Empowering leaders to achieve the exceptional

In order to make some large scale strategic changes across a number of Post 16 establishments, SMARTcurriculum was able to review curriculum across a number of institutions, offer possible Post-16 collaborative solutions and help us understand potential alternative curriculum models.

We needed to look at this in a very tight time frame and SMARTcurriculum was able to work with speed and keep to all the very challenging deadlines to carry out what was a complex piece of work.

Aimed skilfully at leaders of all experiences and provided lots of opportunities to discuss, not just the operational aspect of timetables, but bigger issues affecting schools that can be supported through a quality curriculum and timetable.

Chris is patient, thorough and an expert in his field, with a wealth of knowledge and experience. I would recommend this to any leader wanting to develop and improve their curriculum provision.

I have been extremely impressed by the work of Chris and his team which has enabled the school to redesign our curriculum to ensure that it is not only effective in terms of delivering a curriculum that it fit for purpose but has also assisted the school in being able to achieve significant financial savings.

The SMARTcurriculum Analytics is clear and has given our school leaders, governors and Trustees information about the school in terms of staffing, curriculum and timetabling that in the past has not been possible.

I have found Chris’s advice and counsel invaluable during my first year as Headteacher. His knowledge around curriculum design and management and finances linked to that and staffing is superb and has significantly contributed to the healthy finances of the school.

However he has a broader knowledge base, extending across all areas of school leadership that has proven really useful. All that, combined with his ‘coaching’ style have made working with Chris an effective partnership. I would thoroughly recommend him and his work.

We have worked with SMARTcurriculum on a number of projects, including our timetable and curriculum. Chris is knowledgeable, flexible and supportive in his approach. I have been delighted with the support that he has offered us over the last three years.

As a result of his work I will not have a senior staff use their time stuck in an office writing a timetable, this is not effective or value for money.

SMARTcurriculum were recommended to us and we commissioned them to undertake a full curriculum review to ensure effectiveness as well as value for money. The structured thought process and recommendations have enabled us to immediately put in place a curriculum offer that maintains breadth as well as quality.

Additional staffing periods will now enable us to instigate a coaching model for those new to teaching as well as additional support for our most vulnerable students. Highly recommended!