NEIL SMITH

Accomplished professional with expertise in strategy development and implementation, communication, and leadership. Demonstrated proficiency in quality assurance, developing and sustaining networks, and cross-sector working. Adept at marketing, adaptability, innovation, and initiative. Committed to leveraging skills to drive organisational success and foster continuous improvement.

• ASCL member (Professional Associate)
• Songwriting
• Member of Lancashire County Cricket Club
• Co-host and producer FourTracks Good You Tube channel

2025-  

Consultant for Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation, researching           strategies for broadening their impact on Children who are Looked After

2025-                                           

Attended 2 day Anna Freud Centre training on supervision and reflective practice

2025-                                           

Recruited to attend ISI Reporting Inspector training  

2024-2025                                      

Elite coach mentor on adult communication for Rugby Football Union

2024- 

Trained member of Permanent Exclusion Independent Review Panels for state schools in Greater Manchester

2024- 

HMC new Heads mentor; HMC Heads appraiser

2023-2024   

Member of the The Greater Manchester Baccalaureate (MBacc) Working Group

2020-2024 

Member of the Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation Expert Advisory Board, 

2017-     

Team inspector for Independent Schools Inspectorate

2015-17  

Co-designed innovative school-based Initial Teacher Education programme with Manchester Metropolitan University

2014-18   

Governor, The East Manchester Academy

2014 Presented at British Educational Research Association conference, University of Sussex

2006-14   

Professional development presenter (Keynote, Osiris)

2004-18    

Senior examiner, Pearson A Level History

2002- 

Author

• The Vietnam War: History in an Hour (Harper Collins)
• Elections and Electoral Reform (Hodder)
• UK Political Parties and Pressure Groups (Hodder)
• The History Teacher’s Handbook (Bloomsbury Press)
• Complete 20th Century History for Cambridge IGCSE® & O Level: students of Cambridge IGCSE, IGCSE 9-1 & O Level History (Oxford University Press)
• Exam Success in 20th Century History for Cambridge IGCSE® & O Level (Oxford University Press)