Ron is an Assistant Headteacher at The Ridgeway School in Swindon and is a qualified NLP Practitioner and youth coach . His workshops have been hailed as outstanding and Ron is now in demand from schools across the country.
Damian is a serving Headteacher, is in his second headship, and has just returned from a secondment at another primary school. Over the last twenty years he has taught at a wide range of schools and been a head since 2001.
Richard has always been passionate about understanding how we learn. Together with Professor Burden of the University of Exeter he has developed an approach which is having a significant impact on the teaching of thinking in schools in the UK and abroad.
Nick spent 27 years in teaching, 10 of those as a Deputy Headteacher in a large and thriving comprehensive before setting up his own very successful education consultancy.
Fiona is a freelance educational consultant who has been involved with primary education for more than thirty years. She is passionate about children’s learning, and has had extensive experience in large and small schools, in rural and urban areas and has taught overseas.
Nanette has worked in most sectors of education – primary, middle, secondary and further education and until July 2005 was headteacher of a highly successful primary school in Hemel Hempstead.
Teresa is a former secondary Headteacher who maintained a career-long interest in both the creation of a relevant and enriching secondary curriculum and the development, for students, of transportable, personal skills.
Nick spent 27 years in teaching, 10 of those as a Deputy Headteacher in a large and thriving comprehensive before setting up his own very successful education consultancy.
He has managed a wide range of projects. He is a registered trainer for Thinking Maps and in this role has trained hundreds of teachers across the country. He has delivered workshops in creativity, leadership, higher order thinking and Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS) as well as delivering Habits of Mind training. He has worked as the supporting consultant to a number of schools that are progressing towards recognition by the University of Exeter as Thinking Schools as well as playing a central role in establishing the Kestrel Regional Centres for Excellence that have provided training and development opportunities in cognitive education.
In addition to his work with Kestrel, Nick is a coordinator for two 14-19 Consortia and works closely with over 25 schools and colleges. He has a passion – and a flare – for the development of collaborative working and has an excellent understanding of the 14-19 Reforms. He has worked strategically with school and college leaders and has been responsible for leading the development and implementation of a structured approach towards successful consortium working including Diploma delivery including a collaborative approach towards PLTS.