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MEET JAMES KILNER
JEK EDUCATION - Independent Consultant and School Improvement Partner
James has held four primary headships over his career, taking two schools out of special
measures.
He became an accredited school inspector in 1996 when working as a senior adviser in
a large local authority.
He was recruited to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate in 2004 as HMI where he led inspections
and survey work across all phases as well as leading inspections of initial teacher
education in universities and colleges.
He inspected Service Children’s Education (SCE) abroad and led HMI training in early
years, assessment, SEN and curriculum.
He was then appointed as assistant director to a large local authority where he was
Director of Education Services.
James continues to work as a consultant to a number of academy trusts including in
South and West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Northern
Lincolnshire.
He conducts safeguarding reviews in primary and secondary schools and early years
settings. James has been a Senior Consultant with B11 Education for 10 years.
James is also the Director of an Academy Trust in South Yorkshire.
Key services
School improvement partner
Pre and post inspection support
Training for inspection
Training for safeguarding
Training in deep dive methodology
ITT reviews
Whole school reviews
Departmental reviews
Safeguarding reviews
Governor training
Pupil mentoring training
Areas of expertise
Headteacher mentoring
Headteacher performance review
Developing bespoke curriculum
Developing senior/middle/subject leaders