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1986 - 2011 

25 years of inspiring world-class... 

...Leadership for better employability 

...Leadership for better attainment 

...Leadership for better life chances 

Connecting Education, Business and Government for 25 years 

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inspiring teachers who inspire their students | inspirational leaders develop inspiring teachers who inspire their students |

We believe 

We are unique 

that every child will have increased life chances if there is a close working 

relationship between education, business, government and public services. 

relevant skills to inspire and prepare every child for future life and work. 

We lead the way in building these partnerships, so that school leaders are equipped with 

in providing brilliant brokerage between leaders of business and schools to 

share understanding, knowledge and skills. 

We are pioneers in developing and delivering school leadership development programmes 

Our impact 

that stretch thinking, skills and capacity. 

will be measured by innovatively led schools, where strong community, 

public service and business links, combined with teaching for life, not the 

test, give every child the opportunity to Go4it. 

Ms Anne Evans OBE 

Chief Executive Officer 

Heads, Teachers & Industry Ltd 

Herald Court 

University of Warwick Science Park 

Coventry 

CV4 7EZ 

I would like to congratulate to HTI reaching on its 25TH Anniversary 

over the last quarter of a century. 

Since it was founded in 1986, HTI has contributed a great deal to improving standards in schools up an 

the country. HTI’s model, of business leaders supporting school leaders to raise aspirations and of teachers 

spending time working in the private sector in order to learn about its ways of working, has proved very 

successful and I know that the experiences that senior staff have had of the business world through HTI’s 

programmes have radically changed their mindset and their approaches to leadership. When they have returned 

to their schools, they have been more strategic, more focused, and more able to deliver the education that 

young people deserve. Many have gone on to lead important innovations in education, such as setting up the 

first City Technology Colleges and Specialist schools. By working with 21,200 school leaders over 25 years, the 

HTI has potentially impacted on 9,500,000 young people, a wide-reaching contribution to our education system. 

What is most important about the vision of HTI, however, is that it remains as relevant today as it was in 1986. 

Developing school leadership is fundamental to our drive to improve standards and the contribution of HTI wil 

be valuable in achieving this aim. HTI unfailingly approaches any challenge with energy and enthusiasm and I 

particularly value the fresh, independent perspective that it brings to important policy questions. I know too 

my Ministerial colleagues have enjoyed participating in Strategic Forum events and have found it very helpfu 

discuss education issues with school and business leaders. 

I would like once again to congratulate all those working for HTI, and all those who have done so since 198 

their achievements and I wish you all well for the next 25 years! 

MICHAEL GOVE 

I would like to congratulate to HTI reaching on its 25TH Anniversary and for all the fantastic work it has done 

over the last quarter of a century. 

Since it was founded in 1986, HTI has contributed a great deal to improving standards in schools up and down 

the country. HTI’s model, of business leaders supporting school leaders to raise aspirations and of teachers 

spending time working in the private sector in order to learn about its ways of working, has proved very 

successful and I know that the experiences that senior staff have had of the business world through HTI’s 

programmes have radically changed their mindset and their approaches to leadership. When they have returned 

to their schools, they have been more strategic, more focused, and more able to deliver the education that 

young people deserve. Many have gone on to lead important innovations in education, such as setting up the 

first City Technology Colleges and Specialist schools. By working with 21,200 school leaders over 25 years, the 

HTI has potentially impacted on 9,500,000 young people, a wide-reaching contribution to our education system. 

What is most important about the vision of HTI, however, is that it remains as relevant today as it was in 1986. 

Developing school leadership is fundamental to our drive to improve standards and the contribution of HTI will 

be valuable in achieving this aim. HTI unfailingly approaches any challenge with energy and enthusiasm and I 

particularly value the fresh, independent perspective that it brings to important policy questions. I know too that 

my Ministerial colleagues have enjoyed participating in Strategic Forum events and have found it very helpful to 

discuss education issues with school and business leaders. 

I would like once again to congratulate all those working for HTI, and all those who have done so since 1986, on 

their achievements and I wish you all well for the next 25 years! 

MICHAEL GOVE 

July 2011

eflections from the 

chaIrman & 

chIef executIve 

for 25 years, through three 

governments, changing political 

agendas and economic turbulence, 

we have retained an unstinting focus 

on developing outstanding education 

leaders to inspire young people and 

improve their life chances. 

Our mission has been all about inspiring success - for 

education leaders, teachers and young people - and this is the 

focus of our 25th anniversary celebrations. 

If you turned the clock back 25 years you would recognise 

many of the challenges we face today: raising standards and 

attainment; improving employability skills; enhancing relations 

between education and business. One big difference was the 

near absence of any form of professional development for 

school leaders. 

Industry Year 1986 was the catalyst for change, with HTI 

emerging out of a pioneering alliance between education, 

business and government. Its aim was to give school leaders 

stretching opportunities to develop their skills, understand 

employability issues and build bridges with business. Our 

secondment programme for school leaders to spend up to a 

year working in business was unique and life-changing – not 

just for the school leader, but for teachers and their pupils. 

Ten years later we became the UK’s first education leadership 

centre and have been at the forefront of education leadership 

Noorzaman Rashid, Chairman, HTI 

development ever since: influencing policy, brokering ideas 

and talent exchanges across the sectors and drawing on best 

leadership practice from within and outside education to 

create distinctive programmes which challenge education 

leaders to think and act differently. 

Our 25th anniversary comes at a time of radical change for 

education. The expansion of academies, introduction of free 

schools, increased emphasis on collaboration and move away 

from centralised and local authority control all carry significant 

implications for school leadership and governance. Greater 

freedom and autonomy may be welcome, but they bring 

their own challenges. At the same time, employers urgently 

need to tackle skills shortages and young people face record 

competition for university places and jobs. 

With fewer centrally-driven national programmes we are 

focusing on designing and delivering on our own and in 

partnership with others. Structured around leadership, school 

and student development, our programmes are uniquely 

enriched by our exceptional cross-sector network. They aim 

to raise attainment and the quality of teaching, but also give 

a global perspective, promote employability and a can-do 

spirit in young people and stimulate culture change. Go4it, our 

awards scheme for schools with a risk and innovation positive 

culture, is a fantastic example of the broader dimension we 

are able to give to school leadership. 

Like the government and the 50 leaders interviewed for our 

25th anniversary book Lessons for Life, we believe nothing 

matters more to the aspirations of young people than 

inspirational teaching. But it is outstanding leaders who inspire 

teachers and developing outstanding leaders is our business. 

Anne Evans OBE, Chief Executive, HTI 

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LeaDer 

develOpMenT 

We provide a wide range of training and 

development opportunities to school leaders at all 

levels, as a lead provider for the National College, 

through our own programmes and bespoke 

solutions to specific development issues. We also 

provide interim assignments for senior teachers 

to work within business through our pioneering 

‘Stretch’ programme, which gives hands-on 

experience of leadership and management in 

another sector, as well as a deeper understanding 

of the employability skills young people need. 

