The Nuffield Foundation
In this section we are building up a list of UK Consultants, Advisers and Inspectors of Secondary Design & Technology. If you would like your details to appear in this list, please Contact Us at the Nuffield Curriculum Centre.
Design & Technology Consultant
123, Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire, LU7 3HJ
Tel: 01525 384779
Email: tbendall@tiscali.co.uk
Offers: Advice and support to teachers on curriculum planning and assessment; school and centre based in-service training events at both primary and secondary levels; use of ICT in D&T; health and safety advice and training; planning of room layouts and equipment for secondary school.
117 Monks Dale
Yeovil
Somerset
BA21 3JE
Tel: 01935 411578
Fax: 01935 411578
Email: pam.bolton@btinternet.com
Offers: Pam has over 10 years experience of working as a freelance adviser for Design and Technology. She covers all ages ranges 4 - 18 years and all aspects of D&T.
Devon Curriculum Services
Great Moor House
Bittern Road
Sowton
Exeter, EX2 7NL
Tel: 01392 384361
Fax: 01458 851578
Email: gilly.browning @devon.gov.uk
Offers: A full range of LEA services supporting D & T.
11 Brewster Terrace
Ripon
North Yorkshire, HG4 2HY
Tel: 01765 698283
Fax: 01765 698284
Email: admin@ksdtraining.org
Offers: Principle Adviser for design and technology - Key Stage Developments. Principle Examiner and Senior Moderator Systems and Control Technology and Electronic Products. Courses on all aspects of D & T, INSET. School improvement service. D & T Health and Safety Consultant.
Inspector for D&T,
Durham Education Dept
County Hall
Durham, DH1 5UJ
Tel: 0191 383 4571
Fax: 0191 383 4257
Email: John.Chidgey@durham.gov.uk
Offers: Access to a D&T training centre; one Primary Curriculum Support Teacher (seconded); full range of supportive materials; cluster meetings; subject monitoring.
LEA General Adviser for Design and Technology, Cambridgeshire
Lawrence Court
Princes Street
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire, PE29 3PP
Tel: 01480 375 858
Fax: 01480 375 853
Email: alan.corbridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Offers:
9 Churchill Road
Tavistock
Devon, PL19 9BU
Tel: 01822 615 960
Email: z200@onetel.com
Offers:
The Griffith Jones Centre
St Clears
Carmarthenshire, SA33 4BT
Tel: 01994 231866
Fax: 01994 231255
Offers: A full range of LEA services supporting D & T.
Director FoodForum
PO Box 26850, W7 3GS
M: 07798 653702
E: ali@foodforum.org.uk
W: www.foodforum.org.uk
Offers: Extensive experience and commitment to technology education, supporting teachers to provide a practical and motivating curriculum for young people. Provides school and centre-based INSET nationally. Advisory and authorship specialisms include: D&T curriculum and assessment; departmental and curriculum management; food technology including ICT. Providing guidance and training on the food curriculum including the Entitlement to Cook (KS3) and a leading trainer for the DfES Food Partnership programme.
Consultant
DTE Consultancy
5 Pleasance Brae
Cairneyhill
FIFE, KY12 8FA
Tel: 01383 882027
Fax: 01383 882406
Email: JohnF@dteconsultancy.plus.com
Offers:
Independent Consultant
DT Forge
68 Brookfield Crescent
Hampsthwaite
Harrogate
North Yorkshire, HG3 2EE
Tel: 01423 770402
Mobile: 0789 4442227
Email: geoff.howard@dtforge.co.uk
URL: www.dtforge.co.uk
Offers: Advice and support on the full range of D&T activities with a particular emphasis on resistant materials, control systems, D & T accommodation requirements and the use of ICT to enhance designing.
Independent Consultant for D&T
Bartlett Kendall Ltd
Lillian House
44, Davenport Road
London, SE6 2AZ
tel: 020 8473 3002
e-mail: sandie@bartlettkendall.co.uk
website: www.sandiekendall.co.uk
Offers: Full programme of support for Design and Technology including curriculum planning, practical workshops, classroom support, health & safety. ITC in D&T etc.
Adviser for Design & Technology, Wiltshire LEA
County Hall,
Trowbridge
Wiltshire, BA14 8JB
Tel: 01225 713843
Fax: 01225 713876
Email: vincemarriott@ictcentre.wiltslea.org.uk
Offers: Practical support and training for all aspects of NC D&T including ICT; development planning; writing schemes of work; curriculum monitoring and co-ordination. Support for CAD CAM, Assessment for learning and departmental review and self evaluation.
