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Hello again everyone!

A number of people I bump into online and IRL ask me, ‘how’s it going?’ So I thought a quick update to the world would be in order..

I’m delighted to say that I am finding some interesting and purposeful work coming my way since I last updated you. I am currently partnering in consultancy with West Sussex County Council to undertake a review of the development of the academy programme in the county. This is taking me to schools familiar to some that I had not visited in my two decades working in the local education system. I've been particularly impressed when meeting school leaders and governors so passionate about making good strategic decisions for the best outcomes for children and the future sustainability of education in their communities.

I’m also excited to be working with two excellent lead providers of national professional qualifications - Best Practice Network & Ambition Institute. I’m engaged in leadership performance coach and facilitator roles, focusing on courses for headteachers and executive leaders.

Finally, I’ve enjoyed collaborations and plan-making around creating a consulting partnership with some peers who also recently retired or are soon to retire as school trust CEOs. This in turn has led to an invitation to take on an interim CEO role with a MAT in the process of a merger. Both these items are secret squirrel just now but it just goes to show that life never stands still. All this and people have started asking me to do mediations as well!

I hope you’ve had a great January too.

Chris Seaton

Welcome to peer mediation Whytemead Primary school!

So massively happy to see our first new school start its peer mediation journey so soon after joining us - and the first
Peaceworks project since the pandemic! Well done to the marvellous Mrs Bolland and to the trainee peer mediators at Whytemead Primary school!