Our HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group are a diverse team of serving and former Headteachers, coaches and educationalists who are dedicated to supporting our work, championing our services and offering us alternative views in order that we can best serve our growing community. Read more about them and why they advocate our HeadsUp4HTs Network.
James Pope
HeadsUp4HTs Founder
I love the HeadsUp4HTs network because it is a values led peer community that recognises and amplifies the positive and inspirational work that school leaders are doing every single day.
KATE SMITH
HeadsUp4HTs Network Project Leader and Peer Support Facilitator
I believe in the power of human connection and the potential of authentic, safe spaces in supporting the wellbeing of Headteachers and school leaders. Creating a space for sustainable, compassionate support, and lifting others through sharing our own narratives and vulnerabilities is what makes HeadsUp4HTs such an incredible community.
Alison Kriel
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
I belong to HeadsUp because it’s a safe place to meet with like minded values led leaders – a space to share, listen, support, and feel heard.
Adrian McLean
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
I support HeadsUp4HTs because it can be a lonely place as a Head. This group provides a space to support the wellbeing of leaders who at times, carry a heavy weight. The ability to share that safely and authentically with people who understand your angst is paramount.
Patrick Ottley-O'Connor
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
I support HeadsUp4HTs because I believe in the power of kindness & coaching in encouraging, engaging & empowering others to see, own, solve & actually do something to improve their own situation.
Chris Rogers
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member and Peer Support Facilitator
I belong to HeadsUp4HTs because it is a wonderful supportive network of like minded values-led leaders. It provides a network for support and inspiration for positive improvement in education.
Matt Whitely
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
I’m so happy to support the Headsup4HTs network because sometimes the only people who understand being a Head are other Heads. So to be able to be in a group that support each other heads as people is vital.
Zena Zenonos-Walker
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
As part of HeadsUp4HTs I am able to support Heads, and those like me, who are aspiring to Headship. The mission to support leaders to be the leaders they aspire to be, resonates with me. Collaborating with Headteachers across the country makes this a powerful network not just for now, but for the future of education.
Jenny Bowers
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member and Supervisor
HeadsUp4HTs has created an excellent space where leaders can talk about everything safely; their hopes, their fears, what is going great and what it is they are really struggling with. It enables and empowers whilst being incredibly inclusive, supportive and values driven.
Julia Hancock
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member
I believe in empowering positive climates for learning, whether that is individual, group or community. HeadsUp4Hts is more than a space for sharing, it offers hope, kindness, inspiration and safety wherever the learning story takes our members, and impacts positively on the lives they touch. I’m committed to creating the conditions for people to thrive, to inspire their stories with love, compassion and joy, and it is a joy and privilege to work with our community. HeadsUp4HTs offers authentic human connection and genuine kindness.
Kirstie Willis
HeadsUp4HTs Advisory Group Member and LA Facilitator
I support HeadsUp4HTs because it provides a safe and kind space for aspiring, current and former school leaders who invest so much of themselves in their role. HeadsUp4HTs offers time to reflect, re-energise and truly understand the impact of the role with others who understand in an authentic, no shame-no blame environment, enabling all who fully engage to be empowered and uplifted, ready to undertake whatever the next challenge may bring.