The Bucket
Consultancy
Professional Supervision and Strategic Support for School Leadership
About
Our Story
At The Bucket Consultancy, we are passionate about sustaining school leaders through professional supervision. We believe that principals are the experts in their own context, that they set the agenda, and we walk alongside them with curiosity, care, and encouragement. Our role is to hold space, ask thoughtful questions, and help leaders reflect, recharge, and reconnect with their role, soul and context. In a profession marked by increasing demands, accountability and complexity, we offer a confidential, structured process that supports emotional wellbeing, ethical clarity, and strategic insight. Our mission is to enable school leaders to flourish, grow, and lead with confidence.
Our Approach
Our sessions are grounded in professional supervision, where the principal is recognised as the expert in their own context and initiates the agenda. Supervision is a collaborative, confidential process that provides leaders with the space to pause, reflect, and gain fresh perspectives. We bring a calm, creative presence to each conversation with curiosity and a spirit of wondering. Using methodologies that foster deep listening and purposeful questioning, we help leaders restore balance, process complex challenges, and align their leadership with personal and professional values. Our approach builds clarity, resilience, and renewal that empower school leaders to flourish in their roles.
Meet Dr Peter Webster
With over 40 years of experience in education across teaching, principalship, and system leadership, Peter brings wisdom, credibility, and deep empathy to his work. As the founder of The Bucket Consultancy, Peter’s mission is to accompany and support school leaders through professional supervision, coaching, and mentoring. Grounded in a belief that leadership is both a privilege and a challenge, he offers a reflective space for principals to interrupt their practice, gain perspective, and restore wellbeing. Peter is a national award winner and internationally respected for his insight, integrity, and commitment to sustainable, values-driven leadership in complex and ever-changing school environments.
Services
Professional Supervision
We offer a safe, confidential space where school leaders can pause, reflect, and reconnect with their core purpose. Grounded in curiosity and deep listening, my approach uses creative methodologies and purposeful questioning to explore challenges, emotions, and possibilities. Together, we build insight, reduce stress, and develop sustainable strategies to refill your leadership bucket, so you can continue to lead, grow, and flourish.
Coaching & Mentorship
We offer personalised coaching and mentorship that adapts to your leadership journey. Whether you are beginning your principalship or deeply experienced. Sessions will be grounded in trust, curiosity, and creative methodologies, we will support you to navigate complexity, manage burnout, and reconnect with your professional purpose. Through practical tools and reflective dialogue, we strengthen your leadership capacity and ensure you're not walking this path alone.
Workshops & Keynotes
Engage your leadership teams, boards, and staff with interactive workshops and keynotes designed to strengthen wellbeing, build resilience, and foster sustainable leadership. Drawing on decades of experience and current research, Peter facilitates sessions on adaptive cultures, strategic planning, governance, professional supervision, coaching and leadership renewal. Each session is tailored to your context and whether supporting a new school, reviewing leadership structures, or re-energising a board. With practical tools and reflective dialogue, Peter helps leaders and teams "fill their buckets," deepen their impact, and navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.

The Bucket
Consultancy
Professional Supervision and Strategic Support for School Leadership

Why The Bucket?
The 2024 ACU Principal Wellbeing Survey revealed alarming trends in school leadership wellbeing:
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84% of principals report experiencing chronic stress.
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71% face burnout symptoms regularly.
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50% are considering leaving their leadership roles.
The demands on school leaders are relentless, and the risk of “empty buckets” is high. At The Bucket Consultancy, we believe your wellbeing is not optional — it’s essential. Together, we help you find balance, restore energy, and sustain your vital leadership journey.
Testimonials
Peter’s experience, empathy, and insights make him an exceptional reflective supervisor empowering leaders to grow with clarity, resilience, and purpose in complex professional landscapes.
Principal
Large Rural Independent School
Professional supervision is a reflective and insightful process that fosters balance and accountability. Peter accompanies your development journey, supporting growth, professional clarity and constructive challenge.
School Leader
Systemic Catholic School
Peter Webster is an outstanding contemporary educator who is widely recognised as a leader in building collaborative learning communities. Both strong theory and practice underpin his work.
Greg Whitby AM KSG
former Executive Director of Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Peter's mentoring was extremely useful and insightful. He has the capacity to listen and offer provocative questions that generate great thinking and problem-solving. Peter has a deep understanding of leadership, how to inspire and motivate, and how to support a person to seek the solutions to issues within their own answers.
Principal
Large Independant School


