Paul Roberts OBE is the managing director of the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA).
Paul Roberts took up the appointment of Managing Director of the IDeA on 1 April 2009. Prior to this Paul was Director of Strategy at the IDeA. He led on policy, planning, quality and communications, as well as overseeing the Agency’s services in specific areas such as public sector innovation.
After graduating in Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Bristol, he took postgraduate qualifications in Education at Bristol and at the Cambridge Institute of Education. He spent 13 years teaching before becoming an inspector of schools, and subsequently Director of Education in two multi-ethnic and urban locations.
He is currently an adviser to Ministers in DCMS and DCSF on the development of the Five-Hour Cultural offer for children and young people – ‘Find Your Talent’ - and chairs the Stakeholder Group for this. He is chair of the trustees for the company establishing the new arrangements for Creative Partnerships. He previously chaired the government's Creative and Cultural Education Board – established in response to his report for ministers on ‘Nurturing Creativity in Young People’. He has been a Board member of Nottingham Playhouse, was elected a FRSA in 1999, and is a member of the Innovation Committee of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. He is also a Board member for the Public Services Innovation Laboratory. He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to Education and the Creative Industries.
Paul Roberts took up the appointment of Managing Director of the IDeA on 1 April 2009. Prior to this Paul was Director of Strategy at the IDeA. He led on policy, planning, quality and communications, as well as overseeing the Agency’s services in specific areas such as public sector innovation.
After graduating in Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Bristol, he took postgraduate qualifications in Education at Bristol and at the Cambridge Institute of Education. He spent 13 years teaching before becoming an inspector of schools, and subsequently Director of Education in two multi-ethnic and urban locations.
He is currently an adviser to Ministers in DCMS and DCSF on the development of the Five-Hour Cultural offer for children and young people – ‘Find Your Talent’ - and chairs the Stakeholder Group for this. He is chair of the trustees for the company establishing the new arrangements for Creative Partnerships. He previously chaired the government's Creative and Cultural Education Board – established in response to his report for ministers on ‘Nurturing Creativity in Young People’. He has been a Board member of Nottingham Playhouse, was elected a FRSA in 1999, and is a member of the Innovation Committee of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. He is also a Board member for the Public Services Innovation Laboratory. He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to Education and the Creative Industries.
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