Director of G2G Education, Dr Helena McVeigh has a first class degree in physics and post graduate qualifications in education. She has over 30 years experience in education, with management positions in schools and local authorities. Helena was awarded a PhD in education in June 2016 after 4 1/2 years of study alongside her role as director of G2G.
Helena was one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools for nearly ten years, where she was involved in evaluating a wide range of institutions as well as leading inspections of local education authorities and all phases of schools. She helped develop the system for quality assuring inspections for Ofsted and trained and assessed team and registered inspectors.
As principal consultant for CEA, she was responsible for quality assurance of inspections and training as well as advising local authorities. She developed an inspection framework and training programme for the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) schools in the USA. She has inspected KIPP schools across the USA and also been involved in external evaluations and support for charter schools in New York City.
Helena was Chief Inspector for schools in the Cayman Islands (2004 to 2008) where she also led a review of the schools’ national curriculum and promoted the introduction of the International Baccalaureate primary and middle years programmes in schools.
Helena has considerable experience of preparing and running training programmes for school staff and leaders and is a trainer in emotional intelligence. She is a firm believer in team work and in the development of learning organisations through investing in and empowering individuals. She led her team through the successful achievement of the IIP standard in 2007 and her leadership was praised in the assessor’s report: “Visible leadership and a genuine interest in people … create an organization where people enjoy the challenge of their work. People commented on the Chief Inspector’s vision and sense of purpose, wealth of experience and high standards combined with human professionalism.”
Since returning to the UK, Helena has been involved in a number of projects, including Project Director for the Piscari Monitoring Agency that monitored private companies’ work with a number of government schools, on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Education Council. She was a primary adviser for the very successful London Challenge initiative.
Helena led a team of advisers who successfully supported school improvement in primary schools in Basildon, under the leadership of Sir Mike Tomlinson. She also leads reviews for Challenge Partners and supports a number of local schools.
Helena has led numerous inspections of primary and secondary schools for Ofsted.
She has been a trustee of three different multi-academy trusts and chair of governors of a federation of two small primary schools. Helena has been a school governor in a number of different schools for over 20 years.
Director of G2G Education Services, Jim McVeigh has degrees in microbiology and mathematics and a post graduate qualification in education.
He is a trained lead inspector of schools and has contributed to the successful inspection of over 100 schools in both the UK, for Ofsted, and the Caribbean.
Jim is a very experienced science teacher and has successfully led and managed science departments in large comprehensive schools. He has also mentored trainee teachers and new faculty heads in the early stages of their roles. As part of a school’s senior management team, Jim has monitored and evaluated the performance of the entire school and has developed strategies to raise the performance of the school from good to excellent.
He has produced training materials and run a variety of workshops for primary and secondary teachers, with the aim of raising the attainment of all students. Jim has also developed a training course for Cayman Islands teachers who aspire to become local occasional school inspectors.
Recently, Jim has specialised in safeguarding audits for schools in the UK and become the safeguarding governor for two schools in the New Forest.
In September 2008, Jim began several projects in Abu Dhabi, where he led a team of inspectors conducting health and safety inspections in small private schools; evaluated a student citizenship programme; and was part of a team monitoring the quality of public private partnerships in government schools.
Jim has led on several projects, including support for the Leigh Academy Trust. JIm has been a very active member of the governing body of a federation of two primary schools. He led on safeguarding and link to one of the schools.
We also call on the services of a range of highly experienced and well qualified consultants to support our work. For example:
Nick Butt– highly experienced Ofsted inspector and trainer. Primary specialist
Glynis Bradley-Peat– highly experienced reviewer and trainer. Maths specialist
Anne Cullum– Executive headteacher and Ofsted inspector. English and sixth form specialist
Carmen Rodney– Recently retired HMI and English specialist
Janev Memet– experienced inspector and adviser. Specialises in inclusion.
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