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More than training. Support with impact.

Accredited training, coaching for senior leaders, leadership development, supervision and consultancy. Give your people a shared language for distress and practical tools they can use the same day, led by a former Headteacher who has stood where your staff stand.

  • CPD/CE accredited, so it counts towards your team’s professional development

  • Led by a former Headteacher who has carried the same pressures your staff carry

  • Tailored to your people and your budget, grounded in established, accredited content

Free · 20 minutes · no pressure, ever

★★★★★ 50+ five-star Google reviews

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15+ years leading

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CPD/CE accredited

Trusted by schools, trusts and organisations

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Cromwell Learning Community Multi Academy Trust
Catholic Primary Partnership
City of Birmingham School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
WAITS, women acting in today's society
McHale & Co Solicitors
EY
Cromwell Learning Community Multi Academy Trust
Catholic Primary Partnership
City of Birmingham School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
WAITS, women acting in today's society
McHale & Co Solicitors
The Scouts

Before we ever speak

Meet Nick, in his own words.

A short introduction to how I work with organisations and schools, and what a first conversation looks like.

Who it is for

Headteachers, HR and safeguarding leads

What you get

CPD-accredited trauma-informed training and supervision

Why it matters

Practical, evidence-based, staff actually use it

What Now

Book a free discovery call

Nick Whitehouse, executive coach and former Headteacher

The problem I solve

Your staff are carrying more than the timetable shows.

Your people are under real pressure. Rising need, safeguarding load, behaviour, thin resources and their own wellbeing, all at once. Most training either overwhelms them with theory or hands them a checklist they never open again. Neither changes what happens on a Monday morning, and the hidden cost lands as absence, burnout and good people quietly leaving.

Good training is different. It gives your staff a shared language for distress, tools they can use the same day, and the confidence to use them well. It respects how much they are already holding, so it lands as support rather than one more thing on the pile.

That is the work I do with you: calm, credible and genuinely useful, so the learning stays in the room long after I leave it.

★★★★★

“Nick’s openness, authenticity and willingness to share his lived experience made a real impact on everyone in the room. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.”

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Ernst & Young (EY)

Birmingham · Neurodiversity event

Why leaders invest in this

Calmer people are not the only return.

Leaders invest in this because of what it changes downstream, across schools, charities and businesses alike.

Productivity

Staff retention

Reduced absence

Reduced turnover

Problem solving

Creativity

Organisational culture

Fewer grievances

Not sure which fits your team? Let’s talk it through.

Nick Whitehouse, executive coach and former Headteacher

Why work with Nick

A former Headteacher who has sat where your staff sit.

I'm Nick Whitehouse, an Executive Leadership & Transition Coach, CPD/CE accredited Trauma-Informed Training Facilitator and Clinical Hypnotherapist. I have over fifteen years of senior leadership experience, including as a Headteacher, so I have sat where you sit.

My approach is trauma-informed, evidence-based and deeply human, grounded in neuroscience, ethical practice and psychological safety.

Former Headteacher

Executive & Transition Coach

Trauma & Neurodiversity-Informed

Clinical Hypnotherapist

Enhanced DBS

Professionally Insured

  • Practical tools your people can use the same day, not theory they forget by Friday.

  • Trauma-informed throughout, so training supports your people rather than adding to the load.

  • Shaped around your setting and your budget, with a clear scope agreed before we begin.

  • Credible in the room, because I have led a school and carried the same pressures.

In their words

Trusted by the people who booked again.

★★★★★

“We have just completed a second workshop with Nick Whitehouse. Who facilited sessions to support our staff to cope with growth and changes of staff. Through developing our understanding of group formation and communication models. I am looking forward to putting in place the ideas and tools. Nick has helped us to develop. Thank you Nick for informative and interactive sessions.”

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Marcia Lewinson

Workplace workshops

★★★★★

“One of the most impactful pieces of professional development we have invested in as a school. The training was insightful and deeply relevant to the challenges faced in schools. Staff left feeling empowered and more confident in their interactions with pupils.”

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Castlefields Primary School

Whole-staff training

★★★★★

“Nick delivered a really useful Trauma Informed and Aware CPD session. Easy to understand with useful resources and techniques to use with clients.”

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Carlie Hill

Trauma Informed CPD

★★★★★ 50+ five-star Google reviews      Verified on Google      In partnership with The Mental Wellbeing Company

Ready when you are

Let’s build training your team will actually use.

Tell me about your setting and the pressure your staff are under. I will listen first, then recommend the right format and give you a clear, honest scope. No pressure, no rush.

●Free · 20 minutes · no pressure, ever

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Calm, clarity and confidence for the leaders, schools and organisations carrying more than is visible.

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