Lisa Griffin

Lisa Griffin is content lead at Optimus Education, focusing on leadership and governance. 

  • Executive headteacher skills audit
    Download the skills audit to help evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to fulfil the responsibilities of an executive head
  • Supporting pupils with eco-anxiety
    How can we help pupils with feelings of worry, helplessness, and fear of climate change and what lies ahead? Lisa Griffin discusses ways to build resilience and turn anxiety into action
  • MAT summary evaluations: what do you need to know?
    Ofsted carries out evaluations to explore the quality of education in a MAT. We describe the process, what inspectors may look for and offer questions to consider to help you prepare
  • Pros and cons of GAG pooling
    General annual grant (GAG) pooling is used by MATs to distribute money to their schools rather than top-slicing, but what are the benefits and challenges?
  • Schools and academies website checklists
    Whether you're a maintained school or academy, download and use the compliance checklist for your setting to ensure your website is compliant
  • How do you respond to a subject access request?
    Under the GDPR you are required to explain your legal grounds when answering a SAR. Lisa Griffin describes what is involved in receiving a right to access request
  • MAT CEO skills audit
    Download the skills audit to help evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to fulfil the responsibilities of a MAT CEO
  • Six ways to reduce a SAR workload
    Responding to a subject access request can be time, energy and resource consuming. We have six ways to help ease the burden
  • ‘Opportunity for all’ white paper: what schools need to know
    The latest white paper aims to help level up across the country by ensuring every child receives the right support, in the right place, at the right time. We outline the main policies
  • What is neurodiversity?
    Neurodiverse pupils may have different needs which must be supported in the classroom. Our experts discuss how schools can achieve this and be more inclusive

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