About Us

‘Putting your consultancy, coaching and mentoring centre stage’
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Knowledgeable, Experienced & Qualified

Executive Coaching & Mentoring

We provide executive coaches and mentors for business, charities and educational leaders, and coaching for the individuals and teams.

Health & Wellbeing Coaching

Our team of health and wellbeing coaches focus on supporting you to achieve emotional wellness. We also have specialist coaches and mentors who work with coaches on specific challenges like mid life changes and other concerns. Supporting you to achieve emotional wellness

Educational Consultancy

The highly skilled education consultants and non clinical supervisors for education settings can assist you with SEN Reviews, PP Reviews, Safeguarding Reviews and more. 

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Work With Us And You’ll Get:

An experienced & qualified Team
OUR TEAM IS A CAREFULLY SELECTED GROUP OF EXPERIENCED SPECIALIST PRACTITIONERS WHO EACH HAVE YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE AND REALLY ‘KNOW THEIR ONIONS!’
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A high quality experience
The Backdrop Leadership Family will provide you with an efficient high quality experience. This is built on a fundamental understanding that we must always focus on meeting your needs.
Backdrop’s team
A HUMAN APPROACH THAT PUTS YOU FIRST
OUR colleagues HAVE LIVED LIFE FIRST HAND. WE KNOW THAT HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOUR AND BEING HUMAN IS THE CENTRE OF ALL EFFECTIVE SUPPORT.
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Have Some Questions?

Almost everyone can benefit from coaching or mentoring.

If you are ready to set yourself professional or personal goals, want to make a positive difference in your life (at work or at home) then the coaching and mentoring team can help you.

The short answer is yes.

The Backdrop team have a wide range of experience in mainstream, independent and special schools and have supported hundreds of settings.

Whatever your issue, we will introduce you to the right person for your needs. Contact us for an initial chat

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As you’d expect, the exact cost depends upon the service you need, but we will endeavour to work to your budget.

Please contact us and we will discuss your needs and give you a great cost effective quote.

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'I enjoyed working with Jon. He balanced listening with questioning...to gain clarity and to help me to move forward...I am clearer on my development path [he] has given me useful key strategies to help me on the way. Thank you for all your support Jon!'
- Coachee - Deputy Headteacher
'Jon...has enabled me to be more strategic...and become confident in my abilities to bring about lasting change ... The sessions were welcoming, relaxed and flexible in 'fitting' with my emotions on the day,'
- Coachee - School Leader
'John is an engaging speaker who clearly has a lot of experience and expertise in this area. I enjoyed the opportunity to work with people from other schools to discuss issues that were pertinent to us and use their expertise to come to solutions.'
- Head of House, Secondary.
'[Backdrop] worked with Khalsa Academy Trust on a strategic review for SEND processes and provision in our schools for a year long project and demonstrated his excellent knowledge of the subject, [their] ability to adapt strategies to a schools’ context and most importantly how he brings the wider staff along with his improvement agenda. [Backdrop] is highly regarded because of his integrity, hard work and relentless focus on the what’s best for children with barriers to their learning.'
- Trust Improvement Lead, Khalsa Academy Trust
'The sessions have been brilliant in helping me approach the day-to-day and more strategic challenges I face as a leader. I'm grateful to Jon - his experience, humour, and ability to challenge me to think through my options resulted in a series of really valuable sessions and I'm already feeling the difference in my working life'
- Coachee - Marketing Manager