Educational Consultancy Services

• Curriculum: delivering strategic curriculum leadership, subject leadership and classbased support

• National Strategies: delivering training, consultancy and classroom support across all aspects of the primary and secondary National Strategies to improve outcomes for learners

• Inclusion and SEN: supporting local authorities in developing policy and strategy, improving access and achievements for vulnerable groups in schools and educational settings, advising on Healthy Schools, behaviour and attendance, race equality, diversity and community cohesion

• 14-19 Education: supporting local authorities, schools and colleges to ensure a 14-19 entitlement for all by 2013

• Education Business Partnership: working closely with business partners to provide support around work-related learning and enterprise opportunities

• BSF: supporting local authorities and schools on education visioning and strategy

• Research and Data Services: providing research and data analysis to schools to inform target-setting and comparative information for use in school self-evaluation. Providing robust evidence to assist the development of directed, focused interventions and to support integrated service provision across local authority Children's Services

• School Admissions: supporting local admission arrangements to provide fair access, project managing or delivering on behalf of a local authority

• Extended Services: support, training, development and delivery of extended services for local authorities, schools and governors

• Governance: ensuring effective governance to promote high standards of educational achievement

• Finance Management: supporting schools in financial difficulties, effective use of resources, budget setting and monitoring, accounting policy, SIMS, reconciliation

• Personnel: supporting school recruitment and selection. Employee relations, absence management, discipline, grievance and capability, school re-organisations, staffing reductions and TUPE

• Organisational Development: remodelling, change management, performance management, professional and occupational standards and developing school capability with continuous professional development

• Facilities Management: developing and improving premises and the wider learning environment indoor and outdoor through grounds maintenance, caretaking and cleaning and catering consultancy and training

• Education Media Relations: working closely with local authority PR teams on national and local education media enquiries and building successful campaigns to celebrate school and local authority education successes