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Prison Education · 22 Jul 2026

Reframing Futures: Why Education Behind Bars Is More Than Just Compliance

In a high churn local prison like HMP Pentonville, education is often the first real opportunity men get to rewrite their stories. Discover how targeted learning, neurodiversity support, and tailored teaching help break generational cycles of disadvantage and reduce reoffending.

Leadership & Personal · 18 Jul 2026

Balancing the Scales: Leadership, Fatherhood, and the Power of Transition Rituals

Managing workforce stress and complex change projects requires immense emotional energy. Here, I discuss why physical boundaries and deliberate transition rituals are essential to protect your home life and ensure you can show up fully as both a leader and a father.

Change Management · 23 Jun 2026

Raising Standards Behind Walls: One Year in Prison Education

Transitioning into prison education is a gear change for any educational leader. Transitioning into HMP Pentonville, a complex, high pressure Category B environment, right as it navigated the intense operational pressures of an Urgent Notification is another thing entirely.

Leadership & Personal · 11 Dec 2024

The Legacy of Learning: A Personal Journey (or Why I Am an Education Leader)

Every single day I’m reminded of why I chose education as my life’s work — it is, I believe, our greatest equaliser.

Quality & Compliance · 03 Sep 2024

Making the SAR/QIP Cycle Useful Instead of Just Compliant

Turning a regulatory requirement into a genuine improvement tool for teaching teams.

Research & Practice · 17 May 2024

What Ten Years of Academic Research Taught Me About Running a Team

Reflections from a career that moved from primate biomechanics to education leadership.

Change Management · 08 Feb 2024

Restructuring Four Campuses Without Losing Staff Trust

A practical account of the sequencing, communication, and budget trade-offs behind a 12% cost saving.

Mentoring · 20 Nov 2023

What I Look for When Mentoring a New Teacher

The habits that separate a competent lesson from a confident teacher.

Digital & Data · 14 Sep 2023

Why Moving to the Cloud Is a Culture Project, Not an IT Project

What we learned rolling out shared governance systems across a five-campus college.

Team Leadership · 02 Jun 2023

Leading 100 People Across Five Sites Without Losing the Thread

Notes on governance, delegation, and staying close to the work when you can’t be everywhere at once.

Leadership · 31 Jan 2023

Do We Need a Leader?

Leaders exist — but does the group they lead actually consider them effective?

Leadership · 11 Apr 2022

How to Lead a Team

Do you believe in magic recipes for success? There are, however, things successful leaders have in common.

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Notes on Leadership & Education

From Research to Reform: Unexpected Lessons in Education Leadership