HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL?
Andrew Binnell :
Training clip for senior and
subject leaders on:
The Deep Dive Process’
IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEARNING
Impetus offers in and out of school support to all members of your staff team to enable them improve provision accessed by learners in your school.
IMPROVING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Impetus offers high quality support for the Headteacher, SLT, Phase Leaders Subject Leaders and Governors.
IMPROVED PUPIL OUTCOMES
Impetus offers high quality support to help you strengthen pupil outcomes at your school.
ABOUT IMPETUS EDUCATION SOLUTIONS
We are a truly independent school improvement consultancy, whose primary role is to support schools on their journey forwards. To deliver high-quality support we utilise the talents of our team of 16 consultants. These consultants are either current Ofsted cl inspectors, headteachers of ‘outstanding’ schools, National Leaders of Education, SIAMS inspectors, or specialists who have a particular curricular expertise that’s been recognised on the national stage. Do visit the Our Team Page to view their respective Bios.
We offer a wide range of options in our support packages, which typically range between two and twelve days over an academic year. Our services include Tailored Support Programmes, Pay As You Go Consultancy, Head Teacher Performance Reviews,Subject Leader Support, Data Analysis, Trustee / Governor Training, and Ofsted preparation support, including reviews and deep dive training.
Click here to view an example of Andrew Binnell leading deep dive training for Subject leaders of the Fox Federation of Schools in West London.
We currently provide support to 175 schools and 10 Multi Academy Trusts through our programmes of improvement. We have now supported 27 schools in making the leap from Ofsted ‘Good’ to ‘Outstanding’ since September 2019.
Please do take a look at the vast library of resources available on the Resources page. This is updated regularly and will have the latest Ofsted publications to ensure that you are always working to current expectations.
Click here to view our Support Programme options: Impetus Order Form 2025.
WHAT DO HEADS IN SCHOOLS SAY ABOUT THE SUPPORT WE OFFER?
SCHOOLS AND TRUSTS WE WORK WITH

























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DFE PUBLICATIONS
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Details of the personal data the Department for Education (DfE) processes for our workforce.
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- Improving the kinship local offer and approach to kinship careon February 27, 2026
Key themes and considerations that stakeholders have identified as relevant when designing a kinship local offer.
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Safety campaigners say Meta is "passing the buck" with its new feature for parents using Instagram's teen supervision tools.
- What does Neet stand for and how many are there in the UK?on February 26, 2026
Ministers want to tackle the high number of young people not in education, employment or training.
- Labour MPs call for urgent action on 'unfair' student loanson February 25, 2026
MPs criticise "rip-off" interest rates and unfair changes to repayment terms during a debate in Parliament
- Will the new SEND reforms in England work? You have your sayon February 25, 2026
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- 'Pupils locked me in a room' claims striking teacheron February 24, 2026
Teachers at two Greater Manchester schools took to the picket lines after claims of violent children
- Children in care off school for months as school rejections stack upon February 24, 2026
Councils seek powers to require more schools to take children as heads say funding would meet needs.
- Phillipson defends student loan change and says average repayments will rise by £8 a monthon February 24, 2026
Some graduates in England say "punishing" student loan repayments have led them to cut their hours at work.
- What is SEND and how many children get support?on February 23, 2026
The government has set out its planned changes to the special educational needs system in a new White Paper.
- Are ties and blazers on the way out? Why some schools are pushing for 'active' uniformson February 22, 2026
Proponents say relaxed uniforms make life easier for children and are much more practical for physical play.
- I might not get uni Covid compensation - but I'm claiming it out of principleon February 21, 2026
Dozens of universities have received legal letters over what students say they missed out on during Covid.