Education Supervision for Cornwall

Lev

Kernewek · voice, the act of speaking out

A professional space for education staff.

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"Reflective supervision exists in education. It isn't yet embedded or statutory. More and more schools are recognising what it offers — and what has been missing without it."

Ellie MacQuarrie · Founder, Lev

What is reflective supervision

Not therapy.
Not coaching.
Something different.

Reflective Supervision is a structured, regular, confidential professional space, facilitated by an experienced 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, SENCOs, DSLs, Early Years practitioners, teaching assistants — across education, people are holding complexity that deserves a proper space.

Reflective Supervision changes that. Not dramatically. Quietly, consistently, professionally.

Not performance management
Your supervisor has no role in your appraisal, no stake in your school's outcomes, no agenda beyond your professional wellbeing. That independence is the entire point.
Not a counselling session
Supervision is boundaried, structured and professionally focused. It helps you process the relational and emotional weight of your role.
Not a one-off
The effect is cumulative. The more regularly people are held in good supervision, the better they think, the better they decide, and the more sustainable their work becomes.
Evidence-based
A growing body of research links reflective supervision with reduced burnout, improved practitioner wellbeing and safer outcomes for the people professionals serve. The evidence is well established in social care. It is increasingly evidenced in education too.

Who Lev works with

The weight of this work
is carried by many.

If you work in education, you're welcome here.

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Headteachers
Leading a school community takes extraordinary skill, courage and emotional intelligence. The responsibility is significant and the role deserves systematic, effective support.
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SENCOs
Advocating for children with the most complex needs, holding families, navigating systems and building relationships across agencies. This work is vital and demanding in equal measure.
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DSLs
Holding the safety of children is one of the most important roles in any school. The weight of that responsibility deserves a space to process and reflect.
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Early Years Leads
The relationships built in early years shape everything that follows. This work is profound, relational and deeply important.
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TAs in complex roles
Often holding the most sustained, consistent relationships with children in a school. The depth and value of this work is immeasurable.

The case for supervision

This is not a
wellbeing nice-to-have.

78%
of education staff report being stressed
Education Support 2023
77%
of education staff report mental health symptoms linked to their work
Education Support 2024
50%
of staff say their school's culture has a negative impact on their mental health
Education Support 2024

Research consistently links reflective supervision with reduced burnout, improved practitioner wellbeing and safer outcomes for the people professionals serve. The evidence is well established in social care. It is increasingly evidenced in education too.

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The Lev offer

Two ways to work.
One right fit.

One-to-one Supervision
Half-termly 50-minute individual sessions. Confidential, structured, fully boundaried.
  • Half-termly sessions, 50 minutes
  • Individual and confidential
  • No reporting to management
Group Supervision
Half-termly 90-minute sessions for small groups of 3–5. A space for shared reflection, peer connection and collective support.
  • Half-termly sessions, 90 minutes
  • Groups of 3–5
  • Confidential within the group
Ellie MacQuarrie with Raffy on Carn Brea

About Ellie MacQuarrie

Ellie MacQuarrie

Founder, Lev Education Supervision

Something powerful happens when systems genuinely support us. When we feel respected, when we have a voice and feel that we matter, our nervous systems regulate. We think more clearly. We find more joy. Wellbeing and resilience follow naturally.

Creating these conditions for children is something education staff work hard at every day. What led me to Lev, and to deepen my practice with CSTD Bath, was a commitment to being part of a movement dedicated to creating those same conditions for the adults in schools, so they can continue to lend their regulated nervous systems to the children and families who need them.

My journey began in early years and primary settings as a Teaching Assistant. This led me to a degree in Education with Psychology at Cardiff University, and over the next twenty years to class teacher, KS2 Lead, Thrive Practitioner, behaviour lead, Assistant Head, Vice Principal and Headteacher across a variety of settings. It has been a journey of immense joy, working alongside talented, dedicated people within the chaos, bounce and excitement that comes with working in a school. It is also, at times, relentlessly demanding. The emotional weight that education professionals carry is significant.

Along the way I 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 the immense value of having someone who can hold a space for the complexities that arise.

I founded Lev to offer education professionals a structured, professional, boundaried space. Reflective Supervision in Education is a growing movement across the UK and I am delighted to be part of it.

Vive la révolution. Lev bys vyken.

BPS-recognised degree Thrive Practitioner Counselling Skills L2 Primary Headteacher RSiE Diploma – CSTD Bath UKCP Recognised Training

I didn't leave education. I went deeper into it.

Start the conversation

Reflective supervision belongs
in every school.

Get in touch.

hello@levsupervision.co.uk 07979 646744