Governance practitioner. Founder of SGAF. Serving chair.
I build systems for school governance from twenty years inside the work — still chairing a board, previously in school senior leadership, and after training and board design with more than 500 schools. Practitioner first. Not a software company.
- Founder @GAFSchools
- Serving chair
- Previously SLT
- 500+ boards
- Practitioner, not a software company
Audits · Risks · Visit plans · Annual statement · UK schools and academy trusts
SGAF — the governance operating system boards were missing
School improvement has systems. Governance mostly had papers, memory, and whoever knew where the last pack lived. SGAF is the practical response: audits, risks, visit plans and the annual statement on one connected record for UK schools and academy trusts.
The board does the governance once. The evidence is created as it goes.
Built from how boards actually work. Membership from £229 per school per year.
Also building
NetCall — courtside netball, without the paperwork pile
Prepare the match, stay with the game, share a clean result. Built for social league umpires; deeper tools for coaches and PE without cluttering the umpire flow.
iPhone £2.99. Android beta open.
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Free checks boards can run today
Website, school data, safeguarding readiness and more — open tools I needed for the daily work, so boards can use them without a sales call.
No catch on the free set.
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Selected writing
A few pieces that sound like the work, not a feed.
Why SGAF exists
Boards were already doing the work. The record was too fragile.
On SGAF
(opens in a new tab)Governors, when was the last time you spoke about swimming?
Turn a news story into a board-ready comparison: school issue, local pattern, or strength to celebrate.
On LinkedIn
(opens in a new tab)Recruiting governors isn’t the hard part
STEM ambassadors, social mobility, and putting careers outreach on the board agenda.
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Contact
For SGAF, NetCall, or governance work — reach me on LinkedIn, or email.