Jan 14, 2026
The effective leadership of business support functions is a crucial feature of successful schools and trusts. I am working with Spa Education Trust, leading the appointment to this new post that will help to drive standards across the Trust. See details at...
Dec 15, 2025
The end of a long autumn term might seem a challenging time to review culture in any school or college, but in many ways it is the ideal time to test out how colleagues and students are working and whether they are continuing to live up to the expectations that seem...
Sep 25, 2025
It is still very common in secondary schools to begin curriculum planning at the time of KS4 options, and financial planning in the run up to setting the new budget – and to try to make the two processes come together (if at all) at some point...
Sep 15, 2025
Goldfinch Trust – a brand new MAT supporting young people with medical and mental health needs – came into being on 1st September. It has been a privilege to work with Maarten and the team at Maudsley & Bethlem Hospital School and Yolande and the team...
May 29, 2025
The annual curriculum analysis was a major event back in the day; the curriculum deputy would spend most of the autumn term producing the analysis of what he – it was usually he – had produced for the timetable the previous summer. It is interesting to...
