The same experience of building, leading, and repairing these systems from the inside — behind Futurum's tutoring and Advocacy work, applied here to how schools design and use assessment.
I help schools check their tests are actually fair and useful, and use the results properly.
Assessment design and data literacy consultancy for schools — helping staff move from "we've always marked it this way" to genuinely valid, reliable assessment.
Teachers learn how to teach, but rarely how to test properly. That's the gap this fills.
Most teacher training covers pedagogy in depth, but rarely covers how to design a valid, fair assessment. This is a genuine, long-standing gap in the profession.
CPD-accredited training in the principles of assessment (validity, reliability, fairness, standards) and the full assessment cycle — design, mark schemes, standardisation and moderation.
Fifteen years teaching. Ten years in senior leadership, including taking a school from Ofsted Inadequate to Good. Real, practical experience of what changes when assessment is done well.
Assessment validity questions sit directly alongside SEND identification and EHCP evidence — whether a school's assessments genuinely captured a student's needs is often central to getting the right support in place.
A review of a department's or school's current assessment materials and practices — identifying where validity, reliability or fairness may be compromised, with practical recommendations.
Whole-staff or departmental training on writing better assessment materials — from learning outcomes and mark schemes through to standardisation and moderation.
Helping leadership teams use assessment data to inform genuine planning decisions, rather than just reporting grades.
This is a new service, still being built. I'm currently completing further training (Cambridge Assessment Network) alongside my existing work. I'm taking on only a small number of enquiries right now — not a fully open, ready-to-book service yet.
If this could help your school or trust, I'd welcome an early conversation. Please know that capacity is small right now, and growing slowly on purpose.