Neil Thompson - Consultancy

Neil acts as an educational consultant for history for schools throughout the country. His thinking on history in the curriculum is both extensive and up-to-date. Not only is he developing his comprehensive website, he also writes new curriculum materials for leading publishers, and runs in-service training courses nationally.

In the last six months he has :

• supported a number of secondary school history departments, in Hampshire and Berkshire
• written some of the Teacher's guides for the new Hodder Education GCSE history textbooks
• planned and delivered in-service history training courses for secondary teachers for three major national INSET providers
• run CDP events for history on behalf of advisory staff in London and Cornwall
• run whole-staff INSET days for primary schools.

In previous years Neil has worked closely with QCA on KS3 assessment in history and wrote a whole section of the National Strategy Foundation Stage material on Engagement. In the primary sphere, he developed case studies of best practice for QCA and wrote teachers guides to two BBC primary history series.

You might like to look at the comments of headteachers about Neil’s work in both primary and secondary schools.

Sheila Campbell, headteacher at Wyvern Technology College, nr Southampton writes
“Over the period of the last fifteen years, Neil has been our best inspector. He not only is a very high-quality historian but also is very perceptive at improving teaching and learning in a history classroom and can expand this with regard…to the whole school.”

Helen Fletcher-Davis a primary headteacher at South Farnborough Infants writes:
"Neil inspired teaching and non-teaching staff to bring history ..to life finding innovative ways for them to experience it.  Neil is passionate about the importance of the right kind of history teaching and expert at imparting that to teachers and children. History in our school is richer as a result of Neil’s input."

So, if you are looking for an experienced history consultant who is used to working with primary and secondary schools, and has carried out over 50 OFSTED inspections then give Neil a call on 07711038749 or e-mail Neil Having spent 18 years as the county history inspector for Hampshire Neil is very adept at tailoring support packages to suit school’s precise requirements.