Improvement Partners & Support Partners

Supporting you to lead with confidence

With HEP, you have access to an exceptional team of consultants.

All experts in their fields, they bring an unrivalled range of skills and diverse perspectives.

We pride ourselves on our agile and flexible approach to working. Our services encompass reviews, curriculum training, leadership and pedagogy, coaching, evaluations, and school improvement planning. This enables us to collaborate with you to thoughtfully align support to your school improvement focuses.

All our Improvement Partners are successful leaders with serving or recent experience in headship and executive headship. They each bring additional skills, knowledge, and experiences to the team, benefiting our schools and the wider system.

Our Consultant Support Partners are drawn from the best assistant heads and deputy heads. They bring chalk-face specialisms in Phonics, SEND, Behaviour and Inclusion, pedagogy and other areas. They are skilled school leaders at curriculum, phase and departmental levels.

Whatever support you and your school are looking for, we have the team that will serve you with passion and skill.

  • Sheniel Smith

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Steve Wilks

    Improvement Partners

  • Dawn Ferdinand

    Improvement Partners

  • Heather de Silva

    Improvement Partners

  • Bob Hamlyn

    Improvement Partners

  • Katie Coombes

    Improvement Partners

  • Haighley Cobbson

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Dr James Lane

    Improvement Partners

  • Helen Georgiades

    Support Partners

  • Josh Newham

    Improvement Partners

  • Gina Nair

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Frances West

    Support Partners

  • Paul Murphy

    Improvement Partners

  • Claire Daly

    Support Partners

  • Ruth Robinson

    Support Partners

  • John Tomsett

    Improvement Partners

  • Martin Kelsey-Hatton

    Improvement Partners

  • Stephen McNicholas

    Improvement Partners

  • Katie O'Connor

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Tony Hartney CBE

    Improvement Partners

  • Miranda Thompson

    Support Partners

  • Yselle Casey

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Fran Hargrove

    Improvement Partners

  • Tim Matthews

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Amy Remy

    Support Partners

  • Coelina Carter

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Linda Sarr

    Improvement Partners

  • Daniel Cain-Reed

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Shereka James

    Improvement Partners

  • Brenda Landers

    Improvement Partners

  • Lucy Spreckley

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Peter Eadie-Catling

    Improvement Partners

  • Sally Devlin

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Cheryl Rosen

    Support Partners

  • Jane Flynn

    Improvement Partners

  • Alice Parker

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Magda Gabruk

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Kate Birch

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Marva Rollins OBE

    Improvement Partners

  • Brian Welsh

    Improvement Partners

  • Ben Siaw

    Improvement Partners

  • Angela McNicholas

    Improvement Partners

  • Svetlana Bajic-Raymond

    Improvement Partners

  • Lema Abujuma

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Saba Iqbal

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Nic Hughes

    Support Partners

  • Nicky Hillman

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Ellie Green

    Improvement Partners

  • Helen Marriott

    Improvement Partners

  • Ian Scotchbrook

    Improvement Partners

  • Steven Connors

    Improvement Partners

  • Mark Ellis

    Support Partners

  • Sarah Shaughnessy

    Improvement Partners

  • Emma Novis

    Support Partners

  • Kate Barry

    Support Partners

  • Sara Morgan

    Improvement Partners

  • Bradley Cassidy

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Sue Moss

    Improvement Partners

  • Masuma Begum

    Support Partners

  • Anne Etchells

    Improvement Partners

  • Sophie Chaloner

    Support Partners

  • Lorna Wright

    Support Partners

  • Michael McKenzie

    Improvement Partners

  • Catherine Priggs

    Secondary Support Partners

  • Alex Atherton

    Improvement Partners

  • Pamela Fearnley

    Improvement Partners

  • Kate Forkan

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Bhal Melbourne

    Support Partners

  • Nat Hussein

    Support Partners

  • Tony Woodward

    Improvement Partners

  • Barbara Breed

    Improvement Partners

  • Jen Brodkin

    Improvement Partners

  • Richard Blackmore

    Improvement Partners

  • Anastasia Neocleous

    Inclusion Support Partner

  • Bob Speight

    Improvement Partners

  • Dr Malcolm Willis

    Improvement Partners

  • Parveen Duggal

    Improvement Partners

  • Adrienne Wright

    Improvement Partners

  • Jenny Langstaffe

    Support Partners

  • Jo Dibb

    Improvement Partners

  • Lucia Santi

    Improvement Partners

  • Paul Woods

    Improvement Partners

  • Evelyn Forde MBE

    Improvement Partners

  • Parisa Angeletos

    Inclusion Support Partner

What our school improvement support partners have to say.

HEP have a network of some of the best leaders in education; they have created ‘huddles’ of expertise that would not have connected otherwise. Working on improvement assignments, HEP teams are able to provide schools with high quality and bespoke advice that allows the school to move forwards with really clear direction.

Amy Remy , Improvement Support Partner

As a consultant working for HEP I feel highly accountable but trusted and supported. HEP has developed a very diverse approach to school improvement that not only provides the improvement consultants to schools but also provides a comprehensive professional development programme and a strong curriculum offer.

Malcolm Willis, School Improvement Partner