Margaret Maden

Maden was a member of the National Commission for Education 1999–2002, an OECD Scrutineer/Adviser, Deputy Chair at The Basic Skills Agency and most recently, a governor of Peers School (now The Oxford Academy), Oxford. In 2002 she became a Trustee/Director at the Royal Opera House until 2011, and in 2007 a governor of the Royal Ballet School, London. Maden is an Honorary Norham Fellow at Oxford University Department of Education.

She then spent a year as Principal Officer (Tertiary Planning) in the Inner London Education Authority before moving to local authority work at Warwickshire County Council, first as Deputy (1987), then Director of Education (1989). After early retirement, she took up a part-time post as the Director of the Centre for Successful Schools and Chair in Education, Keele University, 1995–2003.

Maden first taught Geography in Stockwell Manor School, Brixton in 1962, then lectured at Sidney Webb College of Education. She was active in the National Union of Teachers and Chairman of the London Young Teachers Association in 1970. After four years as Deputy Head at Bicester School, Oxford, she was appointed to Islington Green School, followed by the Directorship of a new Islington 6th Form Centre from 1983–86.

Professor Margaret Maden (born 16 April 1940) is a British educationalist who was Headteacher of Islington Green School in Inner London from 1975–1983. She is said to have led the school from being "on the brink of closure" to becoming over-subscribed. During her tenure, members of the school's choir sang, initially unbeknownst to her, on Pink Floyd's number one hit: "Another Brick in the Wall Part II".