ICT Wand

Key Areas of expertise

As a seasoned leadership coach and school improvement consultant, I offer over a decade of experience gained both as an independent consultant and as a local authority advisor. My background includes leading on city wide projects, delivering school improvement services, and serving as Chair of Governors at a large primary school. I offer headteacher performance management and provide unique training courses and leadership programmes that create impactful change.

My key areas of expertise:

• Coaching and professional 1:1 support for headteachers, senior and middle leaders.
  
  
• Leadership training and development packages.
  
  
• Facilitation for senior leadership teams - e.g. school improvement planning, working out plans to achieve a whole school priority, team coaching to improve the impact of collective leadership.
  
  
• Support for leaders with specific remits, e.g. curriculum development, staff development, pupil premium and improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, core subjects.
  
  
• Development of teaching and learning with a view to raising academic achievement and removing barriers to learning.
  
  
• School development planning, including visioning, data analysis, problem solving, and strategising. My wide knowledge base of educational research, particularly in relation to improving academic outcomes, is especially useful to senior leaders needing to raise standards.

   

Consultancy & Training

Drawing from a broad and diverse knowledge base, I am able to provide a very flexible and personalised service. My approach is tailored to meet your unique needs, ensuring support delivers tangible results. Let’s work together to turn challenges into opportunities for growth and success.

“Vicky’s level of expertise, her level of reality, and her level of practicality sets her apart from other school improvement professionals.”

"Truly exceptional in tailoring to our school, my vision and also the staff rather than just being generic."

“The training was brilliantly constructed.  One of the best courses I have attended in years.  I wanted to be challenged and provoked, but also given some new ideas to work with and the day achieved all of this.”

To ensure consultancy has impact, a practical approach runs throughout the services offered and sessions are tailored to meet the needs of participants.

As part of my service, I will:

• Listen carefully to exactly what you need;
• Explore a range of solutions, helping you to set up support plans that achieve your goals;
• Give you honest, unbiased, practical advice;
• Challenge as appropriate;
• Work in partnership to create strong solutions;
• Provide a high quality, professional service; and
• Provide tools and resources to aid implementation.

  Course brochure 2024/2025

   

Tap into services

Services include:

• Create your own leadership programmes: This can be for a single school, a group of schools or MAT. From short training courses to year-long development programmes, I can work with you to design a bespoke package of training and coaching for leaders. This can be delivered remotely, or using a mix of online and in-person days, or entirely face-to-face.
• Support for school improvement professionals - Having trained and managed ASTs, SLEs and local authority consultants, and having extensive experience of supporting schools myself, I can provide training and development for a range of different school improvement personnel. This can be direct training, coaching, team facilitation or leading network meetings. I am able to work with central staff in multi-academy trusts whose remit is school improvement.
• Leadership support- Coaching and professional dialogue, headteacher performance management, problem solving, facilitation of working parties, data analysis and review, school improvement partnership.