Services
Hub Support
We know that when schools work together, they are stronger. The hub model has been developed, in partnership with school leaders, to create strong and resilient families of schools. Each hub will have a dedicated Lead Advisor and a shared Hub Improvement Plan. This plan enables schools to identify common priorities, pool expertise, and work collectively on areas for development.
Hub working gives schools the opportunity not only to share best practice, but also to take risks, innovate, and develop new ideas together. Hub leaders consistently highlight the support they receive from fellow headteachers as invaluable.
As part of the hub package, your school will also be connected with all hubs across the wider Melhoria family. This strengthens the system even further by enabling schools to share improvement priorities, best practice, support, and guidance across a much broader network
Safeguarding Support offer
Judith is a nationally renowned safeguarding consultant, having many years supporting schools across the country. We believe that safeguarding children is central to all our work and a key passion of ours. Safeguarding is one the key areas that cause headteachers and senior leaders the most stress. We offer a range of support packages to enable you to assure your school is complaint and also to evaluate the effectiveness of your safeguarding processes.
The Annual Safeguarding Support Package
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Strengthen your school’s safeguarding with a full year of expert support.
This package includes a half‑day compliance visit with SCR check, three one‑hour supervision sessions, full access to our safeguarding resources (including the annual training pack), and our termly safeguarding newsletter. You’ll also have phone support whenever you need guidance.
Safeguarding Supervision Package
This package provides supervision for DSLs and DDSLs, family support workers, early years teams and pastoral staff either individually or as teams – whatever works for you. It is delivered by trained supervisors.
Making Inclusion Work: teaching, achievement, early years, and leadership
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A streamlined, high‑impact package designed to help schools respond confidently to the renewed Ofsted framework. Whether you’re part of a Hub or working independently, this offer gives you a clear, evidence‑based evaluation of your strengths and priorities across Inclusion, Curriculum and Teaching, Achievement, and Early Years. It also builds leadership confidence through targeted development that equips leaders to drive meaningful improvement. Flexible, tailored, and rooted in celebrating what’s working as well as identifying next steps, this package fits your context and supports you in securing the strongest possible outcomes for your school.
Making Safeguarding work beyond compliance: well-being, attendance and positive behaviour
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A focused, high‑impact package that helps schools respond confidently to the renewed OFSTED framework by providing a deep, expert review of safeguarding leadership across the whole school community. It gives leaders clear insight into strengths and development needs, with a sharp focus on culture, attendance and behaviour, personal development, and wellbeing. Schools gain full assurance around the effectiveness of their processes and culture, alongside tailored guidance to strengthen practice where needed. Fully adaptable for Hub and non‑Hub schools alike, this offer is flexible, context‑driven, and designed to give leaders the clarity and confidence to drive meaningful improvement
Getting the foundations right
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A focused half‑day review to strengthen your Early Years and Year 1 provision. We explore the lived experience of your youngest and most vulnerable learners through learning walks and professional discussion, helping you build clear evidence for your Early Years SEF and identify purposeful next steps. Through open, honest dialogue, we celebrate what’s working well and highlight areas for development to support high‑quality early learning
Leading Inclusion
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A sharp, high‑impact review that strengthens provision, sharpens strategy, and boosts outcomes for your most vulnerable learners. This half day visit will focus on the leadership of inclusion and the relationship with impact and your IDSR.
SEND Focused Visit
New: For SENCos
A half‑day visit that gives leaders and SENCos a sharp, practical deep dive into the effectiveness of their current SEND systems and structures. It creates space to explore your school’s SEND offer, review outcomes, and audit provision against a clear best‑practice framework. The focus is on helping leaders evaluate what is working well, identify gaps, and shape next steps to secure consistently high‑quality SEND practice
SEND Supported Evaluation
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A full‑day NASEN‑aligned SEND Review to strengthen your provision. This visit uses the NASEN SEND SEF to help leaders fully evaluate the quality of SEND provision, gathering high‑quality evidence to inform and enhance your SEND SEF. A clear, supportive process designed to give you confidence in your strengths and clarity on your next steps
Full External SEND Review
Give your SEND provision the spotlight it deserves. Our SEND Review offers a full day of expert insight into how your school supports pupils with additional needs. Through a pre‑visit SEND SEF, conversations with leaders, a review of key documents, stakeholder meetings, and a purposeful learning walk, we build a rich understanding of your strengths and priorities.
After the visit, you’ll receive a detailed, easy‑to‑use report with clear next steps—and we stay in touch, offering a follow‑up discussion three months later to help you keep moving forward. Supportive, constructive, and focused on what matters most: better outcomes for your learners.
Leadership and Governance Packages
School leaders and governors play a vital role in helping every pupil and member of staff thrive—but the challenges can be constant. Our flexible support services are designed to meet your needs, whatever your role or stage of leadership. Whether you’re a new headteacher seeking guidance in your first year, a governing body navigating a complaint or recruitment process, or a team facing a difficult situation, we’re here to help.
As former headteachers, we understand the pressures you face. We work alongside you with reassurance, expertise, and practical support whenever you need it. Our wellbeing offer is also expanding, so please get in touch if you’d like to explore this further.
As a new head, venturing into the world of headship and all that it brings could seem quite daunting. However the schools in my hub had just started working with Lesley and the team and this made all the difference to me. Lesley and the team's principles of working with you, really stand firm. If a problem is raised or you would like to focus on a specific area, either Lesley or someone in the team will have expertise in that area and they will work alongside you, supporting you to achieve the best outcome. I know that the team are always at the end of the phone or email and that no question is a silly question! Over the last academic year, we have been able to offer our staff high quality CPD through Lesley and the team, for teachers, TA's and Governors. This has been invaluable and enhanced the quality of teaching for our children.