Christina Astin
High impact education consultancy Friendly - Professional - BespokeHello and thanks for visiting! Whether you are a school, an employer or charity looking to engage with schools, we can help you initiate, develop and sustain partnerships that bring mutual benefit and measurable impact for all.
Driven by our conviction that such partnerships bring, we build bridges between partner organisations, bringing strategic advantage to all. Astin Consulting offers training, coaching and bespoke consultancy; our clients develop successful partnerships that ultimately benefit young people. How can we help you?
School partnerships
Science advice and training
Outreach to schools
LATEST UPDATES
The third cohort of our Leading Partnerships programme launches soon and will span October 2025 – May 2026, for those leading partnerships between schools of any kind – keep an eye out here!
New to Science Leadership is our programme for new or aspiring leaders in secondary science departments. Registration is now open for the 2025-6 course.
Christina is available for speaking and professional development engagements for INSET days at the start of September. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
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Recent blogs
Mandate, Spotlight and Responsibility: Reflections on getting an Award
I’m writing this during a break in rehearsals for Handel’s Messiah in Canterbury Cathedral, singing with the cathedral choir and an orchestra, the curiously named Harmonious Society of Tickle Fiddle Gentlemen. There’s been an early cold snap this November, so the...
Partnerships reading recommendations for Christmas 🎄
If you need a break from shopping, or looking for gainful activity during Twixtmas, look no further - let me share some of the articles and books I’ve found insightful recently, in no particular order, but with some feel-good reading at the end: The Oxwell...
Question: What do science teachers and high-net-worth individuals have in common?
Answer: At the end! When I was a brand-new teacher in the 90s I had to teach biology alongside my physics specialism. It was hard. I hadn’t studied biology since year 8. I had to teach fungi, MRS GREN and other mysteries. And there was the green pen incident…...