British Education in Spain

The Instituto Cervantes Leeds, in collaboration with The University of Leeds, presents "British Education in Spain", with the participation of Sir Roger Fry CBE and Adrián Massam.

Roger Fry's career has centred on promoting British education overseas. He has founded 10 British international schools and has led two international associations of British schools overseas. In this capacity, he negotiated with the Department for Education the establishment of an official inspection scheme for British schools abroad. He was a director of the UK's Independent Schools Council and is the Founder and Patron of a multi-academy trust in England.

He has been a member of the British Council's education advisory board. He is chair of the Trustees of the British Hispanic Foundation and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College of Oxford. He has been awarded the Order of Mérito Civil and the Order of Alfonso X El Sabio in Spain and in the UK the Order of the British Empire and a Knighthood.

Adrian Massam has been leading and developing British schools in Spain for just over 30 years. He graduated from Cambridge University and entered the teaching profession in 1983, moving to Spain in 1987. He has been a member of the executive committee of the National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS) since 2003, and President of the association since 2015.

In this capacity, he has helped to consolidate the recognition of British school qualifications in Spain, advising on equivalences and supporting the work that led up to the signing of the UK-Spain bilateral agreement on education. He has also contributed to the development of the NABSS inspection service for British schools in Spain and has been inspecting schools since 2002.