Barry Blades is an independent researcher working on topics related to the History of Education and the Great War, 1914-1919. He began his career as a teacher of History in secondary schools in London and Peterborough and later became a Deputy Headteacher and Associate Headteacher. He has also been a secondary School Governor, a primary school Chair of Governors, a Trustee for an educational charity and a Visiting Lecturer in the History of Education. From 2006 to 2010 Barry was an Education Consultant working directly with headteachers and sponsors of new secondary schools and Academies projects.
