Summary of Qualifications | Teaching Certificate: 1971 Bachelor of Education (Hons),University of Reading: 1972 Master of Philosophy, University of Southampton: 1991 |
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Professional Experience | - Director, Hamdon Education - 2002 -Current
- Senior Consultant, CfBT Education Services - 1999 - 2002
- Consultant in Education & Community Development - 1989 - 1999
- General Manager, Eastpoint Community Education Project, Southampton - 1986 - 1989
- Acting Headteacher, Solway Community School, Cumbria 1984-86
- Deputy Headteacher 1981-1984
- Research Fellow (Seconded), University of Leicester Schl. of Edn
- Division Head/Head of Drama, Earl of Shilton College, Leicestershire
- Teacher/Deputy Division Head, Bosworth College, Leicestershire
- Teacher, Islington Green Secondary School, London
- Teacher, St Angelo's Preparatory School, Ealing, London
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Professional Memberships | - Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- National Teaching Awards, 2007: Distinction
- Chair, Kala Chethana Kathakali Troupe
- Governor, Hightown First School, Southampton (Vice chair), 1988-92
- Governor, Woodlands Community School, Southampton 1988-98 (Chair, 92-96)
- Governor, Norton-sub-Hamdon Church of England Primary School,
Somerset, 2000- (Chair, 01- 05) & West Chinnock Primary School, 2010-2015 - Governor, Stanchester Community School, Somerset 2004 – 2011 (Chair, 07-11)
- Governor (DfES), Sandwell Academy, West Bromwich, 2006 - 2008
- IEB Member, Archbishop Cranmer Primary School, 2012-13
- Governor/LAB member, Rocklands Special School, Lichfield, 2017-
- Visiting Fellow, University of Leicester School of Education, 1979-81
- Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton School of Education, 1989-91
- Advisor/Assessor, Investors in People
- Member, Society of Education Consultants
- Performance Management Consultant: DfES accredited
- DfES accredited trainer of governors in performance management
- Writer, Nelson Thornes Primary Digest
- Affiliated Field Consultant, Bath Spa University
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Consultancies | - National College for School Leadership
- CfBT Education Services (Senior Consultant)
- Supplementary Schools Support Service
- National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
- Community Education Development Centre (CEDC)
- Charities Evaluation Service
- Action for Governor Information & Training (AGIT)
- Grant Maintained Schools Centre
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Areas of Expertise | Management: Through secondary school teaching, senior school managment to headship level; establishment and management of a large community education project. Research and evaluation: Through research fellowships at the Universities of Leicester and Southampton; research projects with Southampton City Council; University of North London; NCVO (‘Advancing Good Management’ project); CEDC; evaluation projects for NCVO, Borough of Sandwell, Keen Students Supplementary School, Whitechapel; Grant Maintained Schools Centre; Victoria Venture, Sandwell; Hampshire & South Coast Community Work Forum; London Borough of Haringey; Supplementary Schools Support Service; Sure Start Haringey. Support, Facilitation and Development: Through work with London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Southwark; Sure Start, Haringey; Dorset Education Department; Keen Students School, Whitechapel; Southampton MIND; Sandwell TEC; Sandwell Caring for Carers; Sandwell Tenants & Residents Federation; Victoria Visiting Venture, Smethwick; British Sociological Association; Cruse Bereavement Care; Portsmouth Mediation Service; Headlamp Hampshire; City Academies Trust; National Remodelling Team; National College for School Leadership (Multi-Agency Development Team; Leadership Challenge; Leadership In Multi Agency Context) Training: Of headteachers, staff and governors of LEA and independent schools; with around 70 LAs, Diocesan Authorities, Governors Wales; AGIT, CEDC, GMSC. Writing & delivering Welsh national training for school governors. Production of training materials for national course for governors in Wales. Co-Writer of national DfES-funded NVQ course for tutors/organiser in Supplementary Schools, December 2002-May 2003. Every Child Matters: Consultant Facilitator for the National Remodelling Team/Training & Development Agency, Extended Schools; NCSL Multi Agency Development Team & Leadership Challenge. Performance Management: DfES-accredited consultant/trainer, 2000 (registered with ISCA consortium.) ‘Embedding Performance Management’, 2002. DfES-accredited trainer of governors in Performance Management, 2000; Co-Writer of national training materials in Performance Management for DfES, March-September, 2003 Coaching: Mentoring and coaching new headteachers (e.g. Headlamp) and other leaders for LAs, using Solution Focused approaches |
