About Me

I’m the Founder of EduExec Recruitment, a specialist agency supporting schools and trusts with the recruitment of exceptional senior school support and leadership staff, from experts in School Business Management to HR, Finance, Operations and all other roles inbetween.

I’ve spent over a decade in education recruitment, working closely with senior support staff and school leaders across the UK, and along the way I’ve picked up a CIPD Level 7 qualification. That means I can happily talk policy, contracts and strategy, but I promise not to make dinner parties any duller than they already are.

EduExec Recruitment was born out of a simple idea: to offer a more personalised, transparent and informed recruitment solution, built on trust and genuine sector insight. When I say “sector insight”, I mean it literally as my wife is a School Business Manager, so conversations in our house often swing between budgets, staffing challenges and what’s for dinner. It keeps me grounded in the real issues schools face every day.

At the heart of it all, I genuinely enjoy connecting brilliant people with the right opportunities, and helping schools and trusts find leaders who make a real difference. If I can do that while keeping things straightforward, supportive and maybe even a little enjoyable, then I’m doing my job right.

My Posts

May 25, 2026

Why your next School Business Manager probably won’t apply

A pattern we see time and again with school support recruitment is that its rarely the number of applications thats the issue, but the relevancy of those application that is.  The strongest School Business Managers, Finance leads and Operations professionals are typically already in post, busy, visible and valued, not spending their evenings scrolling job boards. That doesn’t mean they wouldn’t move, but it does mean they’re unlikely to come across your role in the usual way.
May 15, 2026

May Recruitment: When Good Candidates Say No

As we move through the summer term, a different recruitment challenge starts to surface. Roles are being filled, processes are moving forward, shortlists look strong… and then the preferred candidate declines.
January 27, 2026

January Recruitment

As we approach the end of January (eventually!) it's always a big one for recruitment. Over the Christmas break, a lot of school support roles get advertised. By now, interviews are either starting, scheduled, or hopefully done — and naturally, schools are hoping that appointments will follow. Often, they don’t. And there are a few reasons why.
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