Inspirational leaders develOp 

Inspiring TeacHers wHO Inspire THeIr sTudenTs 

schooL 

IMprOveMenT 

We offer a suite of programmes and services 

providing support on a more operational level 

to improve the development and performance 

of the whole school or college. These include 

management, finance, Academy strategy 

support, governor training, marketing, reputation 

management and HR. We also give teachers 

opportunities to broaden their international 

perspective through study visits, shadowing and 

exchanges in other countries. 

stuDent 

develOpMenT 

Our work is about improving the life chances of 

young people. We have a range of programmes 

designed to support this aim, including Go4it, the 

only national awards scheme in the UK for schools 

which demonstrate a culture of creativity and 

innovation and a positive attitude towards risk, 

so that students are excited and inspired by their 

learning. Our new peer mentoring programme, 

Inspire, aims to raise the aspirations of challenged 

or disaffected students by matching them with 

young people who have overcome similar 

challenges. 

highly skilled leaders Effective & efficient schools motivated & engaged students 

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the htI 

neTwOrk 

Our vast network across education, business and 

government ensures that we are at the heart 

of debate surrounding leadership, education 

and employability and that our developmental 

programmes are referencing best practice and 

need. 

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leader 

development 

Developing inspirational, world-class school and college leaders has been our business 

for 25 years. Great leaders inspire great teachers to give children and young people the 

education they need to thrive in life and work. 

The landscape for school leadership development is changing. Education leaders face diverse challenges, 

but they also have more freedom and autonomy than ever before to give young people a better education. 

We have responded by refocusing and revitalising our leadership development programmes. Our new 

portfolio has clear relevance to leaders at all levels and across all types of schools and colleges, both state 

and independent, as well clusters, federations and local authorities. 

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25 years of leadingedge 

leadership 

development 

Our redefined and redesigned programmes reflect everything 

that makes HTI unique as a national provider of leadership 

development: 

• access to the latest thinking and techniques from both 

within and outside education 

• strong connections at leadership level across business 

and other public services 

• strong partnerships with respected creators of 

innovative leadership development programmes 

• the credibility that comes with a 25-year track record 

for quality, impact and results. 


Leading for Results 

We have many years, experience of developing the skills of 

middle leaders, who play a vital role in raising the quality of 

teaching, learning and student attainment in our schools and 

colleges. 

This year we worked with the Centre for Educational 

Leadership, University of Manchester and the Hay Group to 

develop and launch our own bespoke programme, Leading for 

Results. 

This personalised, practical and powerful programme helps 

middle leaders to become more effective as individuals and 

more skilled in empowering their teams to improve standards. 

Leading for Results, fully subscribed in its first year, is part of 

a suite of complementary programmes designed for those 

just setting out on their leadership journey to become deputy, 

assistant and aspiring headteachers. 

Bespoke Solutions 

greater autonomy and changing roles have increased 

demand for bespoke development programmes from schools, 

colleges and local authorities. 

The Children’s Services team in Walsall wanted to develop 

a new integrated working programme, which would enable 

multiple agencies to deliver high quality, seamless support to 

vulnerable children and families in the area. Project manager 

Craig Scriven was looking for a programme partner who would 

deliver an exceptional solution, on time and in budget. 

“HTI took on board the fact that we were looking to develop 

and deliver something which had never been done before. We 

worked in partnership to develop Leading Integration in the 

Children’s Workforce, which has now been delivered to middle 

managers across seven different sectors, with senior level buyin. 

We were so impressed by the professionalism and success 

of the programme that HTI went on to develop a fantastic 

succession planning and talent management programme, 

which has been delivered to over 70 managers across the 

West Midlands.” 

development programme seals head’s 

decision to take academy route... 

and hti supports the process 

“The best professional development 

experience as a headteacher.” 

That is how executive primary headteacher Diana Owen 

described a week coordinated by HTI on behalf of the National 

College for School Leadership to develop the leadership skills 

of National Leaders of Education (NLE). 

Diana joined 23 NLEs to work on a major national educational 

challenge, with expert input from leaders across a range of 

different sectors. The experience not only broadened her 

leadership perspective, but also crystallized her decision to 

convert three Nottingham primary schools – including her own 

– to academy status from September. 

“I may not have made this decision had I not attended that 

programme, but it accentuated my desire to make a difference 

to more children’s lives. I certainly wouldn’t be able to take 

things forward with so much confidence were it not for the 

expertise and support I’m now receiving through HTI.” 

Diana will be leading the newly-formed academy trust. 

Already other schools from within and outside the region have 

expressed interest in joining. 

“ 

We’re moving into uncharted 

territory and it looks as though 

the momentum is going to grow 

quickly. Having access to a national 

perspective and expertise in crucial 

areas such as marketing, finance and 

planning support services has been 

invaluable. 

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diana owen

hti is For liFe... 

1993 | Out of the comfort zone: 

Annette was seconded as a senior teacher to National Grid for 

a year, where she managed a major project on senior manager 

competencies for the 21st century. 

“My secondment was the best professional development I 

have ever had and as a direct result I moved straight into a 

vice-principal position.” 

Her secondment influenced curriculum development, 

human resources strategy, crisis management and customer 

focus, as well as enhancing work experience links and her 

understanding of employability. 

2001 | Onwards and upwards: 

Annette took up her first headship at Heart of England 

Secondary School – a promotion she directly attributes to 

her secondment. Amongst her many achievements, she 

led the school to Business & Enterprise specialist status 

and spearheaded its local and regional reputation for 

collaboration. 

2005 | ‘Stretching’ staff: 

Spurred by her own secondment experience, Annette gave two 

senior managers secondment opportunities: one to influence 

CPD practice nationally through the DfES; the other to 

research cross-sector best practice in creativity and innovation. 

Their learning strengthened the school’s training school bid, 

inspired innovation and was the impetus for the redesign of 

the sixth form centre. 

Promotion: Appointed headteacher of Chipping Campden 

School, where her experiences through HTI are reflected in her 

forward-looking leadership. 

Inspiration beyond our shores: An enterprise-themed study 

trip to Ontario, organised by HTI, inspired several enterpriserelated 

projects, boosted employer and governor engagement 

and informed vocational developments. 

2006 | Embracing the digital age: 

Annette was one of 13 consultants recruited by Becta through 

HTI to champion the government’s e-strategy, enhancing her 

understanding of the role of e-learning in improving student 

attainment. 

2007 | Extending influence: 

Annette shared her experience of new technologies with 

participants at a conference jointly hosted by the e-learning 

foundation and HTI. 

2008 | Leading Edge Partnership School: 

Chipping Campden School became a Leading Edge Partnership 

School, working collaboratively across four schools and two 

LAs to improve outcomes for students more widely and 

enhance staff development. 

2009 | Wider influence: 

Annette was designated a National Leader of Education and 

Chipping Campden became a National Support School. 

2010 | Digital Xpert: 

Annette contributed to the BectaX conference, exploring what 

it means to be a 21st century school in a connected world. 

Go4it culture: The school earned HTI Go4it status for its 

endeavours to give students an inspiring education and 

received its award from former HTI President Digby, Lord Jones 

of Birmingham. 

2011 | Sharing learning: 

the school organised and hosted the i-share conference for 

300 staff with 37 workshops and two keynote speakers as part 

of is Leading Edge work. 

Lessons for Life: Annette shared some of the ‘lessons’ she has 

learned about education, many activated by HTI development 

experiences, in HTI’s 25th anniversary book Lessons for Life. 

“ 

hti provides a range of models 

for leadership development 

which, even in the cashstrapped 

future that we face, will 

provide enriching and relevant 

opportunities...No sector has 

all the answers and the strength 

of hti’s programmes lies in the 

cross-fertilisation of ideas. 

” 

Annette France 

1 headteacher 

10,600 students 

Annette France, Headteacher, 

Chipping Campden School 

4 schools 

690 teachers 

every year 

we train More than 

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to becoMe better leaders

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More business and employabilitysavvy 

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25 years of successful 

experience and impact 

Stretching horizons 

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The pioneer of 

cross-sector secondments 

Stretch, our secondment programme for 

education professionals to work in business 

and public sector organisations, has changed 

the lives of hundreds of school leaders. 

