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My work is built on one simple truth
The quality of your school’s outcomes depends on the quality of the relationships that lead it.
The problem is, if you’re like most heads and boards, you’ve never quite figured out how to make those relationships work. You’ve tried frameworks, training, and new meeting structures, but nothing has shifted the patterns that quietly undermine trust, clarity and impact.
As a result, you’ve often felt cautious. Defensive. Worn down by governance tension. And held back from the kind of bold leadership that will transform your school rather than just running it adequately.
Work with me, and we’ll uncover what’s really shaping your board-head dynamic, surface the hidden patterns that are holding you back, and turn your board relationship into a system that supports confident, strategic leadership.
The outcome? Governance that genuinely strengthens your leadership, a board that works with you rather than against you, and a school that consistently delivers the impact it was designed to achieve.
The quality of your board relationship is the single most powerful lever in school leadership.
How does it work?
Every school's governance situation is different. That's why I work in partnership with you to design an approach that meets your needs and delivers sustainable impact.
There are a range of ways we can work together. The method varies. The outcome doesn't: governance that strengthens your leadership rather than constrains it.
Struggling with your board relationship?
Board stuck in unhelpful patterns?
Does your boardroom need a rebuild?
All services are bespoke to meet your needs and start with a complementary Strategy Call
Online coaching from £125 per hour
Facilitated workshops / Webinars from £200 per hour
Consultancy day rate from £450.
Is this right for you?
If any of the following sound familiar, this work may be exactly what you need.
Governance feels heavy, not helpful
You’re doing what’s required, but interactions with the board feel draining, tense, or overly scrutinising rather than supportive and strategic.
The same patterns keep repeating
Despite training, frameworks, and good intentions, the board keeps drifting into operations and the same tensions resurface meeting after meeting.
You’re cautious about what you bring
You find yourself filtering information, over-preparing papers, or avoiding certain topics because it doesn’t feel safe to raise them openly.
Strategy keeps slipping into detail
Conversations that should be about direction, impact, and long-term priorities quickly collapse into operational minutiae.
You sense the real issue isn’t being named
On paper, governance looks fine. But underneath, trust feels fragile and the relationship isn’t doing the work it should be doing.
Accountability feels one-sided
You’re being held to account for outcomes, but there’s little exploration of how board decisions, assumptions, or dynamics have shaped those outcomes too.
If you’re looking for superficial quick fixes or more governance training, then working with me is probably not right for you. But if you’re ready to work on the relationship itself - the trust, the conversations, and the shared accountability - this work can transform how governance actually feels and functions.