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Welcome to Mind Your Head

Mind-Your-Head.net was founded to support and sustain school leaders so that they can lead with confidence, resilience, empathy, and wisdom for the benefit of themselves, their teams, their staff and their community.​

 

Mind Your Head works with school trusts, governors and leaders in two ways: providing both reflective supervision to help enhance wellbeing and effectiveness, and school improvement work to help raise and maintain outcomes.

Our Reflective Supervision and Support Services

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1:1 Reflective Supervision for School Leaders

Support for individual school leaders seeking time and space to reflect on their work, and to process challenges.

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Peer Group Supervision for School Leaders

Support for groups of leaders within schools or across trusts, helping them make sense of their work with others.

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Consultancy for Building a Supervision Culture

Support for schools and trusts seeking to build a sustainable whole school culture based on reflective practice.

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Bespoke Provision for School Improvement

Support for school and trust leaders as an improvement partner or through independent review and evaluation.

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"Supervision with Keven has allowed me not just to stay afloat during my first year of Headship, but has given me the headspace to reflect, and a safe space to talk through the challenges that I have faced.  Keven is incredibly perceptive - and as he has got to know me, he has gently provided me with a number of insights about myself that may well have taken me years to figure out.  I look forward to each session, and feel taller and lighter when we have talked."
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L. Fenn Griffin - Headteacher

Why Reflective Supervision Matters

Recent research has shown repeatedly that supervision for school leaders matters.  Althought the findings are worrying, two things they demonstrate is that leaders experiencing these challenges are not alone, and that support can help.

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Teachers have 54% life satisfaction compared to 72% for the population.

Ofsted, 2019

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40% of leaders (46% of HTs/CEOs) plan to leave the profession without retiring.

Greany et al, 2021

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29% of school leaders say they are 'sinking', with another 42% 'surviving'.

Greany et al, 2022

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89% of school leaders are "stressed" and 84% having symptoms of ill-health.

Education Support, 2023

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Heads' wellbing "damaged" and health "ravaged" by inspection experiences.

Headrest, 2024

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48% of HTs say their work is "incessant" and 40% receive little or no support.

SSAT, 2024

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Supervision neither appraisal nor "pure emotional support" but focus on job role.

Sturt & Rowe, 2018

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Supervision develops the practitioner, their practice and the profession.

Hawkins & McMahon, 2020

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95% of respondents support provision of supervision, but 80% worry about time pressures.

Barnardos, 2020

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Supervision often misunderstood within education as 'appraisal' or 'therapy'.

Edwards, 2023

"Super + vision - the ability to see things more clearly.  Supervision provides an opportunity for reflection, and through this, the practitioner gains a greater understanding of themselves and the work they do.  This awareness is key to continued professional growth and development."
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Edwards, Reflective Supervision in Education, 2023

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