Through sheer determination and strong, visionary leadership, Drew and his management team (including his two brothers) have wiped out the GBP600k a year deficit and are reducing the huge debt - while continuing to get standout results from pupils. Drew Povey is an authority on leadership with a unique multi-sector viewpoint on creating innovative and sustainable change. Moreover, Drew is an eloquent speaker who delivers impactful presentations on mental resilience, excellence, mindset, and decision-making when booked for speaking engagements.

This extensive network of partnerships has led to the implementation of many of Drew’s philosophies and concepts. Furthermore, Drew can be recognised for his appearance in the BAFTA-award nominated TV series Educating Manchester, which shows the transformation of a poorly performing school into a high performing one. Instead, it is a disarmingly honest and charming account of the joys and challenges of working in a difficult but intensely rewarding school community. Seeing how Drew and his team worked with each other with the challenges they face whilst keeping the kids at the forefront of everything kept me watching. Educating Greater Manchester is back on our screens with a new series that was actually filmed back in 2018.My Daughter starts in this school in September 2018 having just moved as a family from Scotland and looking to transition from Scottish education system to English. Having worked with Drew on a range of different projects, I always find myself energised by his positive approach to business, leadership and life in general. He delivers the messages in a very clear fashion which I’m sure will be memorable for a long time after the session. His work and methods have been proven to empower individuals and teams to exceed in this ever-changing business world. I am not a teacher nor do I have kids myself but this book is an eye opener and it’s had a massive impact on me.

But production on the series wasn't as straightforward as before due to a story that broke after filming finished in July 2018, which left Channel 4 unsure whether the series would actually air. We were also lucky enough to get an early run of his latest book to take away, which I can’t rate highly enough. Above all it left me with the sense that with passion, spades of hard-work, and a down-right unwillingness to give up, absolutely anything can be achieved. We then heard then-headteacher Drew Povey say that they had "really high hopes" for the year ahead, before "it all went quite badly wrong" as Povey and three other members of staff found themselves suspended. The examples he is able to draw upon really bring it to life and you can see how this works for everybody, not just great sports teams or big businesses.Applying his expertise in elite-level sports and education to the business world, Drew has become a leading high-performance and leadership expert, highly sought after by prominent organisations such as LLOYDS Bank, Allianz, Rolls Royce, BMW, and Crawford to motivate and empower teams and individuals. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con.