Hello—my name is Lindsay Palmer. I’m an Education Consultant with experience across a wide range of roles and specialisms.

Throughout my career I have worked tirelessly to ensure that all children have the opportunity to achieve to the very best of their ability. After several years as a class teacher, I moved into a series of leadership and advisory roles—including as a SENCO, a SEND Advisor, and Head of Wiltshire Specialist SEN Services. I realised that my heart was back in school with the children, so took up an Executive Role within an Academy Trust, initially as Head of the Teaching School. There, I felt privileged to collaborate with schools within and beyond the Trust in a wide range of roles, involving school improvement, training and development, and leading research projects. I also worked with Bath Spa University to support the launch and development of their Master’s-level National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO).

I firmly believe that ‘the staff’ are a school’s greatest asset. Accordingly, I am passionate about their professional growth, development, confidence, and well-being. I have organised and run school-based and Trust-wide training, as well as large conferences attended by delegates from across the region. I am able to facilitate training and development sessions for different audiences, and have been invited to present at local, regional, and national events in relation to SEND, leadership, and research- and evidence-based practice.

I am now in the privileged position to work with a diverse range of schools and Trusts. Much of my work focuses on the development of SEND processes and practice through whole school reviews, coaching and mentoring, and professional development. I continue to enjoy working with a number of Lead Providers to facilitate Early Career Framework training for ECTs and their mentors, National Professional Vocational Qualification sessions and to lead training for Initial Teacher Education courses.

My interest in evidence-based, research-informed practice has led me to work closely with Professor Graham Handscomb on a number of research projects, including on teacher workload and establishing a culture of research within schools. This has resulted in the publication of two journal articles and a chapter within the book The Research-Informed Teaching Revolution: A Handbook for the 21st Century Teacher (2020).