Strong schools are built by strong leaders. Whether you are a headteacher, senior leadership team, governing board or trust, investing in leadership development creates the confidence, clarity and strategic thinking needed for sustainable success.
At Evergreen Leaders, leadership development is practical, collaborative and tailored to your context. Drawing on over 30 years in education, 13 years as a successful headteacher, extensive school improvement experience and my professional coaching background, I design bespoke development programmes that build knowledge, strengthen leadership and create lasting impact.
Every programme combines professional expertise with coaching principles, creating opportunities for reflection, discussion and practical application so that learning leads to meaningful change.
The Evergreen Approach
Leadership development is most effective when it is relevant, reflective and rooted in real experience.
Discover
Understand context, aspirations and strengths.
Strengthen
Develop knowledge, confidence and practical strategies.
Sustain
Create learning and leadership that lasts.
Bespoke Development
No two schools are the same. Whether you require a keynote presentation, governor conference, INSET day, leadership away day, trust-wide development programme or ongoing professional learning, every programme is designed around your context, priorities and aspirations.
Together we will create engaging professional learning that develops confident leaders, strengthens governance and supports sustainable school improvement.
Areas of Expertise
- Leadership Development
- Governor and Trustee Development
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Governance
- School Improvement
- Headteacher Appraisal
- Holding Leaders to Account
- Curriculum Leadership
- Understanding School Data
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Safeguarding
- Behaviour and Culture
- Early Years Leadership
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Team Development
- Facilitation
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership Wellbeing
- Professional Learning
Leadership Development Programmes
Leadership is about more than managing people. It is about creating the conditions in which others can flourish.
Working with headteachers, executive leaders, senior leadership teams and aspiring leaders, I design bespoke development programmes that combine leadership theory, practical experience and coaching.
Programmes can include:
- Leading Sustainable School Improvement
- Strategic Leadership
- Leading Through Change
- Building High-Performing Leadership Teams
- Developing Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Difficult Conversations
- Decision Making and Professional Judgement
- Building Leadership Resilience and Wellbeing
- Executive Coaching alongside Leadership Development
- Mentoring for New and Experienced Headteachers
Every programme is tailored to your organisation, ensuring learning is immediately relevant and has lasting impact.
Governor and Trustee Development Programmes
Effective governance is one of the strongest drivers of school improvement.
My development programmes equip governors and trustees with the knowledge, confidence and strategic thinking needed to provide effective support, challenge and accountability.
Each programme can be delivered as a twilight session, conference workshop, full training day or as part of a wider governance development programme.
Ideal for new governors and governing boards.
- Effective induction for new governors and trustees
- Roles, responsibilities and core functions of governing boards
- Understanding strategic governance
- Building confidence in the governor role
Supporting boards to become more effective, strategic and impactful.
Development programmes include:
- Board Self-Evaluation and Governance Strategy
- Holding Leaders to Account
- The Art of Asking Better Questions (New for 2026/27)
- Recruiting and Inducting New Governors
- Effective Chairing and Board Development
- Bespoke Clerk Development Seminars
Helping governors understand how to monitor educational quality confidently.
Programmes include:
- Reviewing and Improving Your School’s Curriculum
- Understanding Curriculum and Assessment
- Monitoring Curriculum Implementation and Impact
- Talking to Ofsted about the Curriculum
- Progress, Attainment and Understanding School Performance Data
Strengthening governors’ understanding of their statutory and strategic responsibilities.
Development programmes include:
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Auditing Equality Practice
- Developing Equality Action Plans
- The Governing Board’s Role in Personal Development
- Monitoring SMSC and British Values
- Relationships, Sex and Health Education
- Careers Education
- Safeguarding Governance
Supporting governors to provide confident strategic leadership.
Programmes include:
- Headteacher Appraisal
- Strategic Leadership and Accountability
- Financial Oversight
- Balancing Support, Challenge and Leader Wellbeing
- Early Years Governance
Let’s develop leadership that lasts
Whether you are seeking to strengthen your governing board, invest in your leadership team or design a bespoke development programme, I’d be delighted to help.
Book a complimentary 30-minute discovery call and together we’ll explore how Evergreen Leaders can support the growth of confident leaders, effective governance and sustainable school improvement.
