Jenny Townsend

Knowledge and Skills 

  • A highly qualified education consultant, teacher/trainer, and community manager with excellent organisational skills         
  • High level interpersonal skills with experience of working with a wide range of people of varying ages and cultural groups         
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of establishing and developing the community dimension of specialist schools         
  • Considerable knowledge of up to date educational legislation         
  • Excellent research and authoring skills
  • An innovative approach to problem solving         

Qualifications

  • Master of Social Sciences (1975)
  • Diploma in Teaching (1976)
  • Qualified Teacher Status (1985)
  • NVQ Assessor (1999)
  • Advanced Interior Design, City and Guilds (2002)

Recent Education Consultancy projects

  • Adviser to schools for the Leading Parent Partnership Award (a quality mark).   Supporting schools (primary and secondary) to develop stronger relationships with parents, including ways to involve parents in their children’s learning
  • Adviser to Specialist Schools (in the Southeast, London,) through the process to achieve the Specialist Schools and Academies (SSAT) Inclusive Schools Award 2007 – 2010.  This award focuses on inclusion for three groups of people – staff, students and community
  • Author – publication for schools on community cohesion – Community Cohesion and Pupil Voice Toolkit
  •  Education consultancy support on education transformation for schools in Leicester involved in Building Schools for the Future
  • Education Champion – providing support for Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd on Education Drivers and Design Solutions – supporting schools with their educational visions and Strategy for Change  – Hertfordshire 2009
  • Preliminary Invitation to Tender (PITT) – Kent Academies, Medway Academies and Bournemouth and Poole Academies –bid writing and safeguarding issues for school design – for Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
  • Author of a research project for the SSAT and NIACE.  Adult Learning in Specialist Schools – Planning for Effective Practice
  • Author of an article published in Secondary Headship magazine –Building Links with Parents.  This focused on the development of innovative ways to engage with hard to reach parents.
  • Providing advisory support for schools with their School Evaluation Forms and School Development Plans

Jenny Townsend is the Director of Townsend Consultancy Ltd, a specialist provider of education advisory services to schools, local authorities and other organisations

www.townsendconsult.co.uk