About

With more than 25 year leadership experience in Local Authority maintained schools, Multi-Academy Trusts and Federations of Schools in both England and Wales, Connected Education brings a vast amount of up-to-date, first-hand experience of teaching, day-to-day management and leadership of schools, and the leadership of educational organisations and Trusts.

 

CEO, Jez Piper and Connected Associates provide expertise and significant experience in all aspects of education, with particular specialisms, skills and demonstrable success in relation to:

 

  • All key stages and phases of learning
  • SEND; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Curriculum design, delivery and assessment – particular strength in experiential, creative, skills-based and arts curriculum development at all phases and key stages. Music and Arts Specialisms.
  • Small and rural schools
  • Rapid School Improvement - taking schools from category to Good or better within one inspection cycle
  • Academisation
  • Organisational Change and Change Management
  • Stakeholder Empowerment through Ethos, Values, Vision and Mission development and delivery
  • Chief Executive Officer, Executive Headteacher, Headteacher, Trust Senior Leader – COO, Education Director experience
  • Corporate and Educational Governance and Compliance (both Local Authority and Trust sectors)
  • Risk and Financial Management
  • Strategic Leadership and Planning
  • Data Analytics and Tracking
  • Safeguarding Leadership and Training
  • Significant Change and Project Management
  • Successful Bid/Grant applications (TCaF, Free Schools, subject grants, capital grants, community grants)
  • Design, development and completion of new and free-school projects
  • Business and Employee Facilitation
  • Professional Coaching, Supervision
  • National Trainer, Facilitator and Coach (NPQ Delivery Partner)
  • CPD Design, delivery and facilitation (face-2-face, online, and video delivery)
  • School Improvement and Inspection
  • Strategic and Operational Leadership of DEI
  • Mediation, Negotiation, Conciliation and Conflict Resolution
  • Leadership and development of systems infrastructure
  • Church Schools Inspection (SIAMS) and Chaplaincy development

 

Committed to ensuring the best learning opportunities and experiences for all learners, Jez has been developing pedagogical innovation for more than 20 years. As a SENDCo, Senior school leader, Headteacher, Inspector and School Improvement Officer, and as CEO, Jez has led on the development of curriculum and assessment change; the creative curriculum; inclusion; integrated curriculum planning from 2 - 18yrs; organisational development; building new schools; coaching and mentoring; partnership and collaboration at a local, regional and national levels. He is actively involved in regional and national strategy working parties; and is an active advocate of partnership working. (He also occasionally admits to having been a lead IT Trainer (for those of you who remember the days of the 'dreaded' New Opportunities Fund (NOF) trainers - he has to admit to being one of those!), and to have built from scratch several IT suites... but he keeps that quiet unless the printer has broken!)

 

Jez is passionate about ensuring the education system meets the needs of all learners, and will always look for approaches outside of the 'norm' that will inspire staff and learners alike in a life-long love of learning.


He is a husband, and father to 2 amazing daughters; a committed Christian; a worship leader and local preacher; and a musician who loves nothing more than the privilege of singing with the BBC National Chorus of Wales, and buying (and trying to play) any instrument (much to the frustration of his long-suffering wife).

             Jez Piper, CEO