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Cassie Blackwood

Cassie Blackwood
Cassie Blackwood has a wealth of experience specialising in leading early years. Cassie firmly stands for representing the highest standards in education and outstanding expectations for making a real difference and delivering incomparable and extraordinary education to all. Cassie now works as a consultant supporting early years and primary phase, running staff training and exhibitions nationwide.

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For over 15 years, Cassie has worked in this capacity focusing on raising quality practice and empowering concrete philosophies for Early Years and Primary Education.
Cassie works nationwide with a large number of provision including multi-academy trusts and wrap around care services.
Cassie works with headship to ensure that they fully understand why they need to improve and, above all, how best to improve.
The welfare of young children remains at the heart of all work that she undertakes.
Cassie delivers a wide range of EYFS training courses covering today’s frameworks and legislation and offers accredited forest school training.

In Cassie’s most recent Ofsted report in leadership, her passion and skills were recognised as a particular strength, “Leadership and management is exceptional. The manager has a strong vision, determination and passion to deliver the highest-quality outcomes for all children. She has high expectations of her staff and of what children can achieve.”

Cassie specialises in SEND and is PEG trained to support schools that have children with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy insertions.
She is able to capture the salient points of strengths and development areas succinctly, clearly and ensure that the proposed impact of any suggested actions will be measurable in terms of improving the life chances for the children.
Particular areas of strength:
Early years, safeguarding including Prevent
SEND reviews
Supporting EYFS leaders to raise quality and drive improvement
Transforming provision from ordinary to extraordinary
Curriculum model and innovation