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Duncan Gawthorpe

As a successful headteacher, key professional skills were:

• People Management and motivation.
• Team building – and skills for team leading.
• Counselling skills.
• Analysis and synthesis, reflection, planning – audit.
• Report and bid writing, project development
• “Futures” thinking – (not just information and communication technology)
• Managing change – staff development
• Classroom, Corridor and School management
• Working with stakeholders – Public Relations – Media issues

Recent contracts include

• Tutor and Assessor with Yorkshire and Humber National Professional Qualification for Headship Consortium.
• Lead tutor for ‘new’ NPQH
• Marketing role for NPQH in region
• In service work for schools - Sheffield Hallam University.
• Consultancy role to Headteachers and Senior Management Teams.
• Professional Development for schools –e.g. Teamwork.
• Courses for various providers –Classroom management.
• Management of successful proposal for small Education Action Zone
• Major role in large Education Action Zone development
• Securing Specialist status for schools
• Accredited Performance Management Consultant/Adviser
• Management support consultancy to Schools facing Challenging Circumstances and
• School Improvement Adviser and Leadership Incentive Grant.