Education Operations

We have experience in the following areas of Education Operations:

Academy conversion and Multi-Academy Trust Consulting and Management

Advised schools in the diocese scheduled to convert to academy status and conducted due diligence to ensure they were ready to convert.
Liaised with legal, accounts, unions, local authorities, DfE and Regional Schools' Commissioners, MAT boards and executives to manage conversion and change.
Performed role of Operations/Finance Director for PODCAST Education Services, a not-for-profit company established by the Diocese to provide educational and financial oversight of the 53 academies in 4 MATs.
Responsible for finance, business planning and operations for this £90m organisation.
Performed contract negotiation, evaluation and selection and extensive Partner Relationship Management.
Assisted in the expansion of 4 Multi-Academy Trust Boards and the selection of each board's Non-Executive Directors.

Responsible for managing 11 IT apprenticeship training centres across the Midlands.
Provided leadership and motivation to a team of 75 staff to exceed 90% achievement targets repeatedly for cohorts of over 650 apprentices spread across 11 locations.
Established a commercial training business within the organisation to augment its government funded apprenticeship programmes.
Extensive personnel recruitment and management, including appraisals, performance management and handling grievances and disciplinaries.
Influential in establishing Associate Trainer programme to nurture new talent into technical trainers and provided a structured career path for the training team.
Managed Partnerships with Microsoft, CompTIA and The Learning & Performance Institute.

Responsible for the overall direction and management of Abacus College and Oxford Language Centre, its subsidiary English as a Foreign Language school, reporting to the college's owner.
We took on a loss making tutorial college that had recently failed its Ofsted inspection and managed to break even for the two financial years we were in charge.
Provided leadership and motivation to the team of around 40 staff and tutors to pass Ofsted and UKVI inspections within months of appointment.
Implemented student progress monitoring and motivation processes which significantly improved A-level and University Foundation Programme results improving the university options and destinations for the students.
Managed partner relationships with education agents and embassies for student recruitment, admissions and academic progress feedback.
Managed partner relationships with universities to assist student progression and for University Foundation Programme approval.
Extensive HR management of new and existing tutors and support staff.