About us

Kahlil Gibran once said that "work is love made visible."

From its inception, CIRCLE - The Centre for Innovation, Research, Creativity and Leadership in Education has been deeply committed to authentic, transformational and sustainable service that brings about better outcomes for more learners - for real, for change, for life, for others.

It's easy to care about education and to talk knowledgably about one's own experiences of learning. It's harder but more rewarding to draw together the collective wisdom of our own and international research into a conceptual, evidence-based framework that informs everything that we do in education.

Drawing on 30 years of material from the archives of Creative School Management and MarkTreadwell.com, CIRCLE has grown rapidly to build strong relationships with our clients and the broader educational community. We now support the work of over 500 schools and other organisations with a unique architecture of knowledge and solutions tailored for the needs of our clients built on the key domains of achievement, relationships, communication, initiatives and reputation.

Our ongoing task is to equip, empower and enable learners, educators and leaders to:

  • Conceive and agree on a vision and ethos for excellence in education
  • Align themselves and others with this strategic intent
  • Bridge the potential gap between intentions and processes
  • Engage with and enrich their communities
  • Evaluate and recognise performance outcomes

In doing this through our inter-related services and products, we hope to continue to share with our clients in the mission of building cultures of excellence in leadership and learning.

Download the CIRCLE prospectus here.