About us



acl Consulting is an informal partnership of experienced consultants who between them have over a hundred years' experience of working in the education and skills sectors. Between us we have research, evaluation and consultancy expertise in governance, management, funding, learner support and the development and delivery of education and skills policy at national and local level. We also have experience of local authority regulatory process improvement. We have three Principal Associates.
	After spending most of his early career in local education authorities and as a Training Standards Inspector with the then Manpower Services Commission, John Atkins switched to consultancy – initially with PricewaterhouseCoopers, then with KPMG (where he was Director of the FE and HE practice) before he completed an MBA and then formed his own business in 2000. John has worked with David Lucas since the late 1980s and with David Carter since the mid-1990s. He has been part of acl since 2006.

	David Carter is one of the two co-founders of acl consulting. His career includes time spent teaching in schools and lecturing in FE and HE. He has also been a civil servant (with the Department for Education). Since 1992, David has worked as a consultant for clients in the post-16 education and training sector.

	David Lucas has been an education consultant for over 20 years, working primarily in the post-statutory end of the sector, initially (after completing an MBA) as a sub-contractor of PwC and, following his co-founding of acl in 1999, primarily on projects commissioned under the acl logo. David has been responsible for securing and managing our Framework Contracts with the Learning and Skills Council, and more recently with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
We also have a wide range of Associates, both individuals and organisations, whom we can call upon to support us when we undertake larger projects.
acl Consulting, Lodge Farm, Hognaston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1PW. Telephone 01335 372158. eMail davidl@aclconsulting.co.uk