Network Partners
In order to provide a more comprehensive service, Delegated Services has teamed up with a number of Network Partners. They are experts in their field, selected to deliver professional services to our customers and understand the sectors in which we work. Some are sole practitioners and some are companies.
We send out Signposts with details of our Network Partners to our Customers and those of you who have signed up to receive them.
The profiles have been organised into Knowledge Hubs of expertise below and we would be very happy to make a recommendation to best match your needs.
Knowledge Hubs
David Potter
Headteacher Appraisal, Recruitment, School Improvement Plan Reviews, Managerial Investigation, Leadership Development
In his seventeen years of teaching, David ran two departments, was a pastoral head and deputy head, and led a large secondary school. He then worked for fifteen years in local authorities, first as Senior Secondary Inspector, later as Chief Adviser and Deputy Director of Education (Head of School Improvement).
He has worked as a DfE Adviser, led a large number of OFSTED inspections, trained OFSTED inspectors and monitored inspections; and worked extensively as a School Improvement Adviser to schools and academies.
He has also been a governor both to primary and secondary schools. He has also worked as a consultant to governments in South Africa, Botswana, Russia, Cyprus, Jersey and the Caribbean. He has published extensively on school improvement, self-evaluation and schools in difficulties.
Geoff Mountjoy
MAT Development, School Governance Specialist, Leadership Development.
Geoff is currently studying for a PhD in Education, exploring how to promote effective governance relationships. He has over 18 years’ experience of supporting school governance in the three strands of effective governance:
(1) setting strategic direction,
(2) holding senior leaders to account and
(3) monitoring financial efficiency/probity.
He continues to be a Member and Trustee of a successful North Somerset Stand Alone Academy.
Geoff worked for the Teaching School Council (South West) as a Regional Governance Lead co-ordinating leadership governance support to schools/academies and continues to support schools in a Bristol Multi Academy Trust as well schools across Somerset.
David Hussey
Leadership Development, Managerial Investigation
David Hussey is a retired Head teacher who was described by Ofsted as “an inspirational leader who is passionate about the quality of care and education that the pupils receive.. ably supported by your senior leaders, who share your vision for the school to be the very best it can.”
He was a successful Headteacher for 26 years with 19 years at a Bristol school, retiring in September 2018. Since then he has worked to support others in an Executive Coaching and Mentoring role to pass on the benefit of his successes.
David says “My passion is to support and stretch leaders to unlock their potential and fulfil their vision; providing a confidential space for reflection, to explore choices, develop insights and rehearse next steps. The importance of the leader’s wellbeing and resilience is central to their success; elements such as the
management of change, time and team building need to dovetail with the leader’s life work balance. The increasingly demanding and complex challenges that school leaders face requires time to step back and consider the way forward – when working as a Headteacher I found coaching provided the opportunity to make this happen.”
Catriona Mangham
Executive Leadership Coaching
Catriona has been coaching and mentoring as part of her leadership roles in education for over 25 years. She worked as a highly experienced and successful Principal and Executive Principle having turned a failing inner city secondary school in very challenging circumstances into a high achieving, oversubscribed, national leading organisation and in 2017 was awarded Bristol Headteacher of the
year.
Catriona was also Director of Strategy for a large Academy Trust overseeing 14 schools and primary and secondary level, and developed a Trust wide coaching strategy, SEND strategy, Safeguarding strategy, Equalities strategy and Wellbeing for all. She was an Associate Headteacher for PiXL supporting schools to raise achievement. She has previously been a coach for DFE Women into Leadership programme, for APSIRE and leadership mentor for OFSTED, and has been a National Leader of Education and coach executive leaders of education locally and nationally.
She has membership of the British Psychological Society, the Institute of Leadership and Management, has been accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council at Practitioner level and follows the European Ethics Code. More recently Catriona has become the founder and Director of a new company Corylus Consultants, offering a team of highly qualified and experienced individuals who
offer bespoke Health and Wellbeing packages.
See our Wellbeing Hub for the other services Catriona offers.
Kerry James
Leadership Support and Development
Kerry draws on more than 30 years’ experience across public and private sectors, having worked in Education, Social Services and the Law. She is known to be a trusted listener, who will give you a place for your best thinking.
She will support you but also stretch and challenge you, helping you find strategic focus and see different perspectives along the way. She is pragmatic and adds a gentle sense of humour to the mix. Kerry says;
“Over the years, I have had the benefit of working with some very smart people, who were superb listeners and provided a sounding board when I needed it. An hour with them was always worth the investment of time. They helped me clarify my thinking and find direction when the world was spinning around me. It is a pleasure and such a privilege to offer that much-needed space to others.”
Svetlana Bajic
Strategic support, leadership and management expertise and capacity for education settings.
