Why apinc?

apinc offers you the very best in tailored advice, training, and support. On these pages you can explore for yourself the kind of successful outcomes apinc can bring to your organisation.

About Anji

Anji Phillips – Director of apinc (download Anji's CV here)

Anji has extensive experience in education and children’s services. As a headteacher she launched the National Curriculum in her school, developing a strong assessment framework to record and monitor attainment and progress. She went on to work across a range of boroughs to promote this model of assessment, including further consultancy with the Institute of Education and the School Curriculum Assessment Authority.

As Inspector for Assessment for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Anji led assessment teams within the inspectorate service, developing a rigorous training programme and effective data analysis that underpinned the drive for improvement.  The process of managing change in school practice to embed national policy led to improved standards of attainment across all key stages over the decade.

As Chief Inspector and then Deputy Director of Education, Libraries and Arts and Director of Schools, Anji assumed broader responsibility for a range of services. This was recognised in the subsequent Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea excellent OFSTED inspection.

As lead officer in the cross-borough Excellence in Cities partnership between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster, Anji influenced secondary headteachers and senior staff to draft and implement the EiC strategy and drive the school improvement agenda. As part of her inspectorate role, Anji developed a robust partnership self review framework with the Adult College, the Youth Service and schools.  This was used as an effective management tool for self-review, leading to improved performance.

Through her roles at Richmond upon Thames, including Chief Education Officer, Director of Education and Leisure Services and Director of Education and Children’s Services, Anji has overseen far-reaching improvements.

Evidence of the key improvements and achievements that Anji can bring to your organisation is illustrated by the achievements below: 

• In February 2003, the local authority’s second OFSTED inspection achieved a Grade 3 – highly satisfactory less than two years after a Grade 5 unsatisfactory.
• In December 2007, the Joint Area Review of Children’s Services judged services to be Grade 4 - Outstanding.
• In February 2008, Cultural Services, managed within the Children’s Services Directorate also achieved Grade 4 – Outstanding in the Council’s Corporate Assessment, a significant improvement from a 2 star rating in 2004.

A range of personal citations in key OFSTED inspections and corporate assessments has endorsed Anji’s dynamic leadership, strategic vision and drive to successfully implement change.

Why not draw on this experience to bring success to your organisation?