CURRICULUM, TEACHING & EDUCATION LEADERSHIP

CONSULTANCY SERVICES
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Drawing on evidence-informed expertise and extensive experience of teaching and leading at department, school and trust-wide levels, I am able to provide consultancy to UK and international schools in a variety of contexts to support improvements in teaching & learning, curriculum and education leadership.
Previous consultancy commissions have included:
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Developing a model for senior curricular leadership to improve support & challenge for middle leaders
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Leading and conducting whole-school KS3 and KS4 curriculum review
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Conducting detailed collaborative reviews and supporting development planning for individual subjects
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Gathering pupil voice data on school ethos and behaviour & attitudes to inform improvement planning
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Evaluating and supporting senior and middle leaders' preparation for inspection
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Curriculum and leadership support for moving from a two-year to three-year Key Stage 3 (& vice versa for KS4)
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Conducting independent & impartial disciplinary, complaint and grievance investigation services.
For further examples of consultancy and school support work I do, please see details below.

Senior Leaders
Working with senior leaders to support evaluation and improvement planning of:
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Curriculum (scope, sequencing, rigour, coherence)
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Quality of teaching & learning
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Line management
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Staff CPD & its impact
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Support for ITTs and ECTs
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Policies & documentation
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Inspection readiness
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Budget management & planning
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Complaint hearings (as independent members/chair)

Middle Leaders
Supporting curriculum and pastoral leaders to evaluate, build expertise and plan for improvements in:
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Curriculum design
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Teaching & Learning
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Assessment
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Culture & ethos
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Leading a team
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Leading CPD
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Working effectively with SLT
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Managing change
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Improvement planning
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The wider curriculum

History Teams
Working with Heads of History and history teaching teams to develop the quality of history education:
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Curriculum design
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History-specific pedagogy
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Assessment in history
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Developing the team
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History teacher CPD
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Communication curricular intent, implementation and impact to SLT
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Development planning
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Raising attainment at GCSE & A-Level

Whole-school staff
Working with staff across school to support self-evaluation and development in areas where a whole-school approach or consistency might be needed:
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Behaviour culture
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Formative use of assessment
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Summative use of assessment
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Cognitive science & teaching
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Inclusive practice & adaptive teaching
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Policy implementation
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Inspection readiness
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Supporting the most able
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Learning outside the classroom