Ben Parnell has joined Ally Education as Co-founder and Chief Education Officer as the EdTech gears up to launch its first product, InspectReady, in October.
In a LinkedIn post, Parnell, who previously worked at Athena Learning Trust, said: “As a former Headteacher and trust leader, I watched good schools across the sector pour enormous time and energy into proving what they already knew about themselves – often at the worst possible moment, and too often with leaders carrying that burden alone.”
He added: “The evidence was always there, often buried in huge folders. The challenge was turning it into something meaningful: identifying what mattered, linking it to the framework, and ensuring the different pieces of evidence connected and told a coherent story.
That process takes significant time and energy. It can leave school leaders feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, while taking them away from what matters most – building relationships, supporting their staff and pupils, and developing their school community.”
Ally, Parnell noted, starts from a simple belief: schools should be able to tell their own story, using their own evidence, without losing valuable leadership time trying to pull it all together. Enter InspectReady.
