“As a first-time Head, I was quickly faced with the need for us to develop sensible performance measures. The Board wanted these to be objective, honest, easy to understand and truly indicative of how well the school is doing. We decided to bring in a consultant to act as an honest broker, finding ways of reconciling the need for accountability with the reality that schools rarely have neat and easily-quantifiable aims. We searched globally for an advisor who would gain the respect of the educators and of the Board and have been very pleased with what Dr Stephen Holmes has done in this regard.”