In turn, they have helped to make education more 

relevant to thousands of young people by giving 

them a better understanding of employability and the 

workplace. 

Twenty-five years ago secondments were breaking 

new ground in leadership development. Over the years 

the programme has evolved and adapted to changing 

priorities. Business is now far more hands-on with 

education, but the value of secondments is as relevant as 

ever to current challenges for education, society and the 

economy. 

enduring impact 

Richard Hunter came full circle, as he had always intended, 

following his secondment to the HSBC Education Trust in 2002. 

His experiences from that year, and along the way, are now 

impacting and informing his leadership of Robin Hood Junior 

and Infant School. During his 12-month secondment, Richard 

worked with schools all over the country, contributed to national 

projects and advised government ministers and policy makers. 

“I learned so much from being exposed to such a variety of 

situations, schools, influential people and switching from a 

localised to a national setting.” 

When he returned to school he realised that he (and his staff) 

had grown personally and professionally and it was time to 

move on to the next challenge. He returned to the Trust and 

later moved to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, but 

his love of school leadership never left him. In 2010 he 

returned to headship. 

“My experiences on secondment made me realise that there 

is no better place to work than in a school - and with such a 

powerful network at my fingertips I know I can give my new 

school fantastic opportunities that would not otherwise have 

been possible.” 

melanie warnes, Headteacher of The Castle School 

in Bristol and a successful National Leader of Education, 

wanted to broaden her repertoire of experience and 

strengthen the whole school leadership team. 

HTI brought the two together through a two-term Stretch secondment. 

PwC is a long-term supporter of Stretch. PwC Northern Ireland has benefited from a succession of 13 teacher 

secondments since 2004, but this was the first secondment on the UK mainland. 

During her secondment Melanie worked on a wide variety of revenue-generating projects, including the development of a 

school improvement benchmarking tool. 

The impact on Melanie and her team... 

• The importance of responding to new challenges 

with confidence, flexibility and agility – skills she 

resolved to develop in her students 

• Deeper insights into political change 

• Hands-on involvement with policy change 

• New ideas on team building, performance 

management and project management 

• The confidence to fulfil a long-standing ambition to 

set up a school improvement company 

• New leadership skills for her senior team, giving her 

more time to focus on strategic issues 

• An expanded network of contacts. 

“Before I went to PwC I’d had 

thoughts of setting up a company 

attached to the school. Now I know 

I can do it and I’ve got the contacts 

at PwC to help me to do it.” 

a win-win secondment at 

pricewaterhousecoopers 

Chris Kirk, Education and Enterprise Partner at 

pricewaterhousecoopers (pwc) was looking for a 

headteacher and subject matter specialist who could 

support his team and clients through changing roles and 

new challenges. 

The impact on Chris and his team... 

• Access to deep specialist knowledge and expertise in 

school improvement and special educational needs 

• A reminder of the importance of PwC’s work to 

young people and communities 

• An empathic, motivational and challenging coach 

• Valuable input to revenue-generating projects 

• An excellent ambassador for PwC with schools, local 

authorities, government and business. 

“Melanie had deep expertise in 

two areas of particular interest to 

our clients. As a NLE, her ability 

to leverage advice through her 

extensive networks was invaluable.” 

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school 

improvement 

The massive expansion of the academies programme, introduction of free schools and move 

away from centralised and local authority control have given school and college leaders more 

autonomy and freedom. But they are also more accountable for raising teaching standards, 

student aspirations and attainment and global rankings. 

Our school and college development programmes help leaders to tackle the operational 

challenges associated with wider responsibilities and greater accountability. 

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Supporting a more 

businesslike approach 

Academies (primary and secondary) and free schools need 

robust operational structures to support changing roles and 

new management responsibilities. 

We are helping to achieve this through the creation of a 

new suite of e-learning programmes for business managers 

and school administrators, developed in partnership with 

Manchester Metropolitan University. 

The first four programmes, to be released in September, will 

focus on the crucial areas of finance and risk management, 

law, marketing and human resources management. 

Programmes for later release will cover business and 

enterprise development, quality management, creative 

business management, safer cultures and facilities 

management. 

Each of these accredited courses is designed to be accessible, 

user-friendly and cost-effective so that school leaders have 

the in-house business and administrative expertise which is so 

necessary to school improvement. 

Marketing focus 

The challenge of attracting students and staff to schools, as 

well as business and community involvement, is focusing 

attention on reputation management and marketing. 

Thorpe Hall School in Essex was one of the first clients to use 

our new marketing consultancy and support service to review 

the effectiveness of its marketing and develop a strategy for 

the future. 


secondment leads to 

outstanding team award 

Jeremy Taylor, headteacher of Fleming Fulton Special School in Northern Ireland, is 

in no doubt that his hti secondment to pricewaterhousecoopers (pwc) was directly 

linked to winning the outstanding team of the year National Teaching Award in 2010. 

The problem: Faced with an exodus of special educational needs (SEN) pupils into 

mainstream education, Jeremy knew he had to take radical action. 

The ‘aha’ moment: While he was working at PwC, helping to shape and inform 

education policy, he realised that educators don’t have to be passive recipients of 

someone else’s decisions. They can be shapers too. 

The action: With lottery funding Jeremy set up a specialist team to help mainstream 

schools give the best possible to SEN pupils. By the time the team received their 

award, they had increased the participation of more than 100 young people with 

physical disabilities in 70 mainstream schools. 

The judges said: “What we have seen is a truly unique team who will influence policy 

on the education of children with physical disabilities in the future.” 

Take5 

Take5 is the mirror image of Stretch. It gives business 

employees the opportunity to help schools develop specialist 

management skills which are vital to new roles, wide 

responsibilities and school improvement. 

BT is one of a growing number of companies which recognise 

that encouraging their employees to volunteer is good for the 

personal and professional growth of the individual, good for 

the community and good for the business. 

Through Take5, HTI is one of three national providers of 

employee volunteering opportunities to BT. 

When we asked our network of schools to submit potential 

projects we received an outstanding response. Not surprisingly 

in the current climate of change, support for marketing 

projects was top of the wish list, but there was also strong 

demand for help with creating outdoor learning spaces, 

strategic planning, IT and finance. 

HTI staff would like to thank BT for its generous volunteering support for team training. 

Supporting new governance models 

Strong governance is another key issue for 

academies and free schools. 

High quality training is essential to ensure that governing 

bodies have the right structure and skills to drive up teaching 

standards, school improvement and accountability as well as 

manage resources prudently and creatively. 

Drawing on our extensive experience in this area, we have 

helped the management teams of two free schools to develop 

their governance structures, identify essential skills and 

understand their responsibilities to parents as well as other 

key stakeholders. 


specialised 

educational needs 

thinking 

skills 

netherlands 

challenging 

circuMstances 

Jamaica 

Belgium 

creativity 

a bigger, better, broader programme... 

our school leaders are amongst 

the best in the world, yet we are 

slipping behind some countries in 

international rankings. 

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A vital part of creating a world-class education system is 

understanding how other nations are tackling education 

challenges and learning from their experiences. 

Over the past three years, we have given almost 2000 

teachers that opportunity through the Teacher International 

Professional Development Programme (TIPD). 

