Yamina has a very personal approach to coaching which is built on high levels of trust and mutual respect. Through her coaching, it is clear that she wants nothing but the absolute best for the person she is coaching. The impact Yamina’s coaching has had on me both personally and professionally, has been huge. I feel more confident, in control and in a better place than I was before the coaching.

Yamina has been a fantastic coach. She is not only competent, versatile, supportive and available, she provides opportunities for networking with equally brilliant people. Being coached by Yamina has given me a clearer view of my goals and how to strategically align them with my values for Resilient, Successful and Effective leadership. Through my coaching and RLE journey, Yamina has elicited the brilliance in me and I have become more strategic and decisive in my practice as well as my personal life. She has helped to unlocked the potential in me and I am more confident knowing my hidden strengths. Yamina is a phenomenal coach!

Emma I absolutely love your approach – you listen, you reflect, you manage to ask the right questions and you guide us well towards figuring out solutions. You have a really calm nature about you which works for coaching. Thank you for your guidance.

Emma has a very calm and self-assured manner which helps to create an atmosphere in our coaching sessions where reflection is encouraged. Her questioning is targeted and she is able to keep attention where it is needed for long enough to make good progress on an issue, but also has the emotional awareness to recognise when a different approach may be preferable. In one session I particularly welcomed the way she encouraged me to envision what my professional self and world would look like if I felt fulfilled and happy, as this helped me recognise the kind of working environment I should be seeking.

The coaching that Emma provided through MTPT was invaluable for my return to work. It dramatically reduced the anxiety I felt before returning and supported and guided me through the ups and downs of the first sixth months back working as Deputy Head. Through coaching Emma helped me to find a new identity as a mother and school leader, and helped me readdress my work-life balance. She allowed me to negotiate challenging times and gave me new-found confidence at work. My experience of returning to work was greatly improved by the coaching offered through MTPT and I am extremely grateful for the support, I would highly recommend it to all new parents.

Patrick has been a reliable and high quality facilitator for senior leadership, middle leadership and headship programmes at Ambition Institute (and our previous organisations The Future Leaders Trust and Teaching Leaders) for many years.

When facilitating for our organisation he typically receives strong participant feedback scores and is always able draw on his own extensive experience while conveying high quality content in an engaging way. Indeed, Patrick is one of our higher scoring facilitators across our Senior & Middle Leadership programmes, and is well respected by participants and his facilitator colleagues, as our evaluation feedback always shows.

Patrick also served as a coach and mentor for participants moving into headship and played a key role in the journey of some of our current headteachers. He has supported the Future Leaders Programme and Ambition Institute over the years in his capacity as:

• A coach and mentor for aspiring and newly appointed heads
• Designing and developing programme content
• Delivering content
• Leading International study tour groups
• Assessing candidates for the programme
• Serving as an integral part of our Middle Leadership programme facilitator team of external coaching consultants, covering Secondary and Primary phase seminars across the North of England.

Patrick’s energy and passion come through in all that he does. He has a great deal to offer as a teacher, facilitator, coach and as a leader. We have also valued his strong personal values and moral purpose, championing improved outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, as well as diversity in educational leadership and staff health and wellbeing.

I have known Patrick for over 10 years and have always found his coaching to be rewarding. Patrick is an excellent listener and is an intuitive coach, over the years he has helped me to reflect on my leadership skills and career journey, in what has always been a safe yet challenging environment. Patrick has the natural ability to make you recognise your own potential and help to guide you towards it. I have always felt empowered through Patricks coaching skills and he has helped bring clarity to my own areas of development. His flexible and objective approach enabled me to see a clearer path both in solving leadership issues and achieving my personal development goals. I have always found the experience of being coached by Patrick extremely positive.

I first met Patrick when he was commissioned to lead professional development at an international school I was working at in Vietnam. I was new to a position with leadership responsibility and received coaching from Patrick. Four years later, I still draw on strategies learnt during that early conversation with Patrick, which centered on finding ways to move from surviving to thriving in my new role, while being mindful of maintaining my own wellbeing. I reach out to Patrick whenever I want/need coaching. Knowing colleagues who have received coaching from Patrick, we all collectively agree that Patrick’s approach to coaching is very tailored to your individual needs. Patrick is a wonderful listener who quickly helps you find a solution-focused route forward, and then generously gives of his time to support you in achieving your goals. Patrick’s reassuring and affirming coaching helps me trouble-shoot any challenges, refine my interview technique, and regain an optimistic outlook from a supportive sounding board. I would highly recommend coaching with Patrick.

My experience really helped changed my mindset. It was difficult at times, but I found that the questions that were asked really challenged me and forced me to analyse some of my thoughts and ideas. I was in quite a negative headspace when the sessions began, but the way in which I was questioned and supported really helped me to reflect critically on my situation and put practises in place to help me think and act more positively. Great experience all round.

Matthew is a genuinely nice person, and makes you feel very comfortable and relaxed from the beginning. His ability to remind people what they have previously said is beneficial in positively challenging or questioning a thought process, but also helps with the feeling that you are actively listening and interested in what people are saying. His approach supports critical self reflection, allowing you to be more grounded in reality, to be kinder to yourself, and to focus on setting goals and activities that you can work towards to both deal with areas causing issues, as well as achieving future aspirations.

The coaching sessions with Matthew really helped me to reflect both professionally and personally on my career and the path ahead of me. His kind and friendly nature made him incredibly easy to talk to, which led to very productive sessions that were adapted to suit my needs. Picking up on the words someone says really opened my eyes to the phrase I use and the impression that these words give, particularly when lacking confidence in my own opinions or position. I also found the task or question at the end of each session really useful in focusing my thoughts for the next session. Through his questioning and focus on small details, I have been able to learn about myself as a person and as a leader within education.

I have found Matthew to be very supportive and approachable as a coach: throughout all of my sessions with him, Matthew has always maintained an interest in my professional and personal development, and his reflections and insights have been instrumental in helping me to reflect on aspects of my school-based practice as a senior leader in illuminating and constructive ways.

Although I was extremely positive to have a coach, I had underestimated the literally transformative effect that sessions with Matthew would have on my leadership and management skills. Through discussion, careful questioning and gentle prodding, Matthew helped me to challenge my assumptions, my reasons for doing things and targeted areas over a period of time that I felt were the weaker aspects in my leadership skill set. I feel so much more confident and calm as a leader, no longer trying to put all of the world’s troubles on my back. I truly could not recommend Matthew highly enough.