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Accessible support for ALL schools
We believe every headteacher should have access to support for building a strong board partnership, regardless of school size, so schools under 200 pupils receive a 20% discount on our services. This does not impact what you get - quality and commitment are the same for every school.
Packages are a framework only and support is tailored to your specific needs and challenges. Your focus and outcomes are agreed together during a free strategy call. During this call, we will work to understand your specific challenges - and if we don’t believe this work is what you need, we won’t recommend it - even if you’re ready to buy.
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Face-to-face delivery is available on request.
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An External Review of Governance (ERG) can be added to any package for an additional fee. If you're not sure where to start, book a call and we will be happy to talk things through.
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Breakthrough
For headteachers who need space to think clearly about a specific board or governance challenge. with someone who understands the pressures you’re under.
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£300
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What's included:
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A 3 hour deep-dive strategy session, delivered online
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One extended session or two shorter meetings
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Context-specific materials to support your thinking and next steps
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Actionable plan so you can move forward with confidence
Good for:
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Weighing up a complex governance or leadership decision
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Getting ready for a challenging conversation with your chair or board
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Feeling stuck and needing clarity on a specific issue
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Strengthen
For headteachers who want a stronger, more strategic partnership with their governing board - before friction turns into fatigue.
£600
Includes:
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Five 60-minute sessions over 3-4 months
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Flexible scheduling
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Bespoke resources
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Clear actions between sessions
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Email support
You’ll work towards:
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Partnership, not management
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Clear roles and boundaries
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Strategic board conversations
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Reduced friction, increased trust
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More space to lead
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Sustain
For headteachers who want a governing board partnership that holds steady across a full academic year. Sustained, strategic support for leaders - and a trusted mentor by your side throughout.
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£1450
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Includes:
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Ten 60-minute sessions across the year
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Flexible scheduling
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Bespoke resources
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Ongoing accountability
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Support by email and WhatsApp throughout
The work focuses on:
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A stable, trusting board relationship
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Strategic, purposeful governance
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Clear expectations
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Reduced friction and stress
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Confident, consistent leadership​
Julie K, Headteacher
"Without this collaborative relationship, neither of us would have thrived, and the school would not have moved forward. This is an essential part of leadership development. In fact, it is at it's heart."
The quality of your board relationship is the single most powerful lever in school leadership.
This work is built on one simple truth
The quality of your school’s outcomes depends on the quality of the relationships that lead it.
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The problem is most headteachers have never quite figured out how to make the relationship with their board work. You’ve tried frameworks, training, and terms of reference, but nothing has shifted the patterns that quietly undermine trust, clarity and impact.
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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.
If you know there is a problem with your board relationship, your first step is to book in for a free 30 minute strategy call.
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Not sure if this is right for you?
If any of the following sound familiar, this work may be exactly what you need.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Strategy keeps slipping into detail
Conversations that should be about direction, impact, and long-term priorities quickly collapse into operational minutiae.
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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.
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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.
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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.