This year groups have studied a diverse range of themes in 

developed and developing nations right across the world: 

thinking skills in the Netherlands; innovation in Shanghai; 

creativity in Denmark; Special Educational Needs in Belgium; 

behaviour management in Sweden; challenging circumstances 

in Jamaica; coping with very limited resources in Uganda. 

These visits inspire, give insight, change practice, develop 

networks and boost morale. 

Denmark 

behaviour 

ManageMent 

sweden 

innovation 

shanghai 

optiMising 

resources 

uganda 

...for learning from and with the best in the world 

Expansion of international learning 

When funding for TIPD was withdrawn earlier this year, we 

seized the opportunity to use our experience and contacts to 

develop a broader, more flexible programme and extend it to 

teachers overseas, as well as in the UK. 

International Professional Development in Education 

(IPDE) will give educationalists opportunities to: 

• Study how other countries are tackling a wide range of 

issues from curriculum and leadership to innovation and 

sen 

• Swap roles through short and long-term exchanges and 

learn from peers through job shadowing 

• Shape their own international learning experiences for 

groups from their own schools, federations, academy 

chains, clusters or Local Authorities. 

Supporting education development and 

improvement overseas 

We are also building our international profile by applying 

our expertise to education development and improvement 

projects in other countries. For example, we successfully 

bid to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of education 

development projects in Jamaica. 

“After 20 years in the profession 

I had forgotten why I became a 

teacher. This visit reminded me of 

why I think it’s the most important 

job in the world. Thank you.” 

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“That it has continued for twenty-five years is testimony to HTI’s inherent ability to 

adapt to meet the needs of those working in both sectors.” 

Dr Roy Millington, founding father of HTI 

“One of the recurring themes about business secondments is the incredible boost to 

teachers’ personal confidence and their professional development.” 

Lord Puttnam at a BITC conference in February 2001 

“It was the best year of my life. I learned so much. My mentor, a great bloke, 

said at the end that I’d made the transition from education into industry 

really easily, but he doubted whether his leaders could make the 

transition into leadership in schools. 

That’s very good for your self-esteem isn’t it?” 

Annette France, Headteacher, Chipping Campden School on her secondment to National Grid 

“Breaking down the barriers between education and 

business, building shared understanding, helping 

teachers to equip young people for life after school 

are at the heart of what HTI does.” 

Sir Digby Jones, Director General, Confederation of British Industry 

“business cannot solve all the big challenges 

education currently faces, but it can help to make 

a difference. HTI strives to act as both a catalyst 

and a conduit within this overall ambition.” 

Sir John Bond, Chairman, HSBC Group and former President of HTI 

“business has an interest and a responsibility 

both to shape employment policies in a 

constructive way, and to engage directly in the 

process of helping young people into the world of 

work. HTI can help businesses to do just this.” 

Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI 

“UK’s prosperity depends on our business success. 

That success is dependent on raising our skills level and 

applying those abilities to business situations. Therefore 

business and education working closely together - 

and HTI’s role as independent broker in facilitating 

this - is fundamental to the UK.” 

Years of 

Inspiring Success 

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Miles Templeman, Director General, IoD 

“I welcome the opportunity to influence policy, opinion and education 

reform through HTI’s Strategic Forum. We need to make science, engineering 

and technology skills an educational priority and a 

profession of choice for young people.” 

Steve Holliday, Chief Executive, National Grid 

“In my view it’s crucial to gain a different perspective on issues and to share views on 

pragmatic ways to achieve business outcomes. Our partnership with HTI provides a 

platform for Rolls-Royce to do just that.” 

Tom Brown, Director - Human Resources, Rolls-Royce 

“HTI’s ability to broker senior business leader meetings for me was excellent. 

They helped me to step back and apply business models to scaling up the 

Outwood Grange vision. The entire community will benefit.” 

Michael Wilkins, Chief Executive & Academy Principal, Outwood Grange Academies Trust 

“As an entrepreneur, I know that it is vital to learn how to deal and live with risk, learn 

from mistakes and failure. I feel sorry for kids growing up in a cotton wool culture. And 

I feel sorry for teachers. Children who are exposed to managed risk benefit in terms of 

their education, their employability and as better members of society.” 

Simon Woodroffe, founder of the Yotel Hotel brand 

“go4it is about the bigger picture and that’s what our country 

lacks. Employers are saying young people don’t have the work 

ethic and lack imagination and Go4it encourages all of that.” 

Jonathan Weeden, Deputy Head, Carter’s Primary, Lancashire 

“Go4it has had an amazing impact on the quality of 

our provision and on the attitudes of the whole school 

community. We believe that the Go4it philosophy 

has helped us to raise our children’s achievements. 

Our key stage 2 SATs results for 2010 were above 

the national average and our 

best results in 10 years.” 

Johnette Barrett, Headteacher, Sellincourt Primary, Wandsworth 

“Our future economic success – nationally 

and in the global arena – depends on creative, 

enterprising and highly-skilled risk takers. These 

are the qualities which business seeks and 

schools should be nurturing in young people. 

I welcome HTI’s work in bringing together leaders 

of business and education to ensure that the UK 

develops the best possible attitudes and skills for 

our future employees.” 

Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister 

“It’s difficult to overstate HTI’s achievements over the 

past 25 years. It has stayed true to its root concept of 

partnership between education and business – a very tough 

call 25 years ago – and stood the test of time. Thousands of 

school and business leaders now benefit from these partnerships 

without fully realising what a debt of gratitude they owe to HTI.” 

Baroness Morris of Yardley, former Education Secretary 

“By working with 21,200 school leaders over 25 years, HTI has 

potentially impacted on 9,500,000 young people, a wide-reaching contribution 

to our education system. What is most important about the vision of HTI is that 

it remains as relevant today as it was in 1986. Developing school leadership is 

fundamental to our drive to improve standards and the contribution 

of HTI will be valuable in achieving this aim. 

I wish you all well for the next 25 years!” 

rt hon michael gove mP, secretary of state

For 25 years, 

through three governments, 

changing political agendas 

and economic turbulence, 

we have retained an 

unstinting focus to inspire 

and improve the life chances 

of young people. 

Sir Michael Colman (far right), first President of HTI and Group Chairman of 

Reckitt and Colman, Dr Bill Walsh (second from left), HTI’s founding Chairman, 

also of Reckitt and Colman, with newly appointed Director of HTI, David 

Coulson (second from right). 

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HRH Prince Charles meets HTI Director, David Coulson at Hungerhill School. 

500+ 

secondments into 

business since 1986 

1986 1991 

ENSURING A BETTER 1996 

Gillian Shepherd MP, Secretary of State for Education, 1996 

David Blunkett MP, 

Secretary of State for Education, 1997 

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Sir Digby Jones becomes HTI’s new 

President in October 2005 

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leaders 

developed by 

HTI in 25 years 

Dr Noorzman Rashid becomes HTI’s new 

Chairman in October 2009 

2001 2006 2011 

FUTURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 

michael gove mP, 


9,500,000 

young people have experienced 

the HTI impact

Everything we do is about improving the life chances of young people. 

Every young person should be inspired by an education which speaks to their interests, talents and aspirations and 

develops the courage, tenacity and skills to pursue them. 

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student 

development 

No child should be written off, left to fail or overlooked. 

Our student development programmes help young people to believe in their potential teachers to teach more 

innovatively and leaders to transform cultures and attainment. 


HTI ‘Ground force team’ transforms 

Oak Cottage Primary School garden 

and play areas 

Growing numbers of schools recognise that learning can take place in 

all sorts of settings beyond the classroom. 