Svetlana has recent consultancy experience as a senior leader, working as both a Vice Principal and Principal, for primary, secondary and 6th form providers: Educate Together Primary Trust, AET secondary and St Brendan’s 6th form college. She also has a proven track record of excellent outcomes at KS4, and Post 16, sustained over many years in a previous Ofsted outstanding school.
Svetlana has experience working in multicultural, inner city education settings, with high numbers of disadvantaged and EAL students, as well as extensive Post 16 experience with a large Post 16 centre. She also has recent experience as a VP in a large sixth form college, overseeing the curriculum, the quality of T&L, outcomes, students experience and progression. She has 10 years’ experience as an Ofsted inspector across key stages, and she specialises in the quality of leadership, quality of education and outcomes. Through CPD and networking, Svetlana continuously develops her own leadership skills.
Andrew Steward
Leadership Coaching
For 32 years, Andrew worked in leadership teams of contrasting secondary schools across the southwest. He held Senior Leadership roles in the schools he worked in, including two spells as an acting Headteacher in a challenging secondary school on the south coast. After moving back to Bristol, Andrew worked on the leadership team in three diverse and challenging city schools before securing Teaching School status and becoming Director of the Teaching School Alliance for 3 years.
He then spent 3 years on the central team of a city-based MAT as the Director of School Improvement working at both Primary and Secondary level and in professional Development. He then left to become a self-employed educational consultant and secured his Level 7 Executive Coaching qualification for leaders, offering this along with business support services detailed in the Business and
Curriculum Support Network.
Jo Bradshaw
Leadership Support as a Former CEO, COO and CFO, Consultant in Support in Change Management
In her roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager in a number of different educational settings, Jo has helped many schools transition through challenging and difficult times. Jo’s background is in accountancy and finance as a Commercial Manager for a number of organisations, both commercial and local government. The focus of her research for her dissertation for her MBA was cultural change within local government.
Jo completed her management training with a multinational blue chip organisation with a specialism in culture change within local government. In 2017 Jo took up a consultancy role to work in a five school Multi Academy Trust. From there she became the Chief Executive Officer. After opening a number of new schools in the area, she worked with the Trust to focus on several areas of improvement in its structure, policies, governance and procedures as well as undertaking a rapid
programme of school improvement, with the outcome that all of its schools gained “Good” Ofsted inspections.
Dr Rachel Briggs
Organisational Wellbeing Framework, Wellbeing for Staff Dealing with Clients with Trauma, Behaviour, Emotional and Mental Health Needs Specialist and Non-Managerial Supervision, Trauma Informed Practitioner
Prior to qualifying as a primary school teacher, Rachel worked in a residential setting in the USA for children with SEMH needs. Since qualifying over 30 years ago, she has worked in a number of schools across England and one in Egypt.
Her roles included Deputy Head (including periods as Acting Head), DSL and SENCo with a particular focus on pastoral support and classroom management. She has mentored ECTs, and coached subject and senior leaders, deputy heads and SENCo’s. Early on, she spent 15 months in the Gambia, working as a regional in-service teacher trainer for Voluntary Services Overseas.
In 2012, following a medical issue, she was unable to return to her teaching role. Keen to use her experiences, she combined additional studies with support through 1:1 therapeutic work with young people with training and support for staff (in behaviour/classroom management). She went on to study counselling children and young people, PGCert in leadership and management with coaching and mentoring, a diploma in reflective supervision in education, an MA (Ed) and an EdD. Her master’s and doctoral studies focused on understanding psychological wellbeing, particularly when coaching children and young people living with vulnerabilities and/or trauma and how to support staff wellbeing in organisations and development through training and dialogue (coaching and supervision). During her EdD she developed a wellbeing framework for organisations which uses the HSE principles of stress management but goes beyond these.
Catriona Mangham
Coaching and Non-Managerial Supervision, Non-Clinical Supervision and Trauma Informed Supervision and Training, Menopause Training and Support, Cancer Coaching, Individual and Group Profiling to Improve Teamwork, Wellbeing Strategy and Planning
Catriona has been coaching and mentoring as part of her leadership roles in education for over 25 years. She worked as a highly experienced and successful Principal and Executive Principle having turned a failing inner city secondary school in very challenging circumstances into a high achieving, oversubscribed, national leading organisation and in 2017 was awarded Bristol Headteacher of the
year.
Catriona was also Director of Strategy for a large Academy Trust overseeing 14 schools and primary and secondary level, and developed a Trust wide coaching strategy, SEND strategy, Safeguarding strategy, Equalities strategy and Wellbeing for all. She was an Associate Headteacher for PiXL supporting schools to raise achievement. She has previously been a coach for DFE Women into Leadership programme, for APSIRE and leadership mentor for OFSTED, and has been a National Leader of Education and coach executive leaders of education locally and nationally.
She has membership of the British Psychological Society, the Institute of Leadership and Management, has been accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council at Practitioner level and follows the European Ethics Code. More recently Catriona has become the founder and Director of a new company Corylus Consultants, offering a team of highly qualified and experienced individuals who
offer bespoke Health and Wellbeing packages.
