Meena Wood

Meena Wood is an international speaker, educational trainer, author and leadership coach. In the UK, as a school adviser, I support academies and MATs, including Alternative Provision providers, conducting peer reviews, curriculum and assessment reviews. I specialise in the quality of education, inspection and governance and leadership of instructional coaching. In addition, I work with British and International Schools in the Middle East (Dubai) and India and is currently a registered KHDA inspector in Dubai and bring a range of international good and outstanding practice to schools I work with in the UK. My passion is for all children and young people achieving their full potential and for school and college leaders to be confident, enabled to lead and having the courage of their convictions. They are the professionals who should be trusted and respected by both DfE and the inspectorate. They are potentially the agents of transformational change who hold the appropriate vision and values for the unique context of their school. I was a former HMI Ofsted, Local Authority Adviser, Principal of an Adult College and Principal of a Secondary Academy . This breadth of experience across phase and accountability frameworks has meant that I believe strongly a developmental approach to school improvement and not a punitive one, is what is required in the current fragmented landscape to restore faith and credibility to the profession.

Area of expertise

Quality of education, curriculum, assessment, inspection and feedback, inspection and governance and leadership of instructional coaching

Professional Experience

International Consultant and UK SIP, Principal of Secondary Academy, Interim Principal and LA Education Adviser, HMI Ofsted and lead for Equalities ( across schools and post 16 provision), Principal of Adult College in FE. Secondary School Teacher

Key Achievements

I authored the popular ‘Secondary Curriculum Transformed; Enabling All to Achieve’ (Wood and Haddon, Routledge 2021). Since its publication, this book has led to a series of training webinars on curriculum, assessment and school improvement in UK, Northern Ireland, Dubai and India and features on the core reading list for the MEd in Educational Leadership (University of Birmingham). Alongside podcasts and publishing articles for Schools Week, Teach Secondary (UK) Edge Foundation, Chartered College, Royal Society of Arts, I am a keynote speaker at Educational Conferences in the UK, Dubai and India, including the British Schools Middle East (BSME), Eduexcellence (India), University of Birmingham, Royal Society of Arts and the Foundation of Education Development. I lead on training with Whole Education and AOEA across the UK; in particular, with Northern Ireland school leaders, inspectorate and local authority advisers. I gained a distinction in the MBA in Educational Leadership from University College London. I am delighted to be an Honorary Fellow of Education Leadership Academy at the University of Birmingham, a Board Member of the Chartered College of Teaching and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.