Education Supervision for Cornwall
Kernewek · voice, the act of speaking out
A professional space for headteachers and education staff to reflect, find support, and sustain themselves in education.
"In social work, in nursing, in clinical psychology – reflective supervision is mandatory. In education, it is almost entirely absent. That absence is not inevitable."
Ellie MacQuarrie · Founder, Lev
What is reflective supervision
Reflective Supervision is a structured, regular, confidential professional space, facilitated by a trained practitioner, in which an education professional can reflect on the emotional, relational and ethical dimensions of their work.
It is already mandatory in social work, nursing and clinical psychology, because those professions recognised long ago that people doing emotionally demanding work need a container for that work.
Education is, by any measure, emotionally demanding work. Headteachers hold safeguarding decisions, complex family situations, impossible workloads and the wellbeing of their entire staff. Often simultaneously. Often in silence.
Reflective Supervision changes that. Not dramatically. Quietly, consistently, professionally.
Who Lev works with
The emotional and relational weight of school work doesn't sit only at the top. Lev works with everyone in education who carries complexity as part of their daily role.
The case for supervision
If this programme retains just two headteachers who would otherwise have left – a conservative assumption across any Trust – the saving exceeds the cost of the programme several times over.
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For Multi-Academy Trusts
MATs that invest in supervision aren't just supporting individuals – they're building the conditions for sustainable, high-quality leadership across every school.
Lev works with Trust leadership teams to design a supervision model that fits your structure, your culture and your strategic direction. Whether you're beginning with headteacher supervision and building outward, or thinking about whole-Trust staff wellbeing from the start – the conversation begins with what you actually need.
Every Trust model is bespoke. Every conversation is confidential. The goal is always the same: leadership and systems that sustain themselves.
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About Ellie MacQuarrie
Founder, Lev Education Supervision
Throughout my career I have had a deep curiosity about people – what they carry, and what happens when they are asked to carry it alone. There is something powerful that happens when systems genuinely support us: when we are surrounded by joy, when relationships are mutually respectful, when everyone in the education system has a voice and feels that voice is heard. Children, staff, families, leadership, MAT leaders, local authorities, outside agencies – all of it connected. It is that curiosity that led me to Lev.
My journey began as a Teaching Assistant, which led me to a degree in Education with Psychology at Cardiff University. Over the next twenty years I went on to be a class teacher, KS2 Lead, Thrive Practitioner, behaviour lead, Assistant Head, Vice Principal and Headteacher across a variety of settings. This journey has brought me immense joy. I have worked alongside talented, dedicated people who taught me so much – within the chaos, bounce and excitement that comes with working in a school.
Along the way I also trained in Counselling Skills and worked with some of the most complex, emotionally demanding situations a school can hold. I know what it means to be the person everyone turns to – and to have nowhere to turn yourself.
I founded Lev to offer education professionals the structured, professional, boundaried space that should have existed all along – yet is so often missing from our profession. Reflective Supervision in Education is a growing movement and I am delighted to be part of it.
Vive la révolution. Lev bys vyken.
I didn't leave education. I went deeper into it.
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