Team

Aspirance Leadership Services was formed by Andrew Trotman and David Richards to combine their distinctive experience in school leadership, coaching and mentoring, recruitment and leadership development.

Andrew Trotman

Andrew graduated with a MA in English at Balliol College, Oxford where he also obtained a PGCE. He began his teaching career at Radley College, before moving to Abingdon School as a housemaster, to the Edinburgh Academy as Deputy Rector and to St Peter’s School, York for nine years as Head Master. In 2011, he retired from St Edward’s School, Oxford where he was Warden for seven years. He led two large schools since then as acting head.

He has a Masters degree in Coaching and Mentoring, which included a research project into the development of head teachers beyond appraisal. He has conducted the appraisals of heads and leadership teams in HMC, IAPS, Society of Heads and maintained schools, and for the CEO of a large charity. He has also coached heads in HMC and IAPS, run training days on coaching and appraisal and, with colleagues from Aspirance, developed bespoke away days for leadership teams.

Andrew has helped governors with head teacher and senior staff recruitment, and with the induction of new chairs of governors and head teachers. He has also supported schools with strategic reviews, parental complaints and staff disciplinary investigations. In addition, he is educational adviser for The Clergy Support Trust, former education lead for the Churchill Fellowship and has a private development coaching practice.  Andrew is Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an accredited associate of the Association of Education Advisers.