Leadership held lightly

Steady, considered support for the heads, governors, MAT leaders and aspiring leaders carrying the work. Coaching, consultancy, governance and inspection support, keynotes and INSET — from a Chartered Teacher and former headteacher with twenty-four years inside education.

Leadership in education is lonely in ways the job description never quite captures. Inspection cycles, budget pressure, staff retention, safeguarding, the parent body, the trust board — it all has to be held, and often held by one person. This strand exists to be the steady second voice in the room: thinking with you, not for you; offering tools and frameworks where they help, and quiet company where they don’t.

Six ways to work together

1 · Survive to Thrive — Self-Paced Course

A self-paced course for new and aspiring heads.

Twelve guided modules, a workbook and lifetime access, with the option to add one-to-one sessions. Built around the actual rhythm of the school year.

· Course: £149

· Course + three 1:1 sessions: £395

2 · Educational Consultancy

Day-rate consultancy for settings, schools and trusts.

Strategic reviews, curriculum and pedagogy work, leadership team facilitation, change programmes, parent engagement strategy.

Scoped to your need. Half-day: £400 · Full day: £600 · Two days: £1,100 · Quarterly retainer (4 days): £2,100 · Annual partnership (16 days): £7,800

3 · One-to-One Leadership Coaching

Confidential, ongoing coaching for heads, deputies, governors and aspiring leaders.

Fortnightly or monthly sessions. No template — your agenda, my listening, the questions that get to the underneath of what’s actually going on.

Single session: £90 · Six sessions: £480 · Twelve sessions: £900 · Twenty-four sessions: £1,650

4 · Governance & Inspection Support

Governor training, mock inspection days and longer-term governance partnerships.

Practical, calm, grounded in the current frameworks.

The six-month retainer gives your board a named adviser across two terms: one board meeting attended per term, a review of up to four governance documents, an inspection-readiness check, and email or phone support in between.

Governor training: £400 · Mock inspection day: £600 · Six-month governance retainer: £2,100

5 · Keynotes & INSET

Conference keynotes, INSET days and multi-session training programmes for schools, trusts, conferences and networks.

Topics include leadership through change, primary pedagogy, early years practice, governance in plain English, and the long view of school improvement.

Keynote: £300 · Half-day INSET: £300 · Full-day INSET: £450 · Three-session programme: £1,100 · Six-session programme: £2,000

6 · Books on Leadership and Change

Four of my ten books are on the practice of leadership in schools: From Teacher to Headteacher, The Inspection Conversation, Governance for Good in the Early Years, and Designing Training That Lasts. All written from the inside of the work. Available from the Shop · setting and trust licences on request.