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Your Team, Your Tribe, Your Conexus Network Your team, tribe, network or even your gang is one of the most important aspects of your working life and surrounding yourself with the right people can make all the difference. “I always know when I am in the right room, because everybody around the table knows more […]

Reflecting on 2022 2022 was the first full year since I have decided to move away from a full time teaching career to running my own tutoring business! It is scary, the transition from the security of full time employment to the excitement of building your own business whilst working on something you are passionate […]

A Rollercoaster of Emotions If you are leaving the classroom; if you’ve: escaped, left, walked – whichever way you want to look at it, you are about to have a rollercoaster of emotions. Many think it is simply going to be a sense of relief, a euphoria and then having stepped off the cliff, you […]

Imposter Syndrome – Shifting Your Mindset I understand the concept of ‘impostor syndrome’ and to be frank, the criteria applies to me on many levels. Despite significant evidence to the contrary, I am a successful business woman who always feels like, at any given time, someone will come along, tap me on the shoulder and […]

The Journey from Classroom to Boardroom When teachers or TAs look to a franchise as a means of starting out as an entrepreneur, striking out into the world of business but with the safety net of an experienced support team, the two headings under which most of their initial questions sit are these topic headings: […]

I Can Always Find Time To Say Thank You It is Saturday morning and I have had my breakfast in a beautiful café in Stockton Heath; been for a mooch in some charity shops and am planning going out tonight with school friends I’ve known since the 70s and 80s.(Burtonwood Catholic Club here we come!😂) […]

The Guilt Of Being A Working Parent I remember vividly my very first thought when I saw the positive reading on my pregnancy test… ‘Oh My God, I can’t believe it, not – ‘I am pregnant’ but ‘I drank loads of wine at the weekend!’ Boom and with one swoop, without any warning – it […]

A Principal Director’s Reflections Today marks a full year since the launch of Conexus Tuition Stourbridge, my very own small business! I am genuinely excited about what the year ahead holds for us. After over twenty years working as a teacher, senior leader and primary maths advisor, I was ready for a new challenge. My […]

So here it is Launch day for our first tuition class at Hutton Village Hall As I think back over the journey I’ve been on, I am experiencing many emotions; nerves, excitement, worry, pride and quiet confidence to name a few. As our first class and first session, I would settle for having a group […]

That is the question! When you start your own business there are many routes to entry which are available to the burgeoning business owner. You can’t start from scratch and you can do it all yourself or you can choose to form a partnership with a franchisor like myself and enter the market that way. […]

The Guilt of Leaving Teaching Letting down the kids; telling my parents and what do I even call myself?  When I was teaching, one of the biggest tasks of my job was ‘marking’. Not the traditional formative assessment whereby, I carted boxes and boxes from my car boot to my kitchen table with regimented frequency. […]

Don’t jump from one job to another – there is another way! One of the main reasons why people stay in a job that is making them fundamentally unhappy, even unwell, whether it be a classroom or an office, is financial fear. They hitch everything to a job, a profession, a regular wage. Thus in […]

A Mother’s Reflection Within the last couple of weeks my year 11 son completed his GSCEs and my response to him leaving school was “thank god!” As my year 6 daughter prepares to leave her primary school, all I keep saying is “oh my god!” I don’t know whether it is because she is the […]

The Bottom Line The idea of leaving teaching and becoming your own boss is often described as stepping off a cliff. If you think the floor will rise to meet you when you step off and the transition from a salary to a freelancer, lucrative income will be smooth and effortless – think again. You […]