See our Wellbeing Hub for the other services Catriona offers.
Sam Carrier
Counselling and Trauma Support
Sam is a very senior and experienced psychotherapist and clinical supervisor who worked in the NHS at the senior level and is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
Her practise is integrative which means that she can work with a range of different therapeutic models to best support the individual needing counselling. Sam also has access to personal fitness and diet expertise, physiotherapy support, coaching and mentoring, counselling and more.
Rich Berry
Trauma Informed Practitioner, Training for Leaders and Non Managerial Supervision
Having developed his career leading mainstream schools in Bristol who were facing challenging circumstances, Rich’ s subsequent move into special education enabled him to refocus on common causes of poor behaviour and disaffection.
Rich is now a Trauma Informed practitioner and uses this knowledge and experience to lecture PGCE students and NQTs both in Bristol and in Somerset. In August 2019, Rich retired from Headship to focus on his growing consultancy work. He maintains his involvement with SEMH schools as Co-chair of their national organisation Engage In Their Future. He is also a Trustee of the Bristol charity, Ignite Life, which supports vulnerable young people with a range of bespoke support services. His day-to-day work now includes: Intermediate Team Teach delivery, Adult & Youth Mental Health Training; Clinical Supervision; training on understanding behaviour; safeguarding and understanding trauma and de-escalation. He is a SIP and leadership coach for a number of schools and also offers supervision to leaders and DSLs. He is Safeguarding Lead for Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union, the Constituent Board for 56 clubs and has delivered training across the country on how to coach young people to get the best out of them.
David Hussey
Coaching and Mentoring, Non-Managerial Supervision
David Hussey is a retired Head teacher who was described by Ofsted as “an inspirational leader who is passionate about the quality of care and education that the pupils receive.. ably supported by your senior leaders, who share your vision for the school to be the very best it can.”
He was a successful Headteacher for 26 years with 19 years at a Bristol school, retiring in September 2018. Since then he has worked to support others in an Executive Coaching and Mentoring role to pass on the benefit of his successes.
David says “My passion is to support and stretch leaders to unlock their potential and fulfil their vision; providing a confidential space for reflection, to explore choices, develop insights and rehearse next steps. The importance of the leader’s wellbeing and resilience is central to their success; elements such as the
management of change, time and team building need to dovetail with the leader’s life work balance. The increasingly demanding and complex challenges that school leaders face requires time to step back and consider the way forward – when working as a Headteacher I found coaching provided the opportunity to make this happen.”
Kerry James
Coaching and Non Managerial Supervision
Kerry draws on more than 30 years’ experience across public and private sectors, having worked in Education, Social Services and the Law. She is known to be a trusted listener, who will give you a place for your best thinking.
She will support you but also stretch and challenge you, helping you find strategic focus and see different perspectives along the way. She is pragmatic and adds a gentle sense of humour to the mix. Kerry says;
“Over the years, I have had the benefit of working with some very smart people, who were superb listeners and provided a sounding board when I needed it. An hour with them was always worth the investment of time. They helped me clarify my thinking and find direction when the world was spinning around me. It is a pleasure and such a privilege to offer that much-needed space to others.”
Mandy Parry
Non-Managerial Supervision for Safeguarding Leads
Mandy worked in London for many years as an actress and political campaigner for women’s rights then moved to Bristol to teach. She left teaching to work for a number of different training organisations, including a private NLP training company, and then the Prince’s Trust Volunteers.
The latter involved leading teams of mainly disaffected young people in outdoor pursuits and community projects and gave her a keen interest in teambuilding. In April 2001, she began working for Bristol City Council (BCC), when she was appointed as training manager for the newly established Knowle West Sure Start. She gained considerable experience of child protection case work in a disadvantaged community, as well as group facilitation, partnership working and participative working with service users. She went on to work as the training coordinator for the multi-agency sexual health training programme, based within the sexual health team at NHS Bristol Public Health.
She holds a degree in the Dramatics Arts from Leeds University, a post graduate teaching certificate in Social Studies at the Institute of Education in London, a diploma in MSc Women’s Studies at Bristol
University and more recently Mandy an accredited advanced diploma from the Institute of Learning and Management in Professional Coaching.
Michael Earle
Wellbeing Trainer, Work Life Balance and Nordic Walking
Michael Earle is an award winning wellbeing consultant, international speaker and practitioner with a mental health charity based in Bristol. He has been a qualified children and families social worker for over thirteen years.
Michael delivers wellbeing workshops on an organisational and 1-2-1 basis to people from all backgrounds. Michael helps people to discover that by using simple practices, they can enhance and improve their well-being at work, and in their personal lives. He is a great advocate of self-care, and inspires people to make their well-being a non-negotiable priority. He is also qualified as a Nordic Walking Instructor.
