Listen to my conversation with Louise Simpson, Head of Exeter School, about her international perspective of the independent school sector.

In this episode, I talk to Andrew Gordon-Brown, Head of Kingswood School, about strategic thinking in schools.

In this episode I explain what I mean by strategic options: the strategic level choices that you can make as a school leadership team.

In this episode, I speak to Sam Davies, Head of Philanthropy at the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST).

This week, I've been joined by Andrew Cook to explore what led him to diversify income streams and broaden the fundraising mix at Repton.

This time I tackle the second essential question you need to be able to answer to shape you school strategy: What's working in your favour?

In this episode, I welcome back John Claughton, former Chief Master of King Edwards School, Birmingham.

Moves management is a way of efficiently but effectively managing the major donors, or prospects, you have in your school community.

Hear from Professor Julie Hodges of Durham University Business School about how school leaders can lead and sustain organisational change.

In this episode, I explore five shifts you may need to make in your fundraising mindset in order to improve your results.

Explore how a flexible feasibility study can be critical to the success of a fundraising campaign.

In this episode, I talk to Emily Clarke, Director of Development at Highgate School about fundraising for community partnerships.

Applying commercial marketing techniques to influence behaviours in ways which benefit school communities.

Explore the ways that you can embed a culture of strategic thinking in your school.

Explore bursary strategy with Bart Wielenga, Head of Blundell’s School in Tiverton in Devon.

Explore the questions that you need to ask and the options you have going forward as you craft your bursary strategy.

In this episode, the first of season 2, I talk to innovation expert Lucy Gower.

Series 2 of The Independent School Podcast will be starting on Thursday 7 January 2021 with an episode exploring innovation.

Looking for reasons to be optimistic about income streams for independent schools? Listen in as I explain why I'm up-beat.

How can you involve every staff member in strategic thinking, so they can see how their day-to-day decisions help deliver the strategy?