Richard Wright-Phillips Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

I draw on my experience in senior and middle leadership to advise schools and trusts on operational and strategic matters, including:conversions;governance;exclusions;SEND matters;complaints;commercial contracts;policies;admissions;data protection, including GDPR and Freedom of Information matters;safeguarding; andfamily law.

London, England, United Kingdom

I worked across the School Support Service and Schools HR teams, providing advice in relation to a range of operational and strategic matters.

London, England, United Kingdom

Returned to previous school as languages teacher with specific focus on exam classes;Responsibilities included mentoring and developing staff.

Kent, England, United Kingdom

In addition to ongoing classroom role:• Monitored and developed staff to improve outcomes across several key subjects, including modern languages and social sciences;• Had pastoral and behavioural responsibility for several hundred students, working with vulnerable and challenging students and their families to build relationships, secure engagement and attendance, and identify and devise appropriate bespoke strategies and solutions;• Led on whole-school project to drive aspiration, targeting appropriate students and increasing university and Russell Group applications;• Met daily as part of the senior leadership team to take strategic and operational whole-school decisions;• Worked closely with governors on whole-school strategy;• Drafted and reviewed whole-school policies and other documents for key stakeholder audiences, such as governors and parents;• Devised careers programme in line with statutory guidance;• Managed whole-school budgets, including pupil premium fund;• Delivered sessions to students and CPD to staff on a range of matters;• Led and supported junior staff on more serious behavioural and safeguarding matters;• Led HR meetings in line with policy and statute;• Reviewed whole-school data to identify additional need.

London, England, United Kingdom

In addition to ongoing classroom role:• Devised and managed cultural and academic enrichment programme built on Sutton Trust research;• Improved aspiration and attainment of underperforming students;• Mentored junior and trainee teachers;• Delivered whole-school CPD.

London, England, United Kingdom

In addition to ongoing classroom role:• Led and managed team and budget, including supporting with behaviour, and teaching and learning matters;• Increased take-up of subject;• Introduced innovations in interventions to improve examination outcomes;• Devised assessments for whole multi-academy trust.

London, United Kingdom

Developed bespoke professional services ESL and directories consultancy.

London, England, United Kingdom

In addition to ongoing classroom role:• Participated in the school’s Teaching and Learning Committee;• Mentored junior and trainee teachers;• Identified target under-performing MA cohort and created small study skills groups to boost achievement;• As staff governor, attended governor meetings, holding leadership to account, and associated CPD.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Introduced German to the school, and supervised, supported and provided resources for other German teachers;• Arranged and coordinated Enterprise events across the 30-school Federation.

• Managed the Chambers Global and Chambers UK annual guides to the legal profession, with responsibility for every ranking in each;• Copyedited and proofread each guide, and wrote additional copy where required;• Coordinated, supervised, and set and enforced deadlines for the research, writing, sales and production of the company’s largest guides;• Managed budget and considered commercial factors when allocating resources;• Led and trained a team of over 25 writers and some 15 proofing, production, IT and support personnel, and liaised with external contractors;• Regularly met with law firms' senior partners and their BD and marketing staff to obtain feedback on and discuss the company's plans, and identify and develop new products;• Organised and hosted book launches;• Hosted 'Meet the Editors' events, which involved addressing hundreds of practitioners at a time and taking questions from the floor.

London, England, United Kingdom

Researched various sections of the Chambers guides, including conducting interviews, nominating rankings and writing editorial.

London, England, United Kingdom

Various production and development roles in respect of live and television projects.

London, England, United Kingdom

Completed training contract, including seats in:1. Securitisation;2. Banking and Finance (on secondment in the Frankfurt office);3. Communications, Media and Technology; and 4. Intellectual Property.

Ba, Law With German Law

Lpc

Pgce, Secondary Mfl, Distinction

Included training placements at: St Ignatius' College, Enfield; Notre Dame RC Secondary Girls' School.

Exchange Year As Part Of Undergraduate Degree, Law

Completed and passed the first year of the equivalent of a German law degree, including modules in German civil law, German criminal law.