gordon house education consultancy
London
Gordon House Education Consultancy (GHEC) Ltd was set up in 2007. We have over
40 years’ experience of working as a teacher, education officer, education
adviser in Ministries of Education and consultant in the UK (mostly London) and
overseas. This unique breadth of experience and expertise means that GHEC has a
wealth of knowledge to draw on when undertaking independent investigations which
is the area of work we now focus on. Over the past 10 years we have conducted
over 50 investigations. Serious incidents are fortunately not a daily occurrence
in schools but when they do happen and allegations or serious concerns need to
be investigated, they can take up huge amounts of time, resources and emotional
energy; very often the school staff asked to undertake investigations have
little experience of what might be required. When, on those rare occasions, an
independent investigation is needed, we offer a highly effective, efficient,
thorough and discreet service. In addition we have come to realise that there
are very few independent investigators available with our level of understanding
about schools (and how they work). In recent years GHEC has undertaken a wide
range of school-based investigations including: whistle-blowing grievance
disciplinary parental complaint capability fraud bullying All have achieved a
satisfactory outcome, enabling those involved to move on. Tim Blanchard who
undertakes all of this work for GHEC holds the Level 7 BTEC Advanced
Professional Certificate in Investigative Practice.
