Spokey Wheeler

Co-founder

Co-founder of Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation

Spokey Wheeler is the co-founder of Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation [1], an Indian non-profit working on education from Mumbai.

Spokey Wheeler is a British educationist based in India who co-founded Adhyayan in 2011 with Kavita Anand. Adhyayan works with school leaders in India on quality assurance, school self-review and leadership development, under the aim of "a good school for every child"; its work is carried out through Adhyayan Quality Education Services and the associated Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation.

He is Adhyayan's founder and international director.

Early life and education

Wheeler took both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at the University of Sussex.

Career

Wheeler has worked in education in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany and India as a school leader, school inspector and consultant. He headed three secondary schools in England and Germany, including the turnaround of a failing inner-London secondary school. He has also directed Heritage International Schools in Gurgaon, served as chief executive of KGVK Gurukul, and consulted for the World Bank and the Open University in the United Kingdom.

In 2011 he and Kavita Anand founded Adhyayan as a social enterprise to introduce quality standards for Indian schools and to embed data-driven self-review involving school leaders, teachers, students and parents. Adhyayan reports that Wheeler has taken part in more than 150 school reviews across 25 Indian states.[2][3][4][5]

Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation

Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation, co-founded by educationist Kavita Anand and based in Mumbai, works to improve the quality of leadership and learning in schools. Its collaborative school self-review framework and leadership development programmes have been used by government and private schools across Indian states, from Maharashtra to Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

Adhyayan Quality Education Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

Since 2012, Adhyayan has conducted 2200+ school reviews across 1700+ national and international schools, spanning 11 languages and all examination boards.
Over 4400 participants are actively engaged in Adhyayan's Community of Practice through 65+ free online sessions.
Over 415 participants attended 50+ online workshops over 3 years under the Adhyayan Professional Development programme.