For schools, trusts and leadership teams

Training, Keynotes & Consultancy.

The frameworks behind the Leadership Intensive, available for your school, trust or event. Keynotes, bespoke training days and consultancy from Shane Leaning and specialist delivery partners.

30+
countries worked in
#1
podcast in countries worldwide
2023
independent, working globally
What we offer

Three ways to work with us.

Speaking

Keynotes.

Talks for conferences, trust events and INSET days. Practical, evidence-based and built to spark action. Topics draw on Change Starts Here, Untap, and the ten leadership levers.

  • Cognitive overload in school leadership
  • Making change stick
  • Untapping the potential of your staff
Online or in-person 30–90 mins
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Professional development

Training Days.

Half or full-day sessions for your leadership team, designed around your context. People leave with specific tools they can use the following week, not just inspiration.

  • Leadership levers: diagnose and prioritise
  • Embedding change across your school
  • Developing a coaching culture
Online or face-to-face Half or full day
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Ongoing partnership

Consultancy.

From a strategy day with your senior team to a multi-term partnership, embedding the Education Leaders methodology into your culture, systems and leadership practice.

  • Leadership systems audit
  • Building internal coaching capacity
  • Change implementation support
Bespoke scope Available now
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Who delivers

Meet the team.

Currently from founder Shane Leaning, with specialist delivery partners for data and neurodiversity. More partners joining soon.

Shane Leaning

Shane Leaning

Founder, Education Leaders

Co-author of Change Starts Here (Routledge, 2025). TEDx speaker. CollectivEd Fellow. A decade in schools before going independent in 2023, now coaching leaders across 30+ countries.

Keynotes Training days Consultancy
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Chris Scorer

Chris Scorer

Data leadership specialist

Expert in helping schools and trusts use data effectively without drowning in it. Creator of the Education Leaders data course, which helps leaders understand what the numbers are actually telling them.

Data leadership Training days
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Sarah Battersby

Sarah Battersby

Neurodiversity specialist

Specialist support for schools building truly inclusive practice for neurodiverse staff and students, shifting culture as well as compliance. Training that moves leadership teams from awareness to action.

Neurodiversity Inclusion Training days
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Want the full programme?

The Leadership Intensive.

A one-off training day is a great start. The Leadership Intensive is where the real shift happens: 14 weeks, live online, with a cohort of 25 school leaders from around the world. Next cohort: September 2026.

Not sure where to start?

Just send us a message.

Tell us what you're looking for and we'll come back within 48 hours to talk it through.

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