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...
Apr 25, 2025
I am helping my old trust (The Collegiate Trust) to identify a suitable external consultant who could work with them over the coming weeks to review the systems and structures of the leadership in the Trust. The full brief and contact details can be found below. I...
Mar 7, 2025
Wonderful news that the Regional Director has approved academy orders for St Peter’s Centre in Surrey and Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School in Southwark; these will now be the founding schools of The Goldfinch Trust in September 2025. It is unusual for small...
