Consultant focus:
Julie Price-Grimshaw

Self-Evaluation & Improvement Planning Specialist

Julie has extensive experience as a teacher, trainer, Ofsted inspector and adviser. She worked as a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University with responsibility for running a postgraduate course, as well as working on primary and secondary undergraduate programmes. She then took up a full time post with Ofsted and worked as HMI for six years. Julie has a great deal of experience of inspecting schools and teacher training providers, both as a lead inspector and a team member. She works as a school improvement adviser to numerous schools and academies with a sharp focus on practical approaches to improving teaching and learning. She also has recent experience as an associate headteacher. 

Through her work with B11, Julie is an adviser for several academy trusts and sponsors and also works with the Department for Education in supporting providers of teacher training programmes. She is the author of ‘Self Propelled Learning and Effective Teaching’ and a regular columnist for Teach Primary magazine. Julie has been a Senior Consultant with B11 Education for seven years.