Clare Haddow
Occupational Health Nurse Specialist
Clare qualified as a registered general nurse in 1982 and went on to become a qualified Occupational Health specialist. She has set up new, and expanded existing, OH services for organisations and training courses across the U.K.
She provides Occupational Health Assessments, tailored occupational health packages, advice to reduce employee absence and comply with current legislation, advise on rehabilitation for individuals returning to work, new starter health assessments, health promotional activities, advice on work related upper limb disorders and other related services.
Melanie Griffiths
Non Managerial Supervision, Art Therapy
In 2004, Melanie gained a PGCE with Early Years Specialism in 2004 and went on to teach and lead in the Nursery and Primary phases for 16 years, which included working as a primary school teacher in Asia within the private and charity sectors.
She has trained teachers in Cambodia and taught street working children in NGO’s. During her teaching career, she worked primarily in high poverty areas and with families dealing with domestic violence, poverty, learning difficulties, refugee status, English as a second language, health issues and generational trauma. She is experienced and competent working with complex trauma inclusion needs and behaviour. Since 2014, Melanie worked for Catchpoint CIC, attachment focused family therapy for looked after and adopted children has offered play therapy in schools. She currently has a private practice in Bristol, offering counselling and play and creative arts therapy across the age range from 2 years to adults and families and is seeking to increase her non-managerial supervision work
Strategic Support
David Potter
Ofsted, School Improvement, Due Diligence
In his seventeen years of teaching, David ran two departments, was a pastoral head and deputy head, and led a large secondary school. He then worked for fifteen years in local authorities, first as Senior Secondary Inspector, later as Chief Adviser and Deputy Director of Education (Head of School Improvement).
He has worked as a DfE Adviser, led a large number of OFSTED inspections, trained OFSTED inspectors and monitored inspections; and worked extensively as a School Improvement Adviser to schools and academies. He has also been a governor both to primary and secondary schools. He has also worked as a consultant to governments in South Africa, Botswana, Russia, Cyprus, Jersey and the Caribbean. He has published extensively on school improvement, self-evaluation and schools in difficulties.
Geoff Mountjoy
Ofsted, MAT and Governance Development and Due Diligence.
Geoff is currently studying for a PhD in Education, exploring how to promote effective governance relationships. He has over 18 years’ experience of supporting school governance in the three strands of effective governance:
(1) setting strategic direction,
(2) holding senior leaders to account and
(3) monitoring financial efficiency/probity.
He continues to be a Member and Trustee of a successful North Somerset Stand Alone Academy.
Geoff worked for the Teaching School Council (South West) as a Regional Governance Lead co-ordinating leadership governance support to schools/academies and continues to support schools in a Bristol Multi Academy Trust as well schools across Somerset.
Jo Bradshaw
Change Management and Operations
In her roles as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager in a number of different educational settings, Jo has helped many schools transition through challenging and difficult times. Jo’s background is in accountancy and finance as a Commercial Manager for a number of organisations, both commercial and local government. The focus of her research for her dissertation for her MBA was cultural change within local government.
Jo completed her management training with a multinational blue chip organisation with a specialism in culture change within local government. In 2017 Jo took up a consultancy role to work in a five school Multi Academy Trust. From there she became the Chief Executive Officer. After opening a number of new schools in the area, she worked with the Trust to focus on several areas of improvement in its structure, policies, governance and procedures as well as undertaking a rapid
programme of school improvement, with the outcome that all of its schools gained “Good” Ofsted inspections.
Mandy Parry
Safeguarding Advice, Audit, Policies, Training and Supervision
Mandy worked in London for many years as an actress and political campaigner for women’s rights then moved to Bristol to teach. She left teaching to work for a number of different training organisations, including a private NLP training company, and then the Prince’s Trust Volunteers.
The latter involved leading teams of mainly disaffected young people in outdoor pursuits and community projects and gave her a keen interest in teambuilding. In April 2001, she began working for Bristol City Council (BCC), when she was appointed as training manager for the newly established Knowle West Sure Start. She gained considerable experience of child protection case work in a disadvantaged community, as well as group facilitation, partnership working and participative working with service users. She went on to work as the training coordinator for the multi-agency sexual health training programme, based within the sexual health team at NHS Bristol Public Health.
She holds a degree in the Dramatics Arts from Leeds University, a post graduate teaching certificate in Social Studies at the Institute of Education in London, a diploma in MSc Women’s Studies at Bristol
University and more recently Mandy an accredited advanced diploma from the Institute of Learning and Management in Professional Coaching.
Emma Moorcroft
Behaviour Specialist and Team Teach Somerset
Starting as a Teaching Assistant, Emma then became a HLTA, Learning Mentor, Family Support Manager, then the Behaviour Manager for ten years for an Academy Trust of 10 schools at primary and secondary level before becoming the Operations Lead for the MAT.
