Experience

DURRINGTON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reviewer and support adviser

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Supporting the development of leadership in schools in East and West Sussex through the tackling disadvantage project. Providing reviews for schools to support evaluation of their current approaches to tackling educational disadvantage and support and guidance drawn from the Research School to develop their practice. Supporting the development of leadership in schools in East and West Sussex through the tackling disadvantage project. Providing reviews for schools to support evaluation of their current approaches to tackling educational disadvantage and support and guidance drawn from the Research School to develop their practice.



Education Development Trust

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partnerships Adviser, NPQs and ECF

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Providing knowledge and experience of the sector in relation to establishing, developing and sustaining partnership working to deliver large scale programmes and improvement. Working with the partnerships team at EdDevTrust Lead Provider, to support delivery partners in Teaching School Hubs, MATs and collaborative learning providers to deliver excellence in the early career professional development programme and across the suite of new NPQs from 2021.

• Associate

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Working with colleagues and fellow associates in the SPP Team to expand and support the EDT Schools Partnership Programme, a collaborative school improvement programme based on professional peer review, which currently involves over 2000 schools in England and Wales. This national programme provides a robust and rigorous peer review framework and peer led school improvement model. The SPP model is also the focus of a 3 year EEF project concluding in 2022. Currently working in the South-East of England including launching a collaborative an Inclusion Leadership project in partnership with Nasen and Leadership Learning SE from January 2022. Show less


Niki Thomas Education Consultancy Ltd
• Director

  • Nov 2006 - Present


Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Institute for Effective Education (IEE)

• Research Schools Developer

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2019

  Supporting a group of newly designated National Research Schools in the South and South-East to develop their networks. Supporting a group of newly designated National Research Schools in the South and South-East to develop their networks.



National College for Teaching & Leadership

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching and Leadership Adviser

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2016

  NCTL Teaching and Leadership Advisers work in the region to ensure that schools and other stakeholders are developing future leaders of sufficient quality and qauntity to meet demand, to further develop school based Initial Teacher Training, to raise awareness of the leadership development offer from NCTL via licence holders and commissioned programmes, to develop Teaching School Alliances and ultimately to grow a more mature school-led system. NCTL Teaching and Leadership Advisers work in the region to ensure that schools and other stakeholders are developing future leaders of sufficient quality and qauntity to meet demand, to further develop school based Initial Teacher Training, to raise awareness of the leadership development offer from NCTL via licence holders and commissioned programmes, to develop Teaching School Alliances and ultimately to grow a more mature school-led system.



National College for Teaching and Leadership

• Lead Associate - South

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2014

  As Lead Associate for NCTL I work with a team of associates based in SE, SW and London, all of whom are either outstanding serving leaders or who have held senior and strategic positions in education. We work in the region to ensure that schools and other stakeholders are developing future leaders of sufficient quality and qauntity to meet demand, to further develop school based Initial Teacher Training, to raise awareness of the leadership development offer from NCTL via licence holders and commissioned programmes, to develop Teaching School Alliances and ultimately to grow a more mature school-led system. Show less



National College for School Leadership

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs

• Lead Associate - South

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2013

  As Lead Associate for NCSL I work with a team of associates based in SE, SW and London, all of whom are either outstanding serving leaders or who have held senior and strategic positions in education. We work in the region to ensure that schools and other stakeholders are developing future leaders of sufficient quality and qauntity to meet demand, to raise awareness of the leadership development offer from NCSL via licence holders and commissioned programmes, to develop Teaching School Alliances and ultimately to grow a more mature school-led system. Show less