OneBigNext Schools Testimonials
Real stories. Real impact.
Our highlighted stories show how OneBigNext® helps schools and colleges deliver transformation through outstanding provision. Working in partnership with students, parents, staff, and governors, we can support you to achieve impact. Gatsby compliance is not enough.
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Future Pathways for Sixth Formers
"I worked with Sandra in a school sixth form context, helping students to identify what they want to do, and navigate the often very complicated application process to university, and particularly to degree apprenticeships."
"Sandra brings so many strengths to this process. First of all, as a colleague, she is so clear, so easy to work with. She always does what she says. In fact, she goes way beyond."
"She also communicates amazingly with a whole range of students, 1 to 1 in particular, I would say, and with their parents, which is a really important part of the jigsaw puzzle."
"But she has real insights, I would say, into neurodiverse young people, helping them to understand what their strengths are and crucially to be able to communicate those in the application process, whether that's the personal statement or the very involved application for degree apprenticeships: the interviews, the telephone interviews, the assessment centres. [...] She's invaluable."
Bethan F, Head of Bright Futures (Careers)
Supporting SEND Students to Achieve their Full Potential
"I worked with Sandra for 8 years. Oh my goodness, what a wonderful 8 years that was. [...] She came up with some fantastic initiatives. She helped me within my practice. She always made the students feel understood and cared for."
"She helped in such a vast array of different areas. [...] She again used her own background, new research, and helped the students feel valued and move forward."
"She worked especially well with those with neurodiversities, and together we found some fantastic ways forward for the students. She's brilliant: an amazing, inspirational woman."
Claire F, Head of Learning Support (SEND)
Career Coaching Success
"As a fellow school leader, I hold Sandra Davis in such high regard. So much so that I recently reached out to her for some of my own career coaching. It's very seldom that you come across a coach that has both that high senior level of experience, but also can be so attuned to the individual and the needs and the characteristics of that person that they are coaching."
"I would recommend her and OneBigNext to any school leader, either who is thinking about their own career pathway or is looking to bring in a programme school-wide or key-stage-wide to support pupils in really considering their futures beyond the school gates."
Julie S, Deputy Head
Effective People-First Change: Delivered
"She brings an exceptional clarity of vision to every project that she handles and ensures that teams understand not just what the destination is, but the purpose behind the journey."
"She navigates competing priorities with a calm that means that you end up with the strategic goal reached in a timely fashion. Her focus is incredible."
"What sets her apart is a genuine engagement. And detailed understanding of what good leadership should look like. She has an honesty and a professionalism that creates trust and also confidence among the staff who she is trying to support."
"She combines this with a nurturing quality, offering thoughtful and practical support and this empowers people to grow so that she carries people with her."
"School leaders, if they're seeking someone who can elevate their practice and who can build strong relationships across their teaching staff and in support of other leaders, should really look no further."
Cristina G, Head of English
School-wide Transformation: Embedded & Sustained
"Sandra is honest, trustworthy and reliable, unfailingly supportive of others and incredibly hardworking."
"While I worked with her, Sandra implemented a number of digital and IT focused projects effectively and efficiently. A number of these projects were really transformational and completely changed the workflows of the school as a whole, whether operationally or in teaching and learning."
"It was Sandra's exceptional leadership and her hard work, her commitment to detail in planning and communications. An unwavering willingness to empathise with and support others, which meant that these were not only successfully implemented, but more importantly, were sustained."
"Sandra will always go the extra mile, whether it's to support an individual, a team, or an organisation as a whole. Ultimately, I would unreservedly recommend school leaders to work with Sandra and would trust her to deliver any project from start to finish with vision, positivity and commitment."
Amy W, IT & Data Manager