She was Head of Strategy in a multi agency setting and providing advanced Team Teach services for the whole Trust. She was awarded the Specialist Leaders in Education accreditation from the Cathedral Schools Trust and became a Trauma Informed Practitioner at Diploma level in 2021. She provides behaviour management services with early intervention, audits and individual pupil/young person plans, writes policies, Risk Assessments, assesses group sessions or class situations observing scripts, dialect, body language, environmental factors and communication. She supports teachers and youth workers how to get the best out of young people, how to become emotionally available adults, removing barriers to learning and remaining safe. She has worked with schools and youth organisations around safety, growing crisis awareness, de-escalation and management of weapons and knives.
Andrew Steward
Accredited in C-Me Psychometric Profiling, NPQ Suite, ECF and Pupil Premium Reviewer
For 32 years, Andrew worked in leadership teams of contrasting secondary schools across the southwest. He held Senior Leadership roles in the schools he worked in, including two spells as an acting Headteacher in a challenging secondary school on the south coast. After moving back to Bristol, Andrew worked on the leadership team in three diverse and challenging city schools before securing Teaching School status and becoming Director of the Teaching School Alliance for 3 years.
He then spent 3 years on the central team of a city-based MAT as the Director of School Improvement working at both Primary and Secondary level and in professional Development. He then left to become a self-employed educational consultant and secured his Level 7 Executive Coaching qualification for leaders, offering this along with business support services detailed in the Business and
Curriculum Support Network.
Business Support
Schools Pro
GDPR Specialists, Audit, Advice and Data Protection Officer Role
SchoolPro TLC offers a comprehensive range of services to assist you in achieving GDPR compliance in the school and charity sectors including: conducting specifically designed audits including a Data Protection Portal Data Protection Audit; training for employees; drafting data policies and procedures or auditing yours to ensure they follow best practice and are being fully implemented; providing the Data Protection Officer role; supporting the management, including investigation, reporting and review, of data breach incidents; acting as first point of contact with authorities; and supporting the management of Subject Access Requests and those under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Schools Pro either offers an annual data protection contract where they visit you up to twice a year or carry out specific pieces or packages of work. If you sign up to a contract with them they provide sample documents, free cyber training via their web site, a 24/7 helpline, a free phishing scam warning service and free updates including any new guidance from the ICO. They have a base in our region and many have experience as education specialists. All staff have worked at a senior management level so understand at a practical as well as governance level, how schools and charity sector organisations work.
Liz Grazier
Support including SEND, tribunals, legal contracts, boundary disputes, investigation etc.
Liz has worked as a solicitor for several local authorities including Bristol City Council and Gloucestershire County Council for over 20 years.
At the end of last year she set up her own business offering an education advice service for schools, colleges and charity sector organisations. Liz can provide advice, training and guidance and will identify where a solicitor’s representation is needed in any claims or disputes. She is a highly experienced and knowledgeable adviser on numerous issues within the schools sector. This includes any issues relating to SEN, including tribunal appeals, disability discrimination claims and all types of complaints involving schools, colleges, nurseries and other service provision. In addition, she is able to advise on queries relating to admission arrangements, the exclusion process including clerking Independent Review Panels, social media, parental disputes, access to school records, damage to property, charging for activities, contract issues as well as other school and charity sector related issues.
In her Local Authority roles she advised the schools and the SEND teams on all aspects of education law. There she was responsible for dealing with SEND tribunals for the Local Authority and providing advice and training to staff about the SEND process, providing witness evidence and attending tribunal appeals. She has a track record in delivering practical and comprehensive advice and has a good understanding and broad experience in school issues, policies and procedures and charity sector contract issues.
Kathy Brown
Accredited Mediator with CMC and SEND Mediator and a Qualified Coach. Worked as a legal expert professional in prisons in East Africa.
Kathy is an Accredited Mediator with the CMC. Her main mediation work is in respect of Special Educational Needs and Disability, for which she is an accredited SEND mediator. Prior to qualifying and working as a mediator, Kathy worked as a university law lecturer for 25 years and particularly focussed on inclusive education throughout this time. Kathy is a qualified coach and ESOL tutor and continues to work in both fields voluntarily.
Kathy has been a trustee of a multi-academy trust for six years and is now Co-Chair of the trust. Other important voluntary work in the past has included working as a legal expert professional in prisons in East Africa and a selector for VSO.
Chris Turner
Marketing and PR Consultancy, Audit and Training, Pupil Numbers and Reputational Damage Limitation
Chris is a highly experienced Branding and Marketing strategist. He has Board level experience in Agency and Client environments, as a Non-Exec Director, Not-For-Profit Trustee and Mentor in his career spanning over 20 years. He has a sophisticated understanding of content platforms including digital and social media and has a particular specialism in digital strategy. Chris has worked closely with Bryony Thomas, founder of Watertight Marketing and author of the best-selling book of the same name. He also studied Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) in Israel with its founders. SIT is a proven process for generating new ideas, based on patterns visible in successful patent applications. He has an MBA from Hult/Ashridge Business School.
