Educating Drew: The real story of Harrop Fold School

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Digital Spy has launched its first-ever digital magazine with exclusive features, interviews, and videos. He draws you into this and really makes you believe that you can become, or help others to become, better leaders. A highly distinguished coach, for almost two decades, Drew served as a Leadership Development Coach for the infamous Warrington Wolves, helping them substantially improve their ranking in the Super League. Seeing how Drew and his team worked with each other with the challenges they face whilst keeping the kids at the forefront of everything kept me watching.

In his books, he explores mindset, charisma, leadership and positivity, inspiring readers to make positive changes in their lives. I am not a teacher nor do I have kids myself but this book is an eye opener and it’s had a massive impact on me. The Povey brothers are inspiring and what they and the whole Team Harrop have achieved is astonishing.Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. In November 2019, Ofsted told new headteacher Claire Wright that the new regime was "taking effective action towards the removal of special measures". As a Leadership Development Consultant, Drew has worked across different sectors to coach leaders on mindset, leadership, and high performance, unlocking their potential and leaving them with tangible results for competitive advantage. His renowned expertise in leadership and high performance has seen him feature in Forbes, where he compared elite sporting athletes to high-performing leaders and discussed their common traits and habits. All that I can say is I want to work at Harrop or at least shout his word to everyone so they take notice and listen and follow.

Drew’s methods have been proven to empower individuals and teams to exceed in this ever-changing business world. Instead, it is a disarmingly honest and charming account of the joys and challenges of working in a difficult but intensely rewarding school community.

Moreover, Drew is the accomplished author of When The Clouds Come, The Leadership Factor and Educating Drew. His book illustrates that however well managed and inspirational that social deprived schools like Harrop Fold are, thet will not achieve high absolute standard of educational attainment. Drew Povey is a prominent leadership coach famed for working with elite athletes in football and rugby, including Warren Gatland, Stuart Pearce, and Stuart Lancaster. It did teach me a few new things about leadership and reinforced what I already knew about behaviour of kids and adults and how important listening is.

In his speaking sessions, he articulately speaks on mindset, mental resilience and courage, drawing on his experience working with elite athletes to provide cutting-edge tips and techniques for achieving peak performance. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Drew Povey is an influential leadership authority with a unique multi sector viewpoint on creating innovative and sustainable change. Above all it left me with the sense that with passion, spades of hard-work, and a down-right unwillingness to give up, absolutely anything can be achieved. Drew's book reveals the untold story of their struggles, and the unique leadership style that has seen a quite stunning turnaround in a school once labelled one of the worst in the country.My Daughter starts in this school in September 2018 having just moved as a family from Scotland and looking to transition from Scottish education system to English.