About SGC

The School Grounds Consultancy Ltd (SGC) was founded in 2004 by Teacher and Chartered Environmental Manager Simon Smith. Based in Hertfordshire, Simon has assembled a highly-skilled environmental design, teaching and training practice.

The company aims to sustainably support schools in creating and managing habitats, landscapes, gardens and growing areas and to encourage biodiversity locally. We are also keen to promote thoughtful and effective planning for estate managers and private individuals. See our photo gallery

From a schools perspective SGC can therefore provide a wonderful learning and teaching resource for children and the whole school community. The company slogan is 'making the most of the outdoor classroom'. This applies to urban and rural schools, colleges, early years' settings and many other organisations.

Clients should know that SGC operates according to the code of practice of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management IEEM

Simon is the Managing Director of SGC. Many will already know him through his extensive work with schools and other organisations across the region. He is
fully qualified as a teacher and is a Full Member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Mangement. He is registered by the Society for the Environment as a Chartered Environmental Manager.

His work as a county advisor and many years experience has given him a clear, analytical and focused understanding of what works best in schools and how to achieve clients' goals in an effective and efficient way.

He has wide experience of working at all Key Stages as a science teacher, field studies teacher and head of centre. He regularly achieves high feedback scores from training sessions. Please visit our training page for details of our CPD courses.

If you require bespoke INSET tailored to your needs and based at your school or within your setting, please click on this link with your enquiry details, contact us.

SGC ~ thinking globally, acting locally