Chris is a Babbasa Equal Opportunity Ambassador: Babbasa supports disadvantaged young people with their professional aspirations. He also volunteers for a professional matching service for not-for-profits needing expert advice in the digital world.
Chris offers training for schools and organisations wanting to build their own marketing skills and consultancy for those requiring direct support for situations such as building pupil numbers or managing reputational damage.
Milstead Langdon Chartered Accountants
Audit, Personal Finance and Accountancy Services
Established in 1988, Milstead Langdon is one of the leading Accountancy Firms in the UK, priding itself on fierce independence, entrepreneurship, integrity, taking a fresh approach and being contemporary.
They offer a wide range of business accountancy services with a focus and specialist teams in the charity, not for profit and the education sectors. Services include, charity start up and regulations, compliance, tax, restructuring, academy conversion, forensic work, accountancy systems, management accounting and payroll. Personal services include wealth management, tax, forensic and financial planning.
Sue Dix
Experienced Qualified Interim School Business Manager
Sue Dix is an experienced and qualified School Business Manager who worked for 20 years in a maintained primary school in South Gloucestershire.
Following this she became an interim Business Manager in a variety of schools across South Gloucestershire including village schools, faith based and special schools and three form entry schools and specific projects for a multi school federation combining Health and Safety reviews to create a federation action plan.
In her long term role she led the key business functions of finance, HR, premises management, health and safety and operations. She has a broad range of experience and access to resources and is able to step into a new situation, assess and deliver the School Business Manager role in a variety of situations.
Curriculum/Activity Support (Schools and Charity Sector)
Lucy Wyatt
Science and PE Health and Safety Advice, Safer Recruitment, CDM Awareness, Accident Investigation and Reporting and Risk Assessments for schools and charity sector.
Lucy has been working as a primary school teacher for over 30 years, including spending 10 years as a Headteacher in two schools. As a Head, she was involved in a number of projects involving school reorganisation, restructuring and building where her top priority was always to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all those associated with the school. Her second headship involved leading on the amalgamation of two schools and development of Bristol’s first co-located Specialist Children’s Centre in Lawrence Weston.
Here after working through a year-long construction project on site, she was ultimately responsible for a campus containing a large primary school with Specialist Resource Base, a Children’s’ Centre (managed by the Local Authority) and health facilities managed by the North Bristol Trust including midwifery, health visitors, community paediatricians, CAMHS etc. She worked on this project with colleagues from Skanska, the National Health Service and Early Years Team during the planning and construction phase and afterwards as they established the provision of services. This was the turning point that led Lucy to become a Health and Safety trainer and consultant.
Since leaving headship and obtaining a NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Lucy has combined her career in teaching with her roles a as a Risk Management and Assurance Advisor at Delegated Services and Safeguarding and Health and Safety Advisor for a key children’s charity in Bristol. She is also a governor in a large city primary school.
Lucy uses her teaching skills to write and deliver training that is specifically tailored to the needs of schools and community sector organisations. The courses currently on offer include Safer Recruitment (for which she is an Accredited Trainer), CDM awareness, Accident Investigation and Reporting and Risk Assessment training.
Claire Leheup
Outdoor Learning, Trips and Residential Specialist
Prior to working as the Outdoor Learning Advisor for Delegated Services since 2013, Claire gained 20 years previous experience in a wide range of sectors including advising and supporting Schools and Youth and Community groups in accessing outdoor learning safely and effectively. Claire is a member of the Institute of Outdoor Learning, The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom and The Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel.
She also holds a Masters Degree in Outdoor Learning.
Whilst at Bristol City Council, as The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Manager, Claire was inspirational in developing and delivering several specialist projects, enabling young people with sight, hearing and mobility impairments to be able to access the outdoors and gain valuable independent living skills through expeditioning. She has extensive knowledge and expertise in advising staff how to plan, prepare and execute pupil and young people visits in the UK and overseas, ensuring that the appropriate health and safety criteria are met and that the venture is also an enjoyable and memorable learning experience for all involved. As a nationally accredited trainer, Claire is able to offer quality training for Educational Visits Coordinators and Visit/Deputy Visit Leaders and bespoke training.
Rhys Thomas
DATA Accredited Design and Technology Consultant and Registered Health and Safety in CDT
Rhys Thomas is a DATA accredited Design and Technology (D&T) Registered Health and Safety Consultant working across all age groups: from primary to University in schools and some community sector organisations.
