Wimbledon High School

Thank you so much for today. The feedback from staff has been phenomenal (‘best ever talk at any staff inset day at any school’). The clarity of thinking, humanity of delivery and real understanding of the preoccupations of staff such as ours were all absolutely spot on, and it felt amazing to have a proper buzz in the room. We’ve missed that for a little while now and you were the perfect person to re-energise us. Genuinely. Thank you.

Gresham’s School

“Claire Harvey delivered an outstanding INSET session on diversity and inclusion at Gresham’s School. It was a challenging session and did what it was supposed to do intelligently and with humour. Claire’s wit, insight and energy enabled us to look at established practices at school in fresh ways, and gave us some of the language we all need to have useful discussions with children about race, gender, sexuality and disability.”

St Hilda’s

“Thank you so much for giving the talk in St Hilda's last week - it'll be one of those events that stays with me for many years and will really help me to stay positive in the tough times. You have already taught me a great deal in a single hour talk!”

Whitgift

“Working with Claire was both affirming and inspiring. Her commitment to the work of building more inclusive environments was palpable and matched by her willingness to collaborate in the projects that we identified, as we set about making meaningful change. My colleagues and I gained a lot from her expertise, not least, a sense of hope that our school community could take positive steps to help everyone to feel truly included.”

GDST School

“Claire Harvey designed a series of workshops for GDST senior leaders on the ‘foundations of inclusion’ which has been transformational in our organisation’s understanding of the issues in diversity and inclusion and helped us immeasurably in addressing and achieving real lasting change. Claire’s wealth of knowledge and deep, grounded experience in this field have provided schools with the skills and the confidence to address their local circumstances and issues. Her sessions have helped us to go further faster and have been incredibly well received by schools. In addition, the resources and support of the SIA has been the perfect complement to Claire’s work.”

Pipers Corner

“Claire has come to Pipers Corner on various occasions to run sessions for staff and for students. Her ability to connect with both audiences is remarkable and she is equally impressive talking to large groups as she is in more intimate discussions afterwards. People listen to her. Her non-judgemental, honest yet uncompromising approach is powerful - that she has always been met with such universal appreciation is remarkable given the potentially polarising nature of some of the topics. This has not always been the case with speakers we have heard, or in workshops we have attended elsewhere.”

Fortismere School

“The session was really excellent and your knowledge and experience really impressive.”

GDST School

”There has been overwhelmingly positive feedback here from your talk this morning, and not simply of the sort, "Wasn't that great. Anyway..." - always a query or a cogitation to follow. You made us all think and we are very grateful for it. I wanted to say a huge thank for you joining us and delivering such an interesting and insightful session. We’ve already had some wonderful feedback.”

Notting Hill & Ealing High School

“Thank you so much for coming and giving such a powerful session to us. The response and discussions were extremely useful.”

Oxford High School

“Thank you so much for the session you led for us at Oxford High today. It has created the buzz I hoped for: lots of colleagues have fed back that they found it helpful, empowering and discussions were very focused which is really brilliant.”

GDST School

“Claire Harvey has played a pivotal role in the development, planning and implementation of the GDST Undivided Diversity and Inclusion programme. Her impressive, clear, apt and concise wealth of knowledge is further enhanced by her experienced delivery and layering of explanations which encourage and led to in depth and valuable conversations. Engaging in more uncomfortable conversations is a cornerstone in the GDST attaining real change. Through bespoke webinars Claire’s ability to quickly and accurately read where an audience currently are in their understanding is invaluable as is her ability to share questions, materials and videos that get people to engage learn and formulate meaningful next steps. We have been impressed at how she has supported our communities across differing strategic levels and positions of responsibility. In both proactive training, development and discussions and in reactive situations that have arisen throughout this academic year, Claire has been an invaluable colleague and ally due to her wealth of knowledge from educational settings and beyond. Her calm, and professional manner has offered reassurance on both a 1:1 level, school level and wider school trust level.”

Pipers Corner

”A number of students commented on how useful they found the sessions and how your input made them think in a different way. Staff also gave some very positive feedback on the sessions they were in.”

St Paul’s, Brazil

“Her impact on our school community was profound. Claire connects with children and adults in a way that leaves them determined to look differently at inclusion issues in the future.”

St Columba’s College

“Claire sets just the right tone and had the students eating out of her hand with her quietly profound points and interactive exercises.”

Croydon College

“This was the most useful training I have had in my 10 years of teaching.”

Durham High School for Girls

”That was BRILLIANT!!! I’ve just had some very positive emails from staff who appreciated it too.”

The Purcell School

“An enormous thank you for your session this morning.  The feedback has been so very positive:  people found you engaging, challenging, funny, inspiring, and though-provoking.  It was a fantastic start to our term and a great follow-up to the previous session.  I am going to do a lot thinking about the issue of culture and unwritten rules - that really struck a chord with me. Thank you so much for coming to lead the session  - we really appreciate it.”

Sydenham High School

“Thank you – it was fantastic! We had extremely positive feedback form the members of staff in the room and I think that Claire has been approached to come back and speak with our students as well. One of the main positives was the manner of the delivery, really empathetic and understanding rather than looking for/pointing out faults. Claire gave us all a lot of really easily accessible information and anecdotes which are will foster conversations around inclusion in all areas of the school moving forward. One of the best INSETs we have had!”

Mayfield School

“Chico is a complete star! He spoke really well and fielded some tricky questions with good humour and grace. I think he has opened up some really important conversations in the school.”

Lady Eleanor Holles

“Yesterday’s training went brilliantly and I have had many staff comment to me how valuable they thought it was, as well as interesting (and indeed entertaining!)”

The Cavendish School

“Claire was phenomenal!!! I have never heard anyone better and her impact has been enormous. Claire Harvey led an outstanding CPD session that asked provocative questions of each individual, some of which were left unanswered. Her ability to evoke an emotive response in every person is something I have never seen achieved across our diverse staff body. It has left everyone talking, with each other and myself on the future developments of our school. We can’t wait to have her back in and feel we have created a relationship with SIA that will continue to challenge and inform the decisions we make.”