Excellence in Education / Rhagoriaeth mewn Addysg
Inspirational
Informative
Contemporary
Motivational
Challenging
Thought provoking
Dynamic
Enjoyable
Entertaining
Engaging
Purposeful
Innovative
Nick presents in both Welsh and English
He brings a contemporary edge to the workshops as he currently works extensively with schools on a weekly basis
His work as a former headteacher and current educational consultant is highly regarded and his former school was deemed as a centre of excellence, especially with regards to innovative leadership and high quality teaching, resulting in outstanding levels of progress and achievements amongst pupils
Under his leadership, his former school sustained excellence for over a decade and was one of the very few schools in Wales to have achieved excellent judgements in all aspects of its work over several inspections by Estyn
He is a registered inspector and has worked full time for Estyn as a secondee
He inspects regularly for Estyn, mainly in the primary and non-maintained sectors
He has trained and tutored nominees and peer inspectors all over Wales
He has tutored for local authorities and supported individual schools
He has trained governors on financial management and school improvement and has worked as a consultant with many schools on performance management and raising the quality of provision to improve pupils’ outcomes
Professionals praise his courses as being challenging, valuable, informative, intuitive and inspiring
He is one of the most sought after speakers on teaching and school leadership in Wales
His work with school leaders on self-evaluation and strategic planning has led to marked improvements in the schools’ leadership and management practices
His work and his former school have been featured in the national press and on television as models of excellence
He also featured in the Times Educational Supplement in the 'Personally Yours' section, relating to his work at his former school and with Estyn