About Us

Viv Grant’s Story:
From Head teacher to Executive Coach

Viv has been in the education profession for over twenty five years. She is a former primary head teacher and seventeen years ago was one of the youngest heads in the country to turn around a failing primary school.

She has been a lead trainer and consultant for a number of educational training bodies, including the Department for Education, the National College,The London Centre for Leadership in Learning at the Institute of Education and the NUT. She was a  contributing author  to the 2011 publication Mentoring and Coaching in schools and in 2014 published her first book, “Staying A Head: The Stress Management Secrets of Successful School Leaders.”

She has written for the Guardian and appeared on TV, BBC Radio London and BBC Radio 4 Woman’s hour, talking about her work and the role coaching plays in helping school leaders to excel.

Now as an Executive Coach and Director of Integrity Coaching, Viv works daily with others who have taken on the mantle of school leadership. As a result, Viv understands more than most what it takes for school leaders to overcome the often deep, hidden, inner struggles of school leadership and to succeed in fulfilling their vision for themselves and their schools.

If you would like to read Viv’s full story and what inspired her to form Integrity Coaching, please follow the link below:

Alternatively, click on the links below to find out more about Viv’s views on school leadership today and what needs to be done to fully support our school leaders:

inspired by…

The Life of Ghandi; A true reminder that we can be responsible for our own destinies and that when we seek or desire change, we ourselves, must become the change we want to see in the world.

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