SIMPANG STRATEGY PARTNERSHIP
Clarity. Alignment. Momentum.
Apply for January 2026
A premium, embedded partnership for schools who want to move from noise to strategy, and from strategy to practice.
Most schools don’t fail because they lack ideas.
They fail because the right ideas never become lived practice.
The Simpang Strategy Partnership brings clarity to complex environments, aligns leadership teams around what matters most, and embeds sustainable systems that improve culture, curriculum, and outcomes long after the work ends.
This is not consultancy.
It’s partnership: deliberately small, intentionally deep.
Who It’s For
School leaders who are:
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Handling a lot of priorities and want clarity without feeling overwhelmed.
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Leading change and want alignment across teams, systems, and culture.
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Ready to replace noise with coherent strategy.
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Looking for a partner who works with them, not to them.
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Serious about sustainable improvement, not quick fixes or one-off events.
If you value clear thinking, honest challenge, and embedded support, this is built for you.
What We Work On (Tailored to Your Context)
Every partnership is bespoke, but typically includes work across:
Clarity & Direction
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Reframing priorities using the Simpang Clarity Index.
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Turning scattered improvement plans into a coherent strategy.
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Establishing the “North Star” for the next 12–24 months.
Leadership & Culture
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Aligning senior and middle leaders.
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Creating conditions for trust, accountability, and high performance.
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Removing friction points that stall momentum.
Curriculum, Learning & Systems
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Vertical and horizontal curriculum coherence.
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Assessment and data clarity.
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Effective systems that support (not suffocate) great teaching.
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Communication That Builds Alignment
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Leadership communication routines.
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Clarity-focused messaging.
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Reducing noise and improving signal.
What You Get
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A deep-dive diagnostic using relevant Simpang Indices.
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A bespoke strategic plan (clear, measurable, lived).
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1:1 and team-based leadership coaching.
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Regular embedded sessions (remote).
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Thought pieces and tools that sharpen leadership perspective.
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Priority access to the Simpang Leadership Room.
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Ongoing partnership, not handover and goodbye.
Leaders describe it as “the moment everything finally made sense.”
Time Commitment
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3–6 months.
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Light touch weekly, deeper touch monthly.
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Designed to fit into the real rhythm of school life.
Investment
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Fees depend on scope, size, and depth of partnership.
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Typical range: £6,000–£12,000.
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All work is delivered personally.
Not Ready for a Full Partnership?
Begin With a Clarity Audit.
THE SIMPANG CLARITY AUDIT : Discovery & Direction
A focused, low-commitment diagnostic for leadership teams who want to begin with clarity.
Not every school is ready for a full strategic partnership, and not every leadership team needs one immediately.
For some, the first step is simply to understand where they stand: the noise, the friction points, the alignment gaps, and the opportunities for meaningful progress.
The Simpang Clarity Audit is designed exactly for that.
A rapid, structured deep-dive that gives school leaders a clear picture of their current reality, and a practical map of what to do next.
This is the step that turns uncertainty into direction.
What the Audit Covers
A tailored diagnostic across the five domains that shape school performance:
Leadership
Where clarity exists, where it breaks down, and how leadership behaviours shape culture and direction.
Strategy
How priorities are set, communicated, and lived — and where plans are stalling or competing.
Culture
The unwritten rules, routines, and behaviours that accelerate or slow down progress.
Curriculum
Coherence, alignment, and the extent to which curriculum intent translates into day-to-day practice.
Communication
Internal and external messaging, meeting structures, signals, and noise.
This is not a survey.
It is a reflective, leadership-driven analysis built around the Simpang Index tools.
What You Receive
A clear, usable output that leaders can act on immediately:
The Simpang Clarity Map
A simple, visual overview of the school’s current reality across the five domains.
Priority Recommendations
A small number of high-leverage actions that remove noise and strengthen alignment.
Next-Step Strategy
A short, practical roadmap that outlines where focus belongs over the next 8–12 weeks.
Leaders describe the audit as “finally seeing the picture clearly.”
Who It’s For
Schools who want:
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A clear sense of their current challenges and opportunities.
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Insight before committing to deeper support.
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A rapid, external perspective without a long partnership.
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A practical starting point for strategy, alignment, or culture work.
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A low-risk entry into working with Simpang.
If you’re unsure where to begin, begin here.
Time Commitment
2–3 weeks, including:
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a short leadership diagnostic.
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structured conversations.
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analysis using the Simpang Index tools.
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a clarity session to walk through the findings.
Everything is designed to be light-touch and purposeful.