School grounds are an excellent starting point, but many schools do 

not have the resources or time to transform them from playtime to 

learning spaces. Our Greener Communities scheme makes this possible 

by importing volunteers from local businesses to create vibrant, safe 

outdoor learning environments. 

For the 4th consecutive year our staff devoted an entire team-building 

day in June to giving Solihull’s Oak Cottage Primary School a complete 

Greener Communities makeover. The transformation included creating 

an environmental area with bird nesting boxes, bird tables and mini 

beast houses. Young members of the new weekly ‘gardening club’ will 

also be growing plants and vegetables in the new raised beds. 

“ 

“i’m overwhelmed... I love the 

little arbour; I love the fact the little 

creatures can now swim in the pond 

because it was so clogged up and 

I love all the little toadstool seats 

everywhere... it’s just brilliant. 

Thank you!” 

Karen O’Keefe, Headteacher 


Why inspire? 

• More than 1,000,000 16-24 year olds 

are classified as NEET 

• School leavers with no qualifications 

are the most at risk of dropping out of 

education and work 

• 5% of long-term NEET young people 

are reported to die within a decade of 

falling out of the system. 

Why INSPIRE ? 

HTI’S PEER MENTORING SCHEME 

• Significant improvements in scores for 

behaviour, motivation, punctuality and 

homework 

• Significant reduction in disruptive behaviour, 

referrals and exclusions 

• Marked improvement in academic attainment. 

Who inspired? 

• 22 young mentors (sixth form students, 

undergraduates, apprentices and other local 

community members), inspired... 

• 31 disengaged young people, at... 

• 6 schools, over... 

• 10 one hour sessions. 

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INSPIRE 

HTI’S PEER MENTORING SCHEME 

“they aren’t probleM kids; they Just have a lot to deal with” 

every child can achieve, given the right 

support. Without it, some children – 

particularly those ‘with a lot to deal with’ 

– can become the disruptive influence; 

the underachiever; the disengaged. 

Ultimately, they can drop out of education, 

employment and training altogether. 

Often, just having the opportunity to talk 

problems through with someone who 

understands can help. 

this year, with the generous support 

of HTI patron Tim Melville-Ross, we have 

conducted a small-scale pilot of our new 

peer mentoring programme, Inspire. 

Inspire matches students who are underachieving 

because of poor behaviour, attitude, motivation and 

confidence with young people who have overcome 

similar challenges to fulfil their aspirations. 

The results have been remarkable, prompting one 

teacher to comment that the impact had been 

“worth a million pounds”. 

Drawing on their own experiences and showing friendship and 

empathy, the mentors established enough trust and rapport 

over just ten hours to achieve a significant impact... 

…on mentees 

Working towards targets and achieving ‘small successes’ has 

built up self-esteem, confidence, aspiration and the realisation 

that taking responsibility for their learning could help them to 

take control of their future. 

…on mentors 

The opportunity to give something back and see they were 

making a difference to a young person’s life also increased 

mentors’ confidence, self-belief and aspirations. They 

developed their communication, negotiating and problemsolving 

skills, as well as learning tolerance, patience and the 

difference between behaviour and the person. 

…on schools 

All schools reported marked improvements in behaviour, 

attitude and motivation. Referrals were reduced – dramatically 

in some instances – and there were no exclusions. 

… on teachers 

Teachers were better able to focus on teaching, rather than 

managing disruptive behaviour, to the benefit of the whole 

class. 

What next for Inspire? 

The Inspire model works, but we have looked at how we can 

differentiate it from other mentoring schemes and take it 

to thousands of young people, rather than tens. We believe 

there is huge potential for Inspire as an extension to the 

government’s national apprenticeship programme. 

• Young apprentices and disengaged youngsters are likely to 

find common ground 

• An association with apprenticeships resonates with our 

focus on employability and skills 

• There are 85,000 employers offering apprenticeships 

across 130,000 locations. 

We would like to see every young apprentice working as an 

Inspire mentor and are working towards this aspiration in 

partnership with our powerful network across education, 

business and government. 

“These young pupils may come from homes where 

there is no ambition, no forward-looking goals, 

problems with authority and apathy towards the 

child’s education. It takes time to build trust and 

rapport, but both are better achieved through 

contact with young role models with whom these 

children can identify, rather than a stream of people 

from external agencies.” 

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Go4it, HTI’s award for schools which dare to do things 

differently, inspirationally and with a sense of adventure, has 

had a record-breaking year - and the impact is spreading... 

• A record number of schools - 51 - celebrated Go4it status in our 25th anniversary 

year, at not one, but two award ceremonies. 

• A record number of primary schools collected Go4it awards. 

• We presented the first Go4it partnership award to 13 schools in Winsford, 

Cheshire. 

• The appeal of Go4it is extending beyond schools to a broader range of educational 

institutions like Hospital Outreach Education in Northampton and Coventry 

Performing Arts Service. 

• Tangible evidence is emerging of the transformational impact of Go4it on school 

ethos and attainment. 

• We signed up our first Further Education college – Southgate in Enfield – part of 

phase 3 of the Enfield Education Business Partnership Go4it collaboration. 

“we believe that the go4it philosophy has helped 

us to raise our children’s achievements. Our key 

stage 2 SATs results for 2010 were above the 

national average and our best results in 10 years.” 

Johnette Barrett, Headteacher, Sellincourt Primary School 

“Go4it not only offered accreditation for the work we were 

already doing, but also gave us the licence to take more 

risks with the range of activities we offer.” 

Charlie Brown, Hospital and Outreach Education Coordinator 

“‘What attracted Southgate to Go4it was the opportunity 

it gives for institutions to gain recognition for fostering a 

creative, innovative and businesslike atmosphere, where 

qualifications are not the only aim for our learners.” 

Val Naylor, Director of Community Cohesion and 

Safeguarding, Southgate College 

breaks records and 

transForMs schools 

Inspirational Go4it schools 

• Students at Oaklands Special School treated guests to a preview of their 

programme for the Bangor International Choral Festival. They then went on 

to achieve joint first place in their category and performed alongside top 

international choirs at the Gala Festival Concert. 

• wandsworth children have created their own micro-society in the classroom, 

setting up all the organisations required for it to function, from government, civil 

service and a legal system to businesses and an economy. 

• children in ledbury ran their own market stall in Ledbury market, working with 

local artists to create and sell arts and crafts and developing their customer 

relationship skills in the process. 

• Cockshut Hill Technology College helped to create an 80ft mural in the local 

shopping centre as part of a graffiti-reducing community initiative. 

“Go4it gets a big thumbs-up from 

me as one of the best initiatives out 

there for students. I have got where 

I am today by taking educated risks, 

pushing the boundaries, and i’m a 

firm believer that young people need 

to have the confidence to do the 

same! Life starts when you’re on the 

edge of your comfort zone and we 

need to encourage our younger 

generation to believe in 

themselves and see everything 

as an opportunity.” 

Claire Young, Businesswoman, 

motivational speaker and finalist in 

BBC 1’s hit show The Apprentice 

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Go4it boosts school improvement and attainment 

There can be few things more demoralising than being publicly labelled the worst school in the UK. 

But deputy head Joel Marshall had already used Go4it to transform his previous school and was pinning his hopes on it 

achieving a similar transformation at St Mary’s Primary School in Kidderminster. 

Before Go4it... 

• The school was in special measures and had made 

the headlines as ‘one of the worst schools in the 

country’ 

• Only 7% of Year 6 pupils achieved national 

expectations 

• 75% of parents were unemployed, many of 

them long-term 

• Pupils had high levels of special needs 

• Mobility rates were high 

• Behaviour was poor; permanent exclusion 

rates were high 

• There were low standards of teaching attainment 

and progress, matched by low staff morale 

• Leadership was failing . 

