Education Consultancy
We offer a bespoke education consultancy service designed to support schools, trusts, and local authorities in navigating strategic, operational, and regulatory challenges. Our consultants provide expert, context-specific guidance rooted in sector experience and evidence-based practice.
Whether advising on strategic planning, policy implementation, governance, inclusion, or safeguarding and SEND frameworks, we deliver actionable insights and practical solutions tailored to your organisation’s unique needs. With a commitment to clarity, accountability, and measurable impact, Jarvis Education is a trusted partner in driving sustainable educational improvement.
Where clarity
meets strategy
What schools and organisations often need is a partner who can step back to provide strategic perspective, focus in on operational detail, and bring clarity to complex issues. Whether you are a school leader managing competing improvement priorities, a local authority responding to the challenges of SEND reform, or a trust shaping its long-term strategy, our team provides the expertise and guidance to help you succeed.
Our consultancy offer is comprehensive, flexible, and firmly grounded in evidence of what works. We do not create generic action plans that are quickly forgotten; instead, we provide intelligent, practical, and solutions-focused support—working alongside you to deliver sustainable improvement and measurable impact.
What we can do
Strategy &
Systems
Strategic Planning & Development
Whether developing a new trust vision, designing a school improvement strategy, or creating a roadmap for inclusion, we support leaders to shape the bigger picture while remaining firmly rooted in practical realities. Our approach balances ambition with deliverability -recognising that while drafting presentations is straightforward, it is the quality of implementation that determines lasting success.
Developing New Systems & Processes
Whether establishing new behaviour pathways, refining SEND referral processes, introducing inclusion panels, or redesigning CPD from the ground up, we work with you to build systems that are effective, sustainable, and fit for purpose. Our focus is on creating scalable and intelligent processes that save time, reduce complexity, and enable staff to focus on what matters most—improving outcomes for children and young people.
External Adviser to Schools & Trusts
We provide independent, external insight into school performance, leadership decision-making, governance, and improvement planning. Our role is to act as a trusted professional partner - offering objective analysis, challenge, and guidance that adds value, strengthens leadership capacity, and drives improvement.
Interpreting Guidance, Law & Policy
We interpret and translate Department for Education updates, statutory guidance, and policy requirements into clear, practical actions tailored to your context. By removing unnecessary complexity, we ensure leaders and staff can focus on implementation with confidence, supported by advice that is accurate, relevant, and immediately actionable.
Staff & Stakeholder Engagement
We provide skilled facilitation for consultation sessions, strategic discussions, and decision-making processes—ensuring that diverse perspectives are heard and aligned towards shared priorities. Our support includes stakeholder mapping, structured voice-gathering, and the development of clear, collective actions that build consensus and drive progress.
Support for Local Authorities: SEND & AP
We work alongside local authorities to deliver strategic reviews of provision, commissioning models, unregistered alternative provision oversight, EHCP processes, tribunal data, and wider operational systems. Our role is to provide expertise, capacity, and independent perspective—whether as a critical friend, a strategic partner, or an experienced professional who has successfully navigated these challenges before.
Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
Educational leadership can at times feel isolating. We provide tailored mentoring and coaching for headteachers, deputy heads, alternative provision leaders, SENCOs, DSLs, and aspiring leaders. Our approach is non-judgemental, practical, and grounded in lived experience—offering leaders a trusted space for reflection, professional growth, and personalised support.
Leadership
& People
Support &
Innovation
Specialist Advice on Inclusion, SEND, Safeguarding & AP
This is at the heart of our work. We support schools and systems to strengthen inclusive practice, embed effective and meaningful SEND provision, design responsive alternative provision, and ensure safeguarding is lived and embedded across the organisation—not simply a set of documents on a desk.
Data Analysis & Impact Reviews
We work with schools and trusts to make sense of data across academic outcomes, attendance, behaviour, SEND, and wider indicators. Our approach goes beyond identifying issues: we provide clear analysis of underlying causes and translate insights into practical, evidence-based actions. In short, we deliver data intelligence with an implementation plan attached.
Pilot Projects & Innovation Support
When trialling new approaches, we provide support to test ideas, evaluate impact, and mitigate risks. Whether developing in-house alternative provision, redesigning curriculum models, or implementing innovative practice, we draw on extensive experience to identify what works in the long term—and to help avoid approaches that are unsustainable or ineffective.
General Education Consultancy Support
Whether you need a thought partner to explore new ideas, collaborative support in shaping strategy, or an objective review of improvement plans, we provide bespoke consultancy tailored to your context. Our expertise spans curriculum design, compliance, and the practical realities of implementation—helping to turn ambitious plans into sustainable practice.
Frequently asked
questions
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Nope. We work with local authorities, trusts, special schools, APs, federations, PRUs, you name it. If you're in education and facing a challenge—we’ve probably helped someone through something similar.
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We offer both! One-off visits, short-term consultancy and ongoing partnerships.
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We provide policy development that is both accurate and accessible—documents that genuinely reflect practice, withstand external scrutiny, and can be readily understood and applied by staff without the need for translation.
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We combine professionalism with a straightforward, human approach. Our style is clear, questioning, and focused - ensuring that every interaction adds value and leaves you with greater clarity, confidence, and direction.
Let’s Get You Some
Breathing Room
Whether you are developing new provision or addressing systems that have become overly complex, we provide the expertise and capacity to bring structure and clarity. Our role is to ensure you are supported with accurate, practical guidance—so that leaders can focus on improvement without the burden of navigating technical detail alone.