As someone who works exclusively with non – association independent schools, I hear many versions of this statement all the time: ❌ We...

Just a little something: Episode 4 This is a series which covers some of the things that some leaders of independent schools overlook,...

Just a little something: Episode 3 This is a series which covers some of the things that some leaders of independent schools overlook,...

Just a Little Something – Episode 2 A few weeks ago, I started what I intend to be a regular series called Just a little something. It...

Just a little something…Episode 1 This is the beginning of a series about some things some leaders of independent schools overlook, omit,...

Improve What’s Not Working Well This is the fourth in our 4-step procedure for promoting excellence. So how do we go about improving...

Step 3: Strengthen What Works Last week we started talking about the 4 step procedure that Marell Consulting Limited uses to promote...

Step 2: Monitor & Evaluate What You Do It's the second of the 4-step procedure we use to promote excellence in schools. Let’s talk about...

Step 1: Do your best. It's the first of the 4-step procedure we use to promote excellence in schools. We work exclusively with...

To Proprietors, Governors, Trustees, Headteachers and other school leaders at independent schools that are inspected by Ofsted – Ofsted...

The COVID-19 pandemic took all of us by surprise. I doubt there was a single business continuity policy that covered the incidence of a...

Ofsted’s “Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: management information” was published yesterday. What interests...

Worrying about Ofsted inspections is one of the most popular issues that keeps independent school leaders up at night. Inspection can be...

If you want to know what to expect during an inspection there’s a lot of information freely available out there. Inspection handbooks,...

When I asked the Headteachers of Independent Schools about issues that keep them up at night, this was one: “Demonstrating progress-...

Last week, after watching a video by Social Ink suggesting that our content should not just be about what matters to us - that it should...

Although CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development, we also need to look at CPD as Continuing Personal Development.

Independent schools face challenges? Sure, I hear you say. Like whether to build a second olympic-size swimming pool or to add dressage to t

Teaching is a vocation. A calling. No one gets into teaching for the money or the glory. There’s very little of one, and none of the other.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”