Jon Smedley is an Educational Consultant and Managing Director of Teach Active.
Jon has over 20 years’ experience within
education, as a senior leader, a Primary
Advisor and PE consultant. He now works
with schools across the UK and Internationally, promoting the rationale and benefits
of an active school day and focusing on
how this can be achieved through active
lessons and active teaching and learning strategies.
Jon’s passion comes not only from research but also from his own experiences as a
teacher, both past and present, where he
has used physical activity to engage pupils and use this as a catalyst to raising
standards in other areas of the curriculum.
Jon also carries out advisory work for the national charity the Youth Sport Trust,
completing research, writing materials
and delivering CPD across the UK.
Jon is also the Managing Director of the Teach Active – an organisation who work
in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust
and provide an online resource to schools
to deliver the maths and English
curriculum through physical activity. The
multi award-winning resource has received national recognition and praise and is
benefitting hundreds of thousands of
children each week.
