For schools: Leadership consulting and professional development for private, international and bilingual schools, from someone who has led them.For families: Clear, fee-only guidance for families navigating education in Switzerland.
Leadership consulting and professional development for heads, boards, and teaching teams.
Strategic growth and governance, staff retention, curriculum coherence, and effective communication with teams and parents. Steady judgement when situations become contested. Delivered on site or remotely, for private, international and bilingual schools worldwide.
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For families considering school options for children aged 3 to 18 in Canton Zurich and across Switzerland. This covers the choice between Swiss public, bilingual and international routes, the Gymnasium question and when to face it, and transitions between systems. It also covers the harder moments, when a child is struggling or a school is not working.
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Most recently, Neal spent thirteen years at a multi-site multilingual organisation, serving ten as School Director, during which it grew to four campuses spanning early years to secondary. Earlier in his career he held teaching and management positions at another Swiss international school, across three of its locations during their early growth.
Neal also taught and led curriculum innovation projects in England for several years before moving to Switzerland. He has taught all primary grade levels in full-time positions in Swiss bilingual and international schools, and has experience of substituting at secondary and Swiss Gymnasium level. He also led marking teams for a national English examination board, work that shaped how he thinks about assessment.
He is also a parent who has navigated bilingual, Swiss public and Gymnasium routes with his own children. His work draws on direct operational experience rather than theoretical frameworks. Engagements are paid by fee, with no commission or referral arrangements.
A few of the specific areas where the work happens. See the Schools and Families pages for the full scope of coverage.
Strategic and operational support for school heads and senior leaders navigating change, growth, or governance challenges.
Design and delivery of professional development programmes that translate into changed practice, not just attendance.
Guidance through the Swiss and international school landscape, from initial search to settling in, including transitions between systems.
Advisory support for families facing complex situations: a child who is struggling, a school that is not working, or a path that needs rethinking.
Most professional development in schools is well-intentioned but poorly designed. The gap between attendance and changed practice remains wide, and it is not an accident.
Read article →The school selection process in Switzerland is genuinely complex. The range of systems, languages, and fee structures requires careful navigation, and the right answer is rarely obvious from a school's marketing materials.
Read article →Most schools that have addressed AI have done so by writing a policy. The schools that get the next decade right will recognise that policy is not enough, and that governance is a different and more demanding task.
Read article →Whether you are a school leader seeking an independent perspective or a family navigating school options in Switzerland, the first step is a brief conversation.
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