Investment
£1,800–£3,500
(depending on school size and scope)
Engagement Models
Feature / Purpose | Discovery & Direction | Strategy Partnership | Strategy Growth Partnership |
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Purpose | A rapid diagnostic to understand your current reality and identify priority actions. | A deep, embedded partnership that turns strategy into lived practice. | A long-term strategic partnership focused on sustainable school-wide growth, leadership capacity, and continuous improvement. |
Best For | Leaders who want clarity before committing to wider change. | Leaders ready to align systems, culture, and curriculum over time. | Schools seeking sustained, year-long partnership with a strategic advisor fully embedded in their leadership rhythm. |
Time Commitment | 2–3 weeks (light touch). | 3–6 months (weekly + monthly rhythms). | One full school year (renewable), with ongoing strategic support, leadership coaching, and institutional alignment. |
Focus Areas | Leadership, Strategy, Culture, Curriculum, Communication. | All Clarity Audit areas plus alignment, embedding routines, culture levers, and strategic execution. | High-level strategy across all domains plus long-term planning, leadership development pipelines, whole-school coherence, and growth-focused initiatives. |
Deliverables | Clarity Map + 8–12 week next-step recommendations. | Bespoke strategic plan, leadership coaching, embedded sessions, communication frameworks, long-term alignment work. | Year-long strategic guidance, executive coaching for leaders, termly strategic reviews, ongoing advisory support, and school-wide growth frameworks. |
Level of Support | Diagnostic only. Insight and direction. | Ongoing partnership and hands-on implementation. | Continuous partnership, a strategic advisor embedded throughout the year. |
Ideal Moment | When you need to see the picture clearly and define immediate priorities. | When you’re ready to move from clarity to alignment, momentum, and measurable change. | When your school wants consistent, sustained improvement with long-term strategic coherence and leadership capacity building. |
Investment | £1,800–£3,500 depending on scope. | £6,000–£12,000 depending on scope. | Price available upon request. |
Outcome | A clear understanding of where you are and what to do next. | A coherent, aligned school strategy that lives in practice every day. | A fully aligned, future-focused school with a sustained strategy, strengthened leadership, and year-on-year growth. |
Case Study
How one school used the Simpang Clarity Index to move from scattered priorities to an aligned, measurable strategy in eight weeks.
Context
A large international school in Southeast Asia was heading into a new academic year with energy but also friction.
Leaders described their situation clearly:
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“We have too many priorities.”
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“Everyone is busy, but it’s unclear what progress looks like.”
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“We have pockets of excellence but no shared direction.”
The school had multiple initiatives running simultaneously; curriculum reviews, assessment changes, cultural projects, wellbeing commitments, and several competing leadership agendas.
Everything mattered, which meant nothing had real traction.
The Principal reached out for a conversation.
“I don’t need more ideas, I need clarity.”
Week 1–2: Using the Clarity Index to See the Real Picture
Through the Simpang Clarity Index, we conducted a reflective diagnostic with senior and middle leaders.
The index revealed three core issues:
1) Priorities were broad, unsequenced, and competing.
Leaders could name 12–15 “top priorities,” none of which were linked to one another.
2) Strategy lived in documents, not in routines.
Plans existed, but behaviour didn’t match intention. Meetings, communication, and leadership actions were not reinforcing the same goals.
3) Middle leaders lacked a shared mental model.
They were committed and skilled, but each was interpreting the strategy differently.
The diagnostic didn’t create new work, it clarified the real work.
Week 3–4: Cutting Through the Noise
Together we reduced 40+ improvement actions into three strategic pillars, each with:
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a clear purpose.
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3–4 measurable outcomes.
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a simple narrative that leaders could articulate consistently.
We didn’t discard important initiatives.
We aligned them under coherent aims.
At this stage, one leader said:
“This is the first time our whole leadership team can explain the strategy in the same way.”
That is the power of clarity.
Week 5–6: Turning Strategy Into Practice
With the pillars established, we embedded the following:
Leadership routines:
Short, purposeful alignment meetings that kept everyone focused on the same goals.
Communication clarity:
A unified messaging framework for staff, parents, and students.
No more mixed signals.
Curriculum alignment:
We mapped key learning and assessment priorities across teams so everyone could see how their work connected to the whole.
Culture levers:
We identified 3–4 high-impact behaviours that leaders needed to model consistently.
This was the moment where strategy became lived.
Week 7–8: Measuring What Matters
Using the Simpang Index structure, we created:
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measurable indicators of progress.
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simple weekly check-ins.
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visual dashboards leaders actually used.
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a rhythm of reflection that kept momentum alive.
Progress became visible, not through data overload, but through clarity.
By the end of eight weeks, the Principal summarised the shift:
“Nothing we’re doing is new. What’s new is the clarity, the alignment, and the confidence.”
Impact After Eight Weeks
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A coherent strategy all leaders could articulate.
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Fewer priorities, clearer actions.
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Middle leadership empowered and aligned.
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Curriculum and assessment work connected rather than isolated.
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Reduction in noise across meetings, communications, and expectations.
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Increased trust and psychological safety across teams.
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A sense of momentum, without additional workload.
One senior leader said:
“We didn’t need to work harder. We just needed to see the work more clearly.”