Science Advice

School science consultancy

Are you looking to renew the curriculum, refresh teaching and learning or improve outcomes? Christina’s friendly and professional approach – and her 22 years as a teacher and leader of science – makes her a good choice to support your science department. A former county science advisor and trained coach (Executive Level 7), she can work with your colleagues to clarify intent, refine implementation and improve the impact of science at your school. Written recommendations and follow-up consultancy or mentoring can be provided. Get in touch to discuss the scope of your requirements.

Diversity in STEM

Christina is a passionate advocate for widening participation in science and is always delighted to speak about this at events. Christina has addressed many groups on this subject including WomenEd, DKG Europe, WI and U3A and regularly leads workshops for school students. As Co-Founder of Young Scientists Journal and Chair of Planet Possibility, a consortium working to improve diversity in physics, she is well-placed to talk about the challenges and solutions of EDI in science education.

Physics training

Christina is a sought-after leader of physics training and enjoys running face-to-face or online courses for the Institute of Physics, STEM Learning and Physics Partners, and has devised and led train-the-trainer courses. Contact us for bespoke support for your school or training for your organisation.

“Christina has worked with us for a year building the capacity and ethos of our Science team. She has brought insight and experience to our school that has enabled strategic improvement, built a positive culture and effectively managed a transition process. She is a great listener and this allows her to offer genuinely bespoke advice that is relevant and linked to the context that she is in. Nothing is off the shelf! In particular, I have appreciated and benefited from her ability to act as a critical friend. She asks great questions and gives answers which are evidence-based. People who do this well are few and far between.  I would highly recommend working with Christina to any school that wants to understand its Middle Leadership or Science department better. She has much to offer.” Head of Secondary at a well-known European International School 

“We contacted Christina to carry out a science curriculum review over two days. In this time she was quick to help the team establish the priorities for moving forward and worked with them to agree the principles of a clear curriculum intent.  I am pleased to say that a great stride forward has been taken in terms of intent and implementation as a result of this work.” Deputy Headteacher of large academy in Oldham