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...

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

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

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

There is a significant difference between working IN your school and working on your school.

Unfortunately, most school leaders do not get to spend enough time looking at the school from the telescopic perspective because they are al

Every school has at least one of these: a vision statement, a mission statement, a values statement. Do you know yours?

If you’re looking for a comprehensive list of the key aspects of developing and improving school culture, welcome. What follows is...

There’s never enough time. This is a standard response within many professional settings when asked to do something new. Something...

Let's look at three approaches to school improvement and why the third is the most effective for independent schools.

These relaxed and informative sessions are designed to help school leaders gain the clarity and confidence to take on inspections.

There’s a fundamental difference between school improvement and school effectiveness. Unfortunately, these two terms are often confused.