Institute of Group Analysis
The aim of SEF is to raise the educational achievement of pupils across the City and the focus of Frances Griffiths and Vince Leahy from the IGA is to support the Heads in their regular meetings towards this goal.
As group analysts, Frances and Vince focus on the relationship between the individual and the group, emphasising the essentially social nature of human experience. As a methodology, Group Analysis recognises how emotional, behavioural and psychological phenomena emerge in the context of groups and that these together with ‘dynamic administration’ play a vital role in the success of meetings and their outcomes.
Founded over 50 years ago, the IGA is a charitable organisation which provides training in Group Analysis and group work in clinical and organisational contexts. The IGA provides training and professional development to over 800 people a year.
Vince Leahy
SHOW
Organisational Learning Specialist, Group Analytic Leadership Coach and Consultant
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; Associate Lecturer in the Open University Faculty of Business and Law and Winchester University in the Faculty of Education, Health and Social Care; a full member of the Association of Coaching; registered psychometric tester with the British Psychological Society; Member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Group Analysis UK. A 30-year career working in education, people development and business consultancy in the Middle East, North Africa and UK.
Frances Griffiths
SHOW
Group Analyst, Clinical Supervisor, Executive Coach, Teacher and Tutor
Frances has held leadership positions within education: Headships in the UK and Africa, Lead Head of a Consortium of Schools in the UK: Open University Associate Lecturer in Educational Management at Masters level and Schoolteacher Fellow at Cavendish College Cambridge University in recognition of her contribution to developments in teacher training in furtherance of creating learning cultures.
Frances is currently the elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Group Analysis UK, a position she holds in addition to the chair of the IGA Executive Committee.