Consultant
15 Woodside Road,
Sutton,
Surrey, SM1 3SU
Telephone/Fax 020 8395 7077
Email: john.myerson@blueyonder.co.uk
Offers: in-school support and training for D&T especially in ArtCAM, Pro/DESKTOP and other CAD/CAM software; experience in Awarding Body procedures; advice on equipment and accommodation.
Spice, 2 Laburnum Cottages
Old School Lane
Stanford
Biggleswade
Beds, SG18 9JL
Telephone: 01462 813341
Email: polly@spice-education.co.uk
Offers: Workshops and resources for teachers and pupils, focusing on designing skills, creative design processes, using products to teach Design & Technology, and product/material related workshops such as Lighting and Polypropylene. Emphasis on hands-on practical interactive design following the processes used by cutting-edge designers and manufacturers.
Consultant for Design and Technology
Four S (Surrey Schools Support Services)
Head Office and Development Centre
Bay Tree Avenue
Kingston Road
Leatherhead, KT22 7UE
Tel: 01372 834189
Fax:01372 834000
Email: robin.pellatt@fours.co.uk
Offers:
Consultant
Totease Pond
Church Road
Buxted
EAST SUSSEX, TN22 4LT
Mob: 07793 285985
Email: 285985ian.punter@easynet.co.uk
Offers: Over 30 years experience of design education - as teacher, head of faculty, advisory teacher, LEA adviser, OfSTED school inspector and Additional Inspector for ITT inspections. Also author / editor of design and technology curriculum materials.
Local Advisory Officer
Education Office
17 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill, West Malling
Kent, ME19 4UL
Tel: 01732 525094
Fax: 01732 525223
Email: pshallcx@hotmail.com
Offers: Twenty years experience of training teachers in Primary and Secondary Design & Technology; courses to cover all aspects of the subject including management and practical elements in all materials.
Sinclair Consultancy
139 High St (Suite D)
Beckenham
Kent, BR3 1AG
Tel: 020 8663 6733
Fax: 020 8658 0134
Email: Info@sinclairconsultancy.co.uk
www.sinclairconsultancy.co.uk
Offers: A design and technology specialist with a focus on textiles, ICT and CAD/CAM. Able to deliver a range of bespoke courses and in-service training from Key Stage 3 – post 16. An accredited lead trainer for SpeedStep Textiles CAD/CAM software.
The Old School House
2 Main Street
Denton
Northants, NN7 1DQ
Tel: 01604 890311
Fax: 01604 890311
Email: peter.slape@yahoo.co.uk or peteranne42@yahoo.co.uk
Offers: Curriculum advice, support and INSET (including Primary N-SOW implementation).
* Pre-inspection D&T department / subject audit, and post-inspection support undertaken.
* NQT support and review.
* Subject support and training programmes for ITT/SCITT etc.
* Willing to travel.
3, Whitelow Road
Chorlton
Manchester, M21 9HQ
Mobile: 07801 541 690
Fax: 0871 277 5869
Email: torben@steeg.co.uk
Web: http://www.steeg.co.uk/
AIM & Skype: torbensteeg
MSN: torbensteeg@hotmail.co.uk
Offers: Consultancy specialising in Curriculum & Resource Development, Initial Teacher Education & CPD, Project Evaluation & Management, and Research in the areas of D&T, ICT, Science and Engineering in secondary education. Particular interests are electronics, control and communications technologies, CAD/CAM and fabrication technologies and sustainability in these areas.
Webster Associates D&T Ltd
91a Funiss Avenue
Sheffield, S17 3QN
Tel: 0114 2361648
Fax: 0114 2361648
Email: pat@webster-associates.co.uk
Offers: Curriculum days and courses that explore creative ways of moving primary D&T forward. " Pat demystified the subject and inspired me to try and raise the profile of the subject, particularly in the climate of 'Excellence and Enjoyment' ".
Facilitator for family learning events and cross-phase 'robot' workshops. Product research and development for LEGO, BRIO and Test Box Technology equipment.
Greenacre Farmhouse
3 Nursery Lane
Hockwold
Thetford, IP26 4ND
Tel: 01842 827966
Fax: 01842 829763
Email: janewheeldon@btinternet.com
Offers:
Inspector/Adviser Technology, Conwy, Denbighshire, & Flintshire
Curriculum Support
County Hall
Mold
Flintshire, CH7 6ND
Tel: 01352 704092
Fax: 01352 754202
Offers: Monitoring and support for Curriculum Development in D&T. INSET across all key stages in all aspects of the D&T curriculum.
Last updated: 14 October 2008