Consultant focus:
James Kilner
Core delivery areas:
North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Lead Primary Consultant
James 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 has also been an Education Adviser for the DfE.
James provides support to a number of academy trusts and is a Trust Director for Pioneer Academies Community Trust in Barnsley.
He conducts safeguarding reviews in primary and secondary schools and early years settings. James has been a Senior Consultant with B11 Education since our inception.
Areas of expertise
- Pre- and post Ofsted support
- Developmental school reviews
- School improvement partner
- Curriculum development
- Headteacher performance management
- Safeguarding