“When I told colleagues about my 

new job there was usually a sharp 

intake of breath, but having used 

Go4it in my previous school I knew 

you don’t get anywhere without 

taking a risk.” 

... and after Go4it 

• The school rocketed out of special measures; 

attainment levels have soared to 64% - 71% in Maths 

• The senior leadership team used Go4it as a 

‘licence’ to take risks; they rewrote the curriculum 

and employed the best teachers despite financial 

constraints 

• Quality of teaching is now no less than good and 

outstanding in many instances 

• ‘Do Something Different’, which gives children 

activities which develop employability skills, has 

galvanised the whole community behind the school. 

• Children are more confident, resilient, motivated, 

responsible and better behaved; the benefits ripple 

out to harder-to-reach children 

• The school has been shortlisted for the 2011 TES 

Outstanding Senior Leadership Team Award. 

“Now other schools come to us 

to share our expertise. Without 

Go4it St Mary’s would never have 

emerged out of special measures as 

it did.” 

Strategies for boosting attainment 

In partnership with internationally recognised authority 

Geoff Hannan, HTI has added three new programmes to its 

student development portfolio designed to boost student 

attainment, regardless of background, ability or gender. 

Geoff’s system has been developed over many years to impact 

quickly and effectively in improving teaching and learning. 

During a number of sell-out sessions, he took middle leaders 

through a range of teaching and learning strategies that 

help deliver outstanding performance, linking them to the 

development needs of the participants’ own departments 

and a system for performance evaluation and monitoring. 

“ 

” 

it was so good that we tried to 

book Geoff for our next INSET 

day. Unfortunately he was already 

booked! 

Jo Slough, Headteacher, 

St Alphege CE Federation 


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Headteacher Ann Battersby and her pupils from North Kidlington School put their creative skills to 

the test when they created a magnificent replica plane with Tim Godwin from Thrift. 

Is education killing creativity? 

HTI’s 25th anniversary celebrations got off to a thought-provoking start when 

international creativity guru and HTI patron Sir Ken Robinson gave a rousing polemic 

to 150 education leaders on how the education system is stifling young people’s 

creative impulses and potential. 

“When people get to discover things they enjoy and love to do, they tend to get better 

at everything because their confidence rises with it,” he said. 

A group of youngsters from the Sheffield Academy of Young Leaders in Sport, 

introduced by Professor Mick Waters, proved the power of allowing young people to 

shine in their own realm of talent. As well as expertly facilitating group discussions 

after Sir Ken’s talk, they explained how the Academy had helped them to become 

more confident, mature and develop their communication skills. 


“UK’s prosperity depends on our business success. That success 

is dependent on raising our skills level and applying those 

abilities to business situations. Therefore business and education 

working closely together - and HTI’s role as independent broker in 

facilitating this - is fundamental to the UK.” 

Miles Templeman 

“business has an interest and a responsibility both to shape 

employment policies in a constructive way and to engage directly in 

the process of helping young people into the world of work. HTI can 

help businesses to do just this.” 

Richard Lambert 

“Success demands the role that HTI plays in bringing education 

and employers together, both to ensure employers offer 

apprenticeships and other employment for young people, and 

also to ensure that young people in school and college are given 

the necessary exposure to, and knowledge of, employment.” 

Ian Ferguson 

how business sees our role 

“ 

“An important factor in creating the right 

climate for high-level debate at our Strategic 

Forum dinners is the wonderfully generous 

hospitality provided by our hosts. It adds to 

impact, quality and exclusivity, which are so 

vital to attracting the leaders who can really 

make culture change in education happen.” 

anne evans 

” 

. 

Chief Executive, HTI . 

“HTI brings together key players from 

education, policy and business to have frank and 

informative discussions about what works, what doesn’t 

work and how to make things better for the benefit of 

our young people. As the new national body dedicated 

to championing young people’s learning, we’re delighted 

to be a key partner with HTI.” 

Rob Wye 

“i’m delighted you’ve chosen to celebrate your silver 

anniversary year by promoting the importance of 

raising aspiration among teachers and young people. 

One of the things I admire so much about HTI is a 

willingness to grasp the nettle when it comes to 

difficult subjects.” 

Tim Loughton MP

Lessons for Life from Britain’s top leaders 

No matter what our experience of education, most of us 

can remember at least one teacher who inspired us. 

This was certainly true of the 25 education leaders and 25 

leaders from business and the public sector interviewed for 

a new book to mark our 25th anniversary. 

Lessons for Life, written by former government adviser 

Conor Ryan, asked the 50 leaders what they believe young 

people need from schools, how their own school experience 

affected these beliefs and how leaders across the sectors 

can help to make education a more relevant, inspiring 

experience. 

The interviewees, who included Michael Gove and three 

former Education Secretaries, singled out aspiration as the 

key ingredient to school-leavers’ success. 

They confirmed that no matter how much the world 

might change, an inspirational teacher can be 

the determining influence on a young 

person’s life. 

There was a lot of consensus amongst 

interviewees on key themes such as... 

• The qualities of inspirational leaders and teachers 

• The value of business links 

• The need for schools to develop ‘skills for life’ 

– but how should they be taught? 

• The importance of literacy, communication and 

numeracy and the right curriculum choice. 

There were also inevitable differences of opinion, but one 

thing was clear: everyone has strong views on education, 

because education matters hugely to the individual, 

communities, business and the economy. 

“My own life experience showed me... 

it is never possible to know which kids are going to make 

it and which are not going to make it, so it is necessary 

to invest in all of the children.” 

Sir William Atkinson, Executive Headteacher, 

Phoenix Canberra Schools Federation 

“The more I see schools up and down the country, the 

more I believe that all students should have an element 

of vocational education in their curriculum...” 

Christine Gilbert, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Ofsted 

“....Dance, music, theatre reside in everybody. Children love 

to create plays, dramas, stories, to paint – and yet schools 

don’t encourage [their] formation.” 

dr anthony seldon, master of wellington college 

“(Young people) do need to have that bit extra in terms 

of things like discipline and respect, and also sacrifice... 

no one is going to come to your door and give you 

anything for free.” 

Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Manager 

“”In America kids are born believing they will succeed; 

in the UK this has to be taught. Everyone should back 

the teachers that inspire our kids to say ‘what now?’ 

rather than ‘whatever’?” 

Simon Woodroffe, founder of the Yotel Hotel brand 

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Living our Values 

HTI Go Pink for Breast Cancer Campaign!! 

The HTI team were all kitted out in pink to support Breast Cancer awareness in 

October. They also made donations to the cause by taking part in the 

‘What’s In the Pink Wardrobe’ game. 

HTI gives away £1000 worth of 

free CPD at the Education Show 2011 

We celebrated our 25th anniversary by giving away £1000 of Continuing 

Professional Development at the Education Show in March and the Seizing 

Success conference in June. 

‘Eggciting’ surprise for children 

Children at a residential care home and a children’s centre in Coventry had an 

‘eggciting’ surprise in April when HTI staff delivered lots of chocolate Easter eggs 

they had donated. It’s an annual ‘eggstravaganza’! 

Parent Support Awards 2011 

Active support for and from parents is vital to children’s learning and 

engagement, so HTI was delighted to sponsor two categories of the Parent 

Support Awards in June. Our evaluation of the impact of PSA, on behalf of TDA 

West Midlands, showed that many families benefited from its support. 

