Claire Platt
Coaching & Consultancy

🤔 Do you feel like you belong in school? How about your pupils? 🤔 Are you made to feel like a valued part of the team?  🤔 Leaders, how...

Effective leadership is key to improving teacher retention and satisfaction in schools. Today, I discuss the critical role of building...

In today’s challenging educational landscape, the strength of a school's culture is a critical driver of success, resilience, and...

"People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But people will never forget How you made them feel.” -      Maya...

I don’t believe that autocratic leadership behaviours are particularly successful in the long term. Boss style behaviour breeds fear, and...

Last week I posted about the recent DfE Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders report.  The headline data shocked and concerned me, as it...

This is really concerning reading.... New data on teacher and headteacher wellbeing and workload was published by the DfE last week...

In a world where IQ used to be king, emotional intelligence is finally getting the recognition it deserves.  Emotional Intelligence is...

🤔 Have you ever had to prepare for a difficult conversation that was keeping you awake at night?  One of my clients, Arthur (not his...

By the end of last academic year, many headteachers and trust leaders were saying that the leadership of schools had become the most...

Have you ever started a new leadership role and inherited an unhappy team due to a toxic culture? Perhaps you discovered different...

I think this comparison between kind leaders and nice leaders is really helpful and thought-provoking. I often write about psychological...

Are you leading a Church of England school?     Do you need support or advice to ensure that your school is enabling children and adults...

🤔 What would be your top advice to new headteachers? When you are first appointed Headteacher, you are overwhelmed by new...

I’ve been blown away by your responses to my last post on teacher recruitment and retention .    This discussion stems from my very real...

I've just enjoyed a catch up with a dear friend of mine, a CEO of a multi-academy trust. Over lunch we discussed the very real...

Have you ever been guilty of putting your job first ahead of your loved ones?  I have.  As a Headteacher and trust leader, there were...

The start of term is an interesting time - it's both exciting and full of potential, but also it can feel nerve-wracking or even...

How much of your beliefs and leadership behaviours stem from your own experience? This is my third leadership lesson reflecting on my...

🤔 How many of your beliefs about leadership stem from your own experience? It’s amazing how much I have learnt about leadership from...