After 15 years teaching and leadership experience at secondary level D&T, in 2015 he started training teachers at both Primary and Secondary level, became Health and Safety Registered Consultant (RDT HSE in 2014), then set up his consultancy and in 2019 became a Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University. Since then Rhys has continued to offer consultancy work and training. He has a BA in Industrial Design, PGCE in Secondary Level Design and Technology, PGCHE postgraduate in Higher Education and is a member of the fellowship of higher education association (FHEA). He is passionate about young people being enabled to complete practical work, understand how tools, materials and processes are undertaken in a safe manner and are enabled to work independently and safely.
Building Compliance and Facilities Management
Compliance System & eLearning
The Scalable Safety Management Tool – iAM Compliant – The Market Leader
- Take control of health and safety compliance and everyday property management
- Engaging comprehensive eLearning library
- Will cut costs, save time, and reduce paperwork.
For a zoom/or face to face demonstration please contact us using
Asbestos Consultancy and Training
UKAS Accredited. Ensures you meet the full requirements to be complaints with Health and Safety legislation.
G&L Consultancy offer a wide range of training courses through Delegated Services from basic asbestos awareness, task manual training, operatives training and all P400 courses. They will produce asbestos management plans bespoke for your premises to ensure you comply with all your legal obligations.
Their services include:
- Asbestos Risk Assessments
- Full Annual Management Plans
- Advice and Training
- Sampling
- Air monitoring
Legionella Compliance Services
Water Hygiene Risk Assessments, Management Plans, Advice and Training
Our partners Legionella Compliance Services (LCS) offer all aspects of water hygiene monitoring and water treatment.
These include:
1. Consultancy
2. Legionella Risk Assessments
3. Water Monitoring
4. Sampling
5. Training
LCS currently works with Education Establishments and Councils across the Country ranging from single primary schools to large complex MATs and Universities. LCS will ensure compliance with legislation.
GB Sport and Leisure
Play Equipment Inspections, Repairs, New Equipment and Training
Our partner GB Sport and Leisure offer a wide range of inspections. Training of site staff is also available.
- Annual ROSPA inspections (Available at a discount through DS)
- Operational Inspection by RP11 Inspectors
- Spare parts for all manufacturer’s product and maintenance services
- Training of site staff is available in classroom and onsite, the practical element will be carried out in a local play area
- Gym Equipment inspections
- Supply & installation of play, sports equipment & resurfacing
Glencoe Radon Gas Centre Ltd
Risk Assessments Testing and Advice
Glencoe-Radvac® (Glencoe Radon Gas Centre Ltd GRGC) was founded in 1992 by Director Philip Hancock from Weston-super-Mare in the South West of England. Philip began his own public awareness campaign on the risk from radon, concentrating his efforts in Cornwall and Northamptonshire. After a period of 22 months he had gathered a team of consultants and a radon protection advisor.
We install our Radvac Extraction Systems to domestic and commercial properties nationwide with very successful reduction rates.
DS network partner Glencoe Radon Centre Ltd, say the only way to know
what the Radon levels in your premises is to carry out a test. The Glencoe team can test in large quantities and supply detectors when required as they do for many settings.
It is well worth an investigation and risk assessment.
1st Attendance
Fire Systems, Equipment and Servicing
At 1st Attendance we offer memorable and regulated fire safety training at your workplace. We’re a well-established, fully accredited fire safety training company that specialises in providing exceptional training to businesses across the UK. Over the past 20 years, we’ve built a long list of loyal customers, from small family businesses to large national companies.
All our courses are led by experienced qualified instructors, and we’ll happily tailor your course to suit your staff levels, fire safety procedures, and budget.
To save you time and hassle, we deliver our training at your place. So there’s less interference to your business and lower costs. All our courses teach your people using both classroom-based theory and practical, hands-on, fire extinguisher training where they get to tackle real fires.
Silverback Arboricultural Consultancy
Risk Assessments Tree Surveys and Tree Management Work
Silverback Arboricultural Consultancy was established in 2007.
They are fully qualified, experienced and insured to cover all the services we offer. With our vast practical experience and considerable arboricultural knowledge we feel that Silverback Arboricultural Consultancy can offer a holistic approach to all your tree management requirements.
- Tree reports and surveys
- Tree management strategies
- Duty of care inspections
- Veteran tree management
Arboricultural reports and surveys are in accordance with BS5837:2021 for planning applications.
Hawkesworth
PAT Testing
Why choose Hawkesworth?
- Because we provide a high-quality service to all of our customers
- We can flex around your needs, for example, we can work evenings, early mornings and weekends for no additional charge
- We carry out your electrical servicing for you, saving you time and money; and allowing you to focus on your business
- We supply a friendly and efficient service to all of our customers, large and small
- We’re durable, dependable and will always be there for your business
Because we’re the expert in electrical services
- We’re a national company with a network of qualified engineers working all across the UK and Ireland
- We’re fully QHSE accredited, meaning that we will help keep your business safe and compliant. Leave all of the hard work to us!
