Co-founder of Inspiration for All, bringing together senior leaders from business and education in a peer-to-peer partnership. Former school leader. Counsellor.
London, England
Joined June 2010
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🌟 Join Our Team!
👀 We're on the lookout for 2 dynamic Relationship Managers to join our expanding team
🤝The role is to foster and oversee our partnerships
For someone:
😀passionate about building meaningful relationships and making a positive impact
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📢 We're hiring! Join us as a Programme Manager (PT, remote) to help drive leadership & social impact by connecting business & school leaders. Flexible, purpose-led and full of heart 💚
💼 2 days/week | £33k FTE
📍 Remote
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Disadvantage gap: why the impact of absence is now clear
Important to understand but we need to know we can make a difference too.
“But while many gaps continue to widen ……history tells us that progress is possible.”
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The most popular talk I’ve seen today - staff wellbeing & retention - facilitate parcel drop off & returns/pay for prescriptions (8k pa, doable), gratitude doc & being mugged. Super ideas & make all the difference. @JonnyUttley Simon Hart, Lisa Longstaff, Faizal Miss @SAA_Show
Enjoying the thrilling atmosphere at @SAA_Show
Listening to how we can lead school improvement with my ‘silent disco’ earphones to hear above the incredible buzz in the arena. Say hello if you are here :)
🎉 So proud we have been nominated for the City AM Dragon awards as start-up for the year !
Take a look at our video below to find out more.
Thank you to our partners @LiftSchools @HarrisFed @SSLP_Southwark @HaringeyEduc
What if schools & businesses could transform education & deliver inclusive leadership?
On the day of the City AM Dragon Awards, we celebrate Inspiration For All, where school & business leaders connect through peer mentoring to drive leadership, fresh perspectives & social mobility.
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@Sarahcaton66 @haringeyedu @LiftSchools @HarrisFed @lb_southwark @EYnews @WTWcorporate @LinklatersLLP @KPMG
🎉Delighted to be able to offer this opportunity to incredible @WomenEd leaders. Meet with a senior leader in business in a peer-to-peer mentoring programme. Explore common leadership challenges & learn from each other.
Hot of the press - additional place in Brighton.
We’ve linked with @IFALInspiration to offer 2 Exec Heads/Heads/Deputies in @WomenEdLondon network mentoring from KPMG/Linklaters. 💜💜
It’s 1 hour a month for 9 months after Nov half term. The school must have a PP above 35%. #WomenEd 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
To sign up - fill in the form here :) forms.office.com/e/yu5cJddCZ…
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We’ve linked with @IFALInspiration to offer 2 Exec Heads/Heads/Deputies in @WomenEdLondon network mentoring from KPMG/Linklaters. 💜💜
It’s 1 hour a month for 9 months after Nov half term. The school must have a PP above 35%. #WomenEd 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
I smashed it 💥 🙌🎉
220+ Km for @DementiaUK 100 Km challenge for August 😎☀️🏃♀️
Still time to donate here ⬇️
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I'm participating in the Walk 100K in August Challenge🚶🌈✨ raising money for Dementia UK - a cause close to my heart. Only 30k to go 🙌
£8 could pay for the telephone costs of 2 families calling our Helpline, I'd love it if you could support me:
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I'm fundraising for Dementia UK. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/i…
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The moment we stopped watching Bridgerton
Let us explain ...
Things were going great and we were really getting into Season 3.
That is until we watched this scene unfold before our eyes ....
Amazing launch event @santanderuk for Women’s Business Leadership mentoring programme and hearing the impressive Sarah Willingham.
🤙A mentor is your phone a friend
🎙Ask for help
🤝Build your network
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"The genesis took shape around Paula’s kitchen table, amidst brainstorming sessions marked by wallpaper sheets and colourful post-it notes."
A super 😊 article from City AM showcasing our journey and our purpose -get in touch if you'd like to hear more.
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“Go and play with AI. You are a great teacher, you are trained - Remeber to use your brain and common sense”
“Tech needs to support the vision, not the other way round”
Fascinating conversations at Bett uk - Education Leadership Programme.
This great to see.
Proud to be a partner with @AETacademies delivering the Inspiring Partnerships programme connecting senior leaders in education & business to gain a fresh perspective.
3/4 of participants say they are more likely to stay in a leadership role in their school.
Headteachers at @AETAcademies will get access to £100k worth of investment in CPD each and offered a sabbatical under new scheme
@vianclark said: ‘Too often, school leadership can feel isolating, lonely and difficult. We want to change that’
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