10 year certificate awarded to 

HTI for Investors in People 

Our business is about developing the talents and skills of education leaders. 

We are equally committed to developing the talents and skills of our own 

people. 

This commitment is made explicit through a decade of being an Investor in 

People – a milestone celebrated by a special certificate presented by IIP’s 

Director for Operations. 

Anne Evans awarded prestigious 

Mary Lou Carrington award 

The tireless work of our chief executive, Anne Evans, in bringing education 

and business closer together over the past 15 years was recognised by the 

prestigious Mary Lou Carrington award for ‘Inspirational Educators’ conferred by 

the Company of Educators. 

London2012: The Last Bus 

We gave 10 school leaders the opportunity of a pre-Olympics bus tour of the 

magnificent Olympic Park complex, with the proviso that they shared their 

experience with pupils on their return to school. 

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our 

patrons 

Dr Geraldine Kenney-Wallace 

is Chair of Chi 3 Photonics, a 

strategy consultant and Liveryman 

of The World Traders. She 

was formerly Group Director and 

founder of the successful e-business 

for the City & Guilds Group, following 

4 years as a Managing Director at 

BAE SYSTEMS plc. 

john allwood 

is a Non-Executive Director of 

TalkTalk plc and The Carphone 

Warehouse Group plc. He has over 

30 years, experience in the Media 

and Telecoms sector, having been 

Chief Executive of both Orange 

UK and Mirror Group plc. He is 

a governor of exeter university 

and advisor to a number of small 

businesses. 

mary chapman 

chairs the Institute of Customer 

Service and is a Council Member 

for Brunel University. She was 

Chief Executive of the Chartered 

Management Institute. She is a 

Non-Executive director with the 

Royal Mint, the National Lottery 

Commission, the GDST and The 

Archbishops’ Council of the Church of 

England. 

Digby, Lord Jones of 

Birmingham Kt. 

wrote ‘Cotton Wool Kids’ for HTI 

which resulted in the Go4it award. 

He is Chairman of the International 

Business Advisory Boards at HSBC 

and British Airways and Chairman of 

Triumph Motorcycles. In addition he 

advises a number of Boards including 

Jaguar and JCB. Digby is a Non- 

Executive Director of Leicester 

Tigers plc. 

bob gilbert 

is a retired corporate lawyer. He 

is Chairman of the Government’s 

Intellectual Property Office and of 

the Paintbox Group of Companies. 

Tony Mackay 

is a founding member of the National 

College’s Governing Council. He is 

CEO of the Melbourne-based Centre 

for Strategic Education, Australia and 

Honorary Fellow in the Graduate 

School of Education at The University 

of Melbourne. Tony specialises in the 

areas of school and system leadership, 

improvement and innovation. 

Norman Askew 

is Chairman of IMI plc. 

Previous positions include 

Chairman of Taylor Wimpey 

plc, Kiddle plc and Manchester 

university board of governors as 

well as Chief Executive of British 

Nuclear Fuels plc. 

dame julia cleverdon, 

dcvo, cbe 

is Vice President of Business in the 

Community (BITC) and a Special 

Adviser to the Prince’s Charities 

on responsible business practice. 

She was Chief Executive of BITC 

from 1992-2008. Dame Julia is also 

Chair of Teach First. 

ian ferguson cbe 

is Chairman of Trustees of 

metaswitch networks, which is 

consistently in the top 10 of the 

Sunday Times 100 Best Companies 

to Work for and recipient of the 

Queen’s Award for Innovation in 

2010. He is on the Board of the 

Young People’s Learning Agency, 

UK Skills and the Apprenticeship 

Ambassadors Network. 

sir paul judge 

is President of the cim and the 

Association of MBAs, Chairman of 

Enterprise Education Trust, Digital 

Links International, St Dunstan’s 

College and Schroder Income 

Growth Fund plc and Director 

of the UK Accreditation Service, 

ENRC plc, Standard Bank Group Ltd 

of Johannesburg, Tempur-Pedic 

International Inc of Kentucky and 

Abraaj Capital of Dubai. 

Tim Melville-Ross CBE 

is Chairman of The Higher 

Education Funding Council for 

england, dtZ, manganese bronze 

and Royal London Insurance. 

He was previously Chairman of 

Bovis Homes, Chief Executive of 

Nationwide Building Society and 

Director General of the Institute of 

Directors. 

sir john banham 

is chairman of Spacelabs Inc. He 

is also the senior Independent 

Director of AMVESCAP plc and 

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc, as 

well as a Non-Executive Director 

of Merchants Trust plc. Previously 

he was Chairman of John Matthey 

plc and Whitbread plc and Director 

General of the CBI. 

sir michael colman 

was Chairman of Reckitt and 

Colman from 1985 - 1995 and 

HTI’s first president. Now retired 

from corporate life, Sir Michael has 

started at the bottom again, building 

a peppermint-growing business 

from scratch on his farm, which 

has launched the ‘Summerdown’ 

products range into the speciality 

food trade. 

jane frost cbe 

is Director at HMRC. She has led 

brands as diverse as Persil, Shell 

and the BBC. Of her 150 awards 

for marketing, she prizes the 

double platinum disc for the BBC’s 

“Perfect Day” campaign. Jane is a 

trustee of the Lowry Arts Centre 

and a Non-Executive Director of 

Children in Need. 

Baroness Morris of Yardley 

was the Secretary of State for Education 

and Skills in 2001, then a Minister at 

the Department of Culture Media and 

Sport, and left Parliament in 2005. 

She is a Trustee of the Paul Hamlyn 

Foundation, The Roundhouse and Chair 

of the National Coal Mining Museum. 

She now works at the Institute of 

Effective Education at the University 

of York which aims to transform the 

relationship between education research 

and practice. 


jim oatridge obe 

is Chairman of Wolverhampton City 

PCT, a Non-Executive Director at the 

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility 

Regulation and Animal Health and 

Veterinary Laboratories Agency. He is 

Chairman of the Chartered Institution 

of Water and Environmental 

Management. To 2005 he was Group 

services director with severn trent Plc 

and Chair of HTI from 1996 to 2008. 

ian powell 

is Chairman and Senior Partner of 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ian 

is also a member of the five-man 

Network Leadership team which 

leads the international network of 

PwC firms. He leads the ‘Central 

Cluster’ of the PwC Network, which 

spans 97 countries and accounts for 

half of PwC’s worldwide revenues. 

Robert Walker 

is currently Chairman of Travis 

Perkins PLC and Americana 

International Holdings Limited. He 

is also a Non-Executive Director of 

Tate & Lyle PLC. He was previously 

Chairman of WH Smith PLC, William 

LEA and BCA Europe and has served 

on a number of FTSE 100/250 

boards. 

Jackie Orme 

has been Chief Executive of the 

Chartered Institute of Personnel and 

Development since 2008. The Institute 

is the professional leading body for the 

HR profession. Leading thought and 

setting standards, it boasts 135,000 

members. Jackie previously spent 12 

years working for PepsiCo, including 

7 years leading the UK and Ireland HR 

function and sitting on the UK Executive 

Board of PepsiCo International. 

Heather Rabbatts CBE 

is a Non-Executive Director for 

Arts Alliance (a major film/digital 

investment fund) and for the Royal 

Opera House. She was a senior 

Executive with Channel 4 and 

was Chair of Shed Media. She is 

currently advising a number of UK 

production companies. 

sir ken robinson 

is an internationally recognised 

leader in the development of 

creativity, innovation and human 

resources. He has worked with 

governments in Europe, Asia 

and the USA, with international 

agencies, Fortune 500 companies 

and not-for-profit corporations. 