- We’ve worked with many of our customers for several years – a testament to the high-quality work that we provide. Find out more in our case studies
- We’re the trusted voice of experience in the industry – regularly consulted to give our opinions on electrical safety
- We go above and beyond by constantly investing in innovation to improve the customer experience
Professional Property Services
Tristan Cowell
Building Surveying Services, Capital Bid Writing Support and Condition Surveys
Building surveying services and building project management.
Experienced in securing CIF Bid funding with a high success rate, building fabric surveys and advice, project management for new buildings and refurbishments. Member of the association of Building Safety.
Specialism in ecclesiastical, heritage and schools. Based in Bristol.
DS network partner Trinity Clifton Ltd provides Business Support capacity and expertise to be of help to our customers. Trinity has extensive experience in the provision of estates support to schools, academies and multi-academy trusts throughout the Southwest. From fabric condition surveys, RAAC surveys and facilities compliance to SCA prioritisation and funding applications.
Kendal Architecture
Design, Building Applications, Preparation, Drawing and Advice
Kevin Kendal formed Kendal architecture, a CIAT Chartered Practice, in early 2019 following nearly 20 years working in a range of private architectural and interior design practices undertaking projects ranging from pubs and restaurants in the leisure sector, domestic projects, automotive dealerships.
Services include:
- Measured surveys of existing properties and preparation of existing drawings
- Feasibility studies for potential new schemes
- Architectural design and consultancy services for alterations, remodelling, extensions and new build projects.
- Preparation of plans and elevations, detailed design for building regulations and project tenders, and construction drawings
- Preparation of Planning, Listed Building and Conservation Area consent applications
- Preparing and submitting applications for building regulations approval
- Preparation of tender documents for building projects
- Contract administration and project management of tendered schemes.
Lucy Wyatt
Curriculum/Activity Support (Schools and Charity Sector), Safer Recruitment (Accredited Trainer), CDM awareness, Accident Investigation and Reporting and Risk Assessment training.
Lucy has been working as a primary school teacher for over 30 years, including spending 10 years as a Headteacher in two schools. As a Head, she was involved in a number of projects involving school reorganisation, restructuring and building where her top priority was always to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all those associated with the school. Her second headship involved leading on the amalgamation of two schools and development of Bristol’s first co-located Specialist Children’s Centre in Lawrence Weston.
Here after working through a year-long construction project on site, she was ultimately responsible for a campus containing a large primary school with Specialist Resource Base, a Children’s’ Centre (managed by the Local Authority) and health facilities managed by the North Bristol Trust including midwifery, health visitors, community paediatricians, CAMHS etc. She worked on this project with colleagues from Skanska, the National Health Service and Early Years Team during the planning and construction phase and afterwards as they established the provision of services. This was the turning point that led Lucy to become a Health and Safety trainer and consultant.
Since leaving headship and obtaining a NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Lucy has combined her career in teaching with her roles a as a Risk Management and Assurance Advisor at Delegated Services and Safeguarding and Health and Safety Advisor for a key children’s charity in Bristol. She is also a governor in a large city primary school.
Lucy uses her teaching skills to write and deliver training that is specifically tailored to the needs of schools and community sector organisations. The courses currently on offer include Safer Recruitment (for which she is an Accredited Trainer), CDM awareness, Accident Investigation and Reporting and Risk Assessment training.
Energy and Sustainability
Solarsense
Clean Energy Experts Solar Panels and Funding
Since being founded in 1995, Solarsense has completed more than 15,000 residential, commercial and industrial renewable energy installations and is responsible for powering some of the UK’s leading organisations. From the Crown Estate the Duchy of Cornwall, to Renishaw and the RSPB, Solarsense has earned a reputation for trusted advice and high-quality workmanship.
EndoTherm
EndoTherm is an energy saving additive for wet heating systems. Installed at 1% of system volume and independently proven to save up to 15% on space heating energy consumption and deliver significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Free Initial Survey for Energy Saving Calculations and Suitability
- One year payback
- Easy to Install – EndoTherm requires no system downtime and can be installed, like an inhibitor, in just 10-15 minutes.
- Carbon Emission Reduction – As EndoTherm reduces heating energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions are also reduced which is vital to achieve net zero targets.
- 100% Organic – EndoTherm is made from 100% organic materials and is responsible for 0.58Kg embodied carbon which is offset in under a day of use.
Product recommendations
EndoTherm
EndoTherm is an energy saving additive for wet heating systems. Installed at 1% of system volume and independently proven to save up to 15% on space heating energy consumption and deliver significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Free Initial Survey for Energy Saving Calculations and Suitability
- One year payback
- Easy to Install – EndoTherm requires no system downtime and can be installed, like an inhibitor, in just 10-15 minutes.
- Carbon Emission Reduction – As EndoTherm reduces heating energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions are also reduced which is vital to achieve net zero targets.
- 100% Organic – EndoTherm is made from 100% organic materials and is responsible for 0.58Kg embodied carbon which is offset in under a day of use.
