SUPPORT FOR THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS SECTORS
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innovative and successful
At The KWP Ltd, we provide top-notch educational consulting services to help you reach your full potential. Our programme, The College Collective, in partnership with the AoC, has been recognised by The Institute of Leadership!
Dr Kate Webb
Dr Kate Webb is the Managing Director of The KWP Ltd, providing strategic consultancy for the skills and education sector. In the last twelve months The KWP Ltd has worked with partners such as the AoC to deliver an innovative sector-led consultancy service- ‘The College Collective'; supported over twenty-five colleges in a variety of projects; and worked with the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce to deliver Local Skills Improvement Plans for Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
She has worked in Further Education for over 30 years and was a College CEO and Principal for 12 years, leading a complex and successful college merger that gained an Ofsted ‘Good’ judgement for its first inspection in 2020, a ‘high confidence’ rating from QAA for Higher Education and 'outstanding' financial health (2021).
Her doctoral thesis examined the impact of GCSE retakes on 16-18 year old vocational students.
She was born in Birmingham and moved south on a narrowboat in 1996 but now lives in Berkshire with three dogs, two children and a husband.
GRAHAM TRY
Graham Try is a Director of The KWP Ltd, providing consultancy and financial services for the skills and education sector.
Graham has held Deputy Chief Executive roles in 2 further education colleges in London and Berkshire spanning 23 years.
Prior to this he spent 16 years in 2 London Borough Councils, including for 5 years as Education Financial Services Manager at the London Borough of Harrow, where he led financial and support services to the Borough’s 70 schools. He is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CIPFA).
Graham has substantial experience in leading multi-disciplinary support teams and supporting and delivering policies and strategies in collaboration with elected Members and Boards of Governors. Most recently, he served as Interim COO for Bournemouth & Poole College.
Until 2022, Graham was Deputy Chief Executive for 16 years at a college group and during this time the college’s financial health was rated mostly “outstanding” and at least “good” in 15 of these years. In his role he deputised for the Principal and CEO and he also acted as Principal and CEO during a period of maternity leave.
He has led the planning and successful delivery of a £31 million transformation of estate which included several capital grant funding applications for circa £10m. He has played a key role in complex and successful college mergers.