Mary Bousted

Dr Mary Winefride Bousted (born Mary Winefride Bleasdale on 15 September 1959, Lancashire, England) is the General Secretary of the teachers' union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

Early life

She is the daughter of Edward and Winefride Bleasdale. She went to a catholic girls' grammar school.

She attended the University of Hull, gaining a BA. From the Institute of Education she gained an MA. Later from the University of York she gained a PhD.

Career

She taught English from 1982-7 at Bentley Wood High School in Harrow. From 1988-91 she was Head of English at Whitmore High School in Harrow.

From 1991-5 she was a lecturer at the University of York, becoming Director of Initial Teacher Training from 1995-7.

From 1997-9 she was Head of Secondary Education at Edge Hill College (became Edge Hill University in 2006), then at the School of Education at Kingston University from 1999-2003.^[1]

ATL

She became General Secretary of the ATL in 2003.

Personal life

She married Donald Bousted in 1983. They have one daughter.

References

1. ^ Debrett's

External links

• ATL
• IMDb
• ACAS
• Her education
• Mary Bousted at The Guardian

Video clips

• Daily Politics June 2011

Political offices
Preceded by	General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers 2003-	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Bousted, Mary
Alternative names
Short description	Teacher's union representative
Date of birth	15 September 1959
Place of birth	Lancashire, England
Date of death
Place of death