Advisory on Estates Executive Leadership

Senior leadership advisory service for independent schools, and smaller size Trusts providing services such as:

  • Sustainability
  • Procurement policies
  • Health and Safety policy and procedures
  • Website compliance for Ofsted and DfE requirements
  • Asset Management
  • Guidance on implementation of Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS)

CREATE A TRUST ESTATES VISION

  • Meet the requirements of the trustee
  • Align with other strategic documents
  • Align with the education vision

FORMULATE AN ESTATES STRATEGY

  • What the Trust requires from its estate to support the estate vision
  • The various options available to help achieve its needs
  • A framework for property-related decision making
  • Specific outcomes and associated timescales to achieve these

CREATE SCHOOL ASSET MANAGEMENT PLANS

  • Projects meet desired project outcomes
  • Projects meet project spatial requirements
  • All site and building issues and any constraints are identified and managed safely
  • All statutory and legislative processes and requirements are adhered to – including asbestos
  • The project is delivered in line with the available budget

Please do enquire about our services.

Testimonials

Hear from schools and trusts like yours that are benefiting from working with Help for Schools.

Help for Schools / Spencer Van der Werf has provided consistent high quality services to our Trust supporting our Capital Projects team deliver changes to our building infrastructure, improving the resources available and facilitating improved quality of teaching. He is able to interpret outline concepts, bring designs to the table, see through the building project management and quality check the final delivery. A great asset to secure your change plans.

Paul Atkinson – Director of Finance, Haberdashers’ Academies Trust South

Help for Schools is a reliable partner for complex projects, delivering solutions that are clear and effective. They excel in continuous improvement and proactive problem prevention in every interaction. I had the pleasure of working with Spencer on a project to convert shower rooms into a classroom, and I was impressed by his detailed project proposal and timely execution. He also identified many benefits, both tangible and intangible, from the project. Help for Schools will always be my first choice for project management.

Rachel Danso – Business Manager, Borough Academy

Help For Schools provided critical support to Day One Trust as we reconfigured our estates and facilities provision. They helped us understand our needs and manage the transition from an ineffective outsourced service to a professional in-house team. Their support included designing our team structure and guiding our recruitment, as well as establishing the systems and processes that team needed to work with. I’ve worked with Spencer and his team for many years on multiple projects and I’ve always found him to be professional, diligent, pragmatic and committed to students by securing high quality and value for money estates and facilities provision.

Fred Sharrock – CEO at Day One Trust

Help For Schools has played an integral role in overseeing and managing a £28 million project – the build of a new secondary school in central London. From the client perspective Spencer has managed effectively the multiple partners engaged in this project, from the comms to the project plan. His strengths lie in his attention to detail, his ability to find solutions to complex problems and his delivery of results.

Declan Jones – Principal at Borough Academy

I have known Simon for several years and he has always been a font of wisdom, advice and an intelligent steer to educational professionals; especially those looking to leadership. What has struck me most about his approach has been his willingness to engage with kindness without the need for reciprocity. Someone with true integrity.

Barry Cooper – Founding Principal at The Global College


Health and Safety

A competent and experienced health and safety consultant will audit your school’s premises, policies, and procedures. Keeping track of your health and safety management and compliance with health and safety regulations will help you manage your health and safety better.  

Among the recommendations in the audit report is a health and safety improvement plan for the school. Following the review, it will be clear which areas need improvement in health and safety management, as well as those that are positive. 

We offer: 

  • The training of senior leaders, site managers and staff on health and safety .  Training can be tailored to suit the needs of the Trust/School 
  • An audit of the compliance of the school safety management system 
  • Free telephone support, we provide ongoing health and safety consultancy advice 
  • Health and safety inspections at schools 
  • Participate in meetings of the Governors and walk-rounds 
  • Fire risk assessments  

Please do enquire about our services.

 

Testimonials

Hear from schools and trusts like yours that are benefiting from working with Help for Schools.

Help for Schools / Spencer Van der Werf has provided consistent high quality services to our Trust supporting our Capital Projects team deliver changes to our building infrastructure, improving the resources available and facilitating improved quality of teaching. He is able to interpret outline concepts, bring designs to the table, see through the building project management and quality check the final delivery. A great asset to secure your change plans.

Paul Atkinson – Director of Finance, Haberdashers’ Academies Trust South

Help for Schools is a reliable partner for complex projects, delivering solutions that are clear and effective. They excel in continuous improvement and proactive problem prevention in every interaction. I had the pleasure of working with Spencer on a project to convert shower rooms into a classroom, and I was impressed by his detailed project proposal and timely execution. He also identified many benefits, both tangible and intangible, from the project. Help for Schools will always be my first choice for project management.

Rachel Danso – Business Manager, Borough Academy

Help For Schools provided critical support to Day One Trust as we reconfigured our estates and facilities provision. They helped us understand our needs and manage the transition from an ineffective outsourced service to a professional in-house team. Their support included designing our team structure and guiding our recruitment, as well as establishing the systems and processes that team needed to work with. I’ve worked with Spencer and his team for many years on multiple projects and I’ve always found him to be professional, diligent, pragmatic and committed to students by securing high quality and value for money estates and facilities provision.

Fred Sharrock – CEO at Day One Trust

Help For Schools has played an integral role in overseeing and managing a £28 million project – the build of a new secondary school in central London. From the client perspective Spencer has managed effectively the multiple partners engaged in this project, from the comms to the project plan. His strengths lie in his attention to detail, his ability to find solutions to complex problems and his delivery of results.

Declan Jones – Principal at Borough Academy

I have known Simon for several years and he has always been a font of wisdom, advice and an intelligent steer to educational professionals; especially those looking to leadership. What has struck me most about his approach has been his willingness to engage with kindness without the need for reciprocity. Someone with true integrity.

Barry Cooper – Founding Principal at The Global College