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Backdrop Leadership Group

‘Putting your consultancy, coaching and mentoring centre stage’

ServicesWe Offer

Welcome to Backdrop Leadership Group

When left my role leading schools in 2017, I wanted to start a business that supported multi sectors, including education, charity and business, to acheive their aims and goals through high quality consultancy, coaching and mentoring.

It was important to me that our approach was ethical and non-judgmental. That we put you ‘centre stage’ and also that we empower you to move forward when our role in the work is over. Why was this important? Because I had experienced the exact opposite so many times in my work in education that I felt things had to change.

So, that’s what I did. I created a team of coaches, mentors and education consultants who put you ‘centre stage’. We help and support you through high quality advice, coaching, mentoring, training, and much more. To help you to deliver your professional or personal aims and goals.

What I am most proud of, however, is that we maintain our humanity and always give our advice as if we had to do the work ourself, applying our understanding of the pressures of life and leadership in the work we do. In short, we just want to help.

We’d love to discuss your needs so that we can be one step closer to solving them with you.  Contact us now. 

Jon Gibson, Director, Executive Coach and Consultant

Executive Coaching & Mentoring Services
We provide coaching, mentoring and training that will enable you to build solutions and grow your business, school or charity.
Leadership Coaching
Education Consultancy
Our education consultancy team offer services that have impact and longevity. We work with all sectors of education and have experience working with state level projects, national education focused charities, many MATs and hundreds of schools.
Education Consultancy
Health & Wellbeing Coaching
Alongside our work with institutions, we also offer a broad programme of wellbeing and coaching support for individuals within a business or educational setting.
Wellbeing and Personal Coaching
Meet the Team
Take a moment to meet our highly qualified and experienced team of consultants, coaches and mentors. Everyone within our team displays empathy with drive and understanding with humour when working with you – basically, they’re human, just like you.
Backdrop’s team

How Would You Like To Work With Us?

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I am looking for an education consultant.
We have an excellent team of highly skilled and experienced consultants who are here to help. Call us on 0333 344 1976 or help@backdropleadership.com for a ‘no strings’ chat.
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I am looking for a coach or mentor.
Congratulations on considering joining millions of people who are being supported by a coach or mentor. Call us on 0333 344 1976 or help@backdropleadership.com for a ‘no strings’ chat.
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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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'Excellent analytical support from an engaging and incisive consultant. We have already improved the accountability of HR in the workplace as a result, so that we can be sure targeted funding is used to raise student outcomes.'
- Secondary SENCO
'An excellent process. Challenging but very supportive. Lots of new ideas, even when we are doing very well, we could do better. Areas to improve made clear. Professional dialogue and deep questioning. Thorough understanding of my two tiny schools and our unique processes gained over the day. A good experience.'
- Executive Headteacher, First School
Following our positive Ofsted inspection in 2017 we were keen to continue to drive improvements, especially to have a cohesive system in place to develop our strategic aims and development plans across education, therapy and care provided at St Rose’s for students with physical disabilities and complex health needs. Jon was recommended as someone who might be able to support us, and we were lucky enough to engage his services in 2018. At the beginning he listened to what we wanted and was able to translate our thoughts into a Strategic Plan and corresponding development plans. This has grown over the last 5 years and we now have a clear process that our self-evaluation feeds into as well as performance reviews for all staff. He has helped us to work with education, therapy and care staff to quality assure our offer. As well as this he has helped us to focus our governance and has provided support and training to our governing body. Jon has supported us to keep up to date with changes in legislation and continues to suggest ways that we can make improvements. He continues to challenge us during each visit and there is no doubt that the quality of what we do has improved as a result. This was borne out in a recent care inspection when we received outstanding for leadership and management. We appreciate the approach he takes which is collaborative and non-threatening and supportive, allowing us to develop processes and strategy.
- Principal
"[Backdrop] was excellent – very easy to work with, humorous and insightful – thanks."
- Headteacher, Middle School
'All expectations were met and exceeded significantly.
- Assistant Headteacher and PDG