fellow at Reading University, adviser to the Education Policy Institute, and is co-founder of the Mumbai-based foundation Adhyayan.
He is the author/editor of over 150 books including the ‘The Restless School’, ‘Success is a Journey’ and ‘The Forgotten Third’. He was appointed CBE for services to education in the 2016 New Year Honours.