Sir Martin Sorrell 

is CEO of WPP, the world’s 

largest global advertising and 

marketing services group. Through 

the group’s 100+ operating 

companies (including renowned 

internationally-respected agencies 

such as JWT, Ogilvy and Y&R), WPP 

provides communications services 

to national, multinational and 

global clients. 

dr bill walsh 

is the Founder of HTI and was 

HTI’s founding Chairman from 

1986-1996. He was a former 

Director of Reckitt & Colman and 

has led education and business 

links in Hull. He has continued 

to be Chairman of Connexions 

Humber and of the Advisory Board 

of Hull University Business School. 

michael osbaldeston obe 

was Director of Cranfield School 

of Management from 2003-2009. 

Prior to this he was Head of Global 

Learning at Shell International and 

was Chief Executive of Ashridge 

Business School from 1990-1999. 

Sir Mike Rake 

is Chairman of BT Group plc. He is 

Chairman of the UK Commission 

for Employment and Skills, 

Chairman at EasyJet plc, as well 

as a director of barclays Plc, 

mcgraw hill inc and the financial 

Reporting Council. From May 2002 

to September 2007 Sir Michael 

Rake was Chairman of KPMG 

International. 

dame marjorie scardino 

is Chief Executive of Pearson plc, the 

international media group whose 

primary business operations include 

Pearson Education, the Financial 

Times Group and Penguin Group. 

Formerly Chief Executive of The 

Economist Group, she holds various 

Non-Executive directorships and is a 

member of a number of charitable 

and advisory boards. 

Mark Taylor 

is the Dean of Warwick Business 

School and Professor of Finance. 

He is a leading international 

authority in open economy 

macroeconomics and international 

finance. Previously a Fellow of 

university college, oxford, he has 

also held chairs at city university 

Business School and at Liverpool 

and Dundee Universities. 

Mick Waters 

is Professor of Education at 

Wolverhampton University and 

President of the Curriculum 

Foundation. Previously he was 

Director of curriculum at QCA, 

helping schools to rethink their 

approach to curruiculum design. He 

works nationally and internationally 

advising schools and governments. 

Elizabeth Reid 

is Chief Executive of SSAT. The 

Trust has over 5,700 member 

schools and educational 

organisations. She serves on the 

board of the University of Arts 

london, city and islington college, 

the Enterprise Education Trust, 

the Fashion Retail Academy and 

the Qualifications and Curriculum 

Development Agency. 

Neil Sherlock 

is Public and Regulatory Affairs Partner 

at KPMG. He is a former adviser to 

Paddy ashdown and sir menzies 

Campbell and now advises Nick 

Clegg. Neil is Chairman of Working 

Families, Vice-Chairman of the KPMG 

Foundation, a member of the Board of 

the think tank CentreForum, a Trustee 

of the think tank Demos and is on 

the Leadership Board of the Refugee 

Council. 

miles templeman 

is director general of the iod and 

previously Chair of HTI Patrons. 

he was managing director of the 

Whitbread Beer Company and 

Non-Executive Chairman of 

YO! Sushi. He was Marketing 

Executive for Daz, Ribena, 

Lucozade and Levi’s jeans. 

Simon Woodroffe OBE 

is HTI’s Go4it Patron. Simon 

opened YO! Sushi in 1997. 

Today, the group has 60 sites 

around the world, serving 3 million 

customers per year. Simon opened 

YOTEL in 2007, a hotel concept 

offering luxury in a very small 

space. 


our 

governance 

david armstrong 

Partner – Consulting, 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

richard hall 

Learning Manager – Finance 

& Governance, Lloyds 

Banking Group 

tony richardson 

Chief Education Adviser, 

Nexus Associates & Chair, 

university of warwick, 

Institute of Education 

advisory board 

Dr Noorzaman Rashid 

Director, Board and Leadership Services, Harvey Nash 

Chair of HTI Trustees 

kevin boyle 

headteacher, 

oaklands school 

Terry Hewett 

managing director, 

thinkZest 

fiona timothy 

Chairman, Cashfac 

valerie dias 

Executive Vice President, Chief 

Risk and Compliance Officer, 

Visa Europe 

lucinda hunt 

Head, Notting Hill & Ealing 

high school, gdst 

jo upward 

Group Director, 

Customer Experience, BT 

helen glennie 

director 

hmg associates ltd 

Chair of HTI Audit, Risk and 

Compliance Committee 

Mike Orton 

HR Director, Ince & Co 

Chair of HTI Remuneration 

Committee 

Martin Ward 

Deputy General Secretary, 

Association of School and 

college leaders 


Financial 

overview 

The financial accounts for the year to 31 March 2011 show another positive result. 

In a year when education budgets were very tight, HTI managed to maintain turnover at 92% of 

the level achieved in the previous year and also to return a surplus after expensing the costs of 

realigning the company for the new landscape. 

National interest in the work of HTI continues to be at record levels and Trustees are confident that HTI has a huge 

part to play in the evolving education landscape. 

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£1.5 Million 

giFted to education 

via hti charity since 1996 

unrestricted 

funds 

restricted 

funds 

total funds 

12 months ended 

31 March 2011 

total funds 

12 months ended 

31 March 2010 

incoming funds £ £ £ £ 

Incoming resources from generated funds 

Voluntary income 329 329 44,080 

Trading activities 198,879 198,879 261,722 

Incoming resources from charitable activities 5,344,792 78,942 5,423,734 5,838,986 

total incoming resources 5,544,000 78,942 5,622,942 6,144,788 

resources expended 

Costs of generating funds 

Costs of generating voluntary income 8,064 

Costs of trading activities 427,747 427,747 344,955 

Charitable activities 5,032,200 92,139 5,124,339 5,512,699 

governance costs 23,560 23,560 22,842 

total resources expended 5,483,506 92,139 5,575,645 5,888,560 

Net movement in resources before transfers 60,494 (13,197) 47,297 256,228 

Transfers between funds (42,984) 42,984 

Net movement in resources 17,510 29,787 47,297 256,228 

Fund Balances brought forward 645,076 23,595 668,671 412,443 

Fund Balances carried forward 662,586 53,382 715,968 668,671 


Head Office: 

HTI, Herald Court 

university of warwick science Park 

Coventry CV4 7EZ 

Tel: 024 7641 0104 

Fax: 024 7641 5984 

Email: enquiries@hti.org.uk 

Website: www.hti.org.uk 

Heads, Teachers and Industry Ltd 

Registered Company No. 2308265 

Registered Charity No. 1003627 

HTI Leadership Centre Ltd 

Registered Company No. 3325746 

ISO 9001 

Registered Firm 

heads, teachers and Industry Ltd 

(htI): the national charity dedicated 

to giving back to schools, their students 

and their communities. 

Registered Charity No. 

1003627 

International ISO 14001 

Accreditation Registered Firm Board 

Certificate No. GB2000313 Certificate Registration No. No. SP240094 0044/1 Certificate Registration No. No. SP240338 0044/1 

Copyright September 2011 

ISO International 27001:2005 

Accreditation Registered Firm Board 

Edited by: Sue Langmead 

Designed by: Harpal Singh Sembi 

International 

Accreditation Board 

Registration No. 0044/1 

“htI Has THe creDIBILItY 

THaT cOMes wIth a 25 

Year Track recorD 

FOr quaLItY, Impact 

and resuLts”

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