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Select Projects | - Headspace: Coaching Support for Headteachers & support for wellbeing in schools, Education Support Partnership, 2013- ; Pharmacist Support, 2018-
- Consultant, National Governors' Association, 2013-2016
- Governor Support & Development, Diocese of Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust, 2012-14
- Keynote conference addresses: Calderdale, Sheffield, Kirklees, Barnsley, 2012-13
- Guardian Travel Writers' Prize: Runner-up, 2012
- Interim Executive Board, Archbishop Cranmer Primary School, Taunton (2012-13)
- WorkingInSchool.net: A virtual staffroom, June 2012 - present
- College of Teachers: The Governance of Schools: A course for governors, 2011-13
- Writer/Trainer, Forum Business Media, 2010-
- Organisational review, Sandwell Young Carers, Sandwell Children’s Trust, 2010
- Writer: Philip Allen (Hodder) INSET in a Box, 2010
- Consultant/Facilitator: Children’s Trust Challenge Programme, NCSCL, 2009-10
- WorkLife Support: Programme Consultant, Well-Being Project, 2008-
- NCSL: Leading in the Multi Agency Context - Events for Primary Headteachers, 2007-08
- Multi Agency Development Team Development for NCSL, Training the Trainers, 2007-08
- Teaching Award Finalist (Distinction) 2007 (DfES Governor of the Year)
- Consultancy to Governing Body, The Junior & Senior Schools, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Leicester Complementary Schools Trust: Preparation of accredited course for Tutors, 2006-07
- Battersea Sure Start Team Development, 2006
- NCSL: Consultant facilitator, Leadership Challenge 2006-07
- Update of NPQH Units for NCSL, Autumn, 2005
- National Remodelling Team/Training & Development Agency: Consultant Facilitator, Extended Schools Regional Consultant training, 2005-06
- National College for School Leadership: Consultant Facilitator, Multi Agency Team Development, 2005-06 (teams in Tooting, Hackney, Battersea)
- Evaluation and support for a CfBT-funded Research Project: Raising Achievement among KS2 Bangladeshi Children 2004-05
- Keynote speaker: Qatar Supreme Education Council/British Council, Qatar Symposium:
- Ensuring Excellence through Leadership & Assessment, 15-16 February, 2005
- NCSL Hotseat Guest Contributor, Financial Management in Schools, Sept-Oct 2004
- Speaker at the DfES/Ofsted Governors’ Conference, March 2004
- Representing the British Council & DfES in seminars with Russian educationists, lawyers and members of parliament on the introduction of new systems of school governance throughout the Russian Federation, Moscow, 2003
- Co-Writing of support guide, videos and other training material for governors in performance management for the DfES, 2003
- Development of NOCN-accredited Tutor Training programme for Supplementary School Tutor/Organisers (DfES/Supplementary Schools Support Service, 2003-04)
- Support for Governors and Governing Bodies in Southend on Sea: A survey and needs analysis
- Moderated School Self-Review for Governing Bodies: A Self Evaluation Programme for CfBT
- Best Practice Review for the DfES Supplementary Schools Support Service
- Governors Wales: Preparation and delivery of OCN accredited national training course for governors
- Southend on Sea: Delivery of training and consultancy to school governors and headteachers, 2000 -
- London Diocesan Board for Schools: Provision of governor training and conference, 2000
- Family Learning: An evaluation for Haringey LEA, 2000
- Developing Multi-Agency Work: A consultancy, research and training project for Sure Start Haringey
- Early Excellence Centres: A Research Project for Haringey LEA & the DfEE, 1999 & 2001
- Attached consultant on school improvement: Westminster School Improvement Project, Nord Anglia, 1999-2001
- Schools with serious weaknesses and in special measures: Workshops for Southwark governing bodies, 1999-2000
- Headlamp Hampshire: Mentoring for new headteachers, 1997-2000
- School Governor Services, Dorset Education Department: Training and consultancy, 1992-99
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