Experience

Wiltshire Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND & AP Inspection Lead

  • Feb 2023 - Present



SCOREBY CONSULTING LTD

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Director

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  London Borough of Hounslow July 2018 - present Interim SEND Commissioning consultant Worcestershire County Council Feb 2016 - July 2018 Interim Lead Commissioner • Contract managing commissioned multi-million pound education & skills' services’ contract • Successful delivery of commissioning and traded services’ arrangements for Education & Skills • Creative commissioning of SEND, Alternative Provision, High Needs’ and Early Years' services • High Needs’ Commissioning Review and review of SEND Transport provision around the county Slough Borough Council, Slough Sep 2014-Jan 2016 Senior Interim Consultant - Education Services, Commissioning and Transformation • Programme Managing Council’s exit planning arrangements of Education Services’ outsourced contract: o Transfer of services o Procurement of providers o Statutory consultation and TUPE consultation Interim Senior Commissioner - SEN, Early Yeas and Education Services - Part of Council team managing the transfer of children’s social care services to new DfE Trust • Wrote children’s social care service specification and advised on KPIs, governance model for new DfE Trust arrangements of Children’s Social Care • Leading on strategic commissioning review and implementation within all of Early Years, Education, School Improvement, SEN and Children’s Services • Full business process review of Education/Early Years/SEND outsourced contract • Negotiated extension of outsourced Education Services contract Bradford College of Further and Higher Education, Bradford, UK Aug 2013-Nov 2014 Cost reduction/business process reengineering within young people’s environment Diocese of Middlesbrough – Catholic Schools Multi-Academy Trust April 2013-Jan 2015 Consultant Project Director - Academies Show less



North Somerset Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND Programme Manager

  • May 2022 - Feb 2023



Peterborough City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND Programme Manager

  • Oct 2021 - May 2022



Cambridgeshire County Council

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND Commissioner

  • May 2021 - Oct 2021



DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

• Dudley, England, United Kingdom

• Interim SEND commissioning consultant

  • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021



Oxfordshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND Consultant

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2020

  Undertaking comprehensive review of High Needs Funding Block of the DSG to cover: - SEN - Alternative Provision - Hospital Education - Implementing agreed actions from review Reviewing funding, commissioning and contract monitoring arrangements for Alternative Provision Undertaking comprehensive review of High Needs Funding Block of the DSG to cover: - SEN - Alternative Provision - Hospital Education - Implementing agreed actions from review Reviewing funding, commissioning and contract monitoring arrangements for Alternative Provision



London Borough of Hounslow

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim SEND Commissioning Consultant

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2019



Wakefield Council

• Service Manager - Children's Transformation & Integration

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2013

• Service Manager - BSF (Programme Manager)

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010



Place Group Ltd

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • 2005 - 2010



Channel 4 Learning

• London, United Kingdom

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2003 - May 2005

  Project Manager - Full project management of creation, development and implementation of £750k web micro site for an EFL project. Project Manager – GridClub – the free, official Department for Education and Skills educational website for primary schools - Project managing the entire £3m publically funded website project – this was the DfES’ highest profile educational online project - Managing the public sector clients’ (Department for Education and Skills and Becta) expectations and service:  Ensuring that ICT was embedded across the curriculum for Key Stage 2  Using the site to ensure success of DfES ICT in Schools’ policy aims  Managing subcontractors (creative agency, 3rd party technical outsourcers etc.) Show less



Netcradle/Juniors online

• London, United Kingdom

• Operations Director

  • Jan 2003 - May 2003

  - Implementing the company’s £1m Software, Production and Operations plans in the UK and overseas - Implementing the company’s £1m Software, Production and Operations plans in the UK and overseas



RWS Group

• Gerrards Cross, Bucks

• Business Development Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2002

  - Establishing client base for new localisation arm of translation group company - Establishing client base for new localisation arm of translation group company



Ogilvyinteractive

• London, United Kingdom

• International Operations Director

  • Nov 2000 - Mar 2002

  - Responsible for relevant outsourcing of creative, technical and production work and identification, selection, negotiation and integration of third party suppliers and localization companies - Responsible for relevant outsourcing of creative, technical and production work and identification, selection, negotiation and integration of third party suppliers and localization companies



Dorling Kindersley

• Localisation

  • 1996 - 2001



DKMM

• DK

  • 1996 - 2000