The partner making school improvement stick.
Cultures of Excellence is a Perth based consultancy that supports schools to build resilience so that all students can transition to life successfully. They work with educational leaders and staff across Western Australia.
There are a lot of providers working on Org Culture, strategic planning, and Leadership Development in Education. None of them focus on making their work sustainable and successionable.
Tristan Bettridge, Co-founder, Cultures of Excellence
The point of difference in a crowded sector
Adapt is one of Cultures of Excellence's founding partners, and the partnership gives them the Lumia platform. Tristan calls it their point of difference in the education sector. Lumia brings the pieces of strategic work into one place, so schools can keep doing deliberate work inside an increasingly demanding operational system.
What changed at Carnaby Rise Primary School
Kylie, the Cultures of Excellence coach partner at Carnaby Rise Primary School, has spent four years helping the school align its teaching and learning, refine its purpose and values, and use data to shape its business plan. The school's Public School Review in May 2026 came back exceptional, with a five year return date. Karen G at Carnaby Rise credits the strategic support directly.
Her coaching of our middle leaders has been especially powerful, giving them the tools and confidence to drive real change. This work has not only brought greater clarity and cohesion across our school but has also translated into results—our 2025 NAPLAN data showed a significant improvement from the previous year.
Karen G, Carnaby Rise Primary School
Why partner
Tristan keeps the commercial case to one line. The Adapt partnership separates Cultures of Excellence from every other provider in the education sector. His advice to an adviser weighing it up is just as short.
You would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't explore it. Great people doing great work that want their partners to succeed.
Tristan Bettridge
Cultures of Excellence
