Our People
We see success being founded upon nurturing relationships, challenge, support and high expectations; and encourage an ethos of creativity, expression, dedication and achievement in each and every school, securing the best outcomes for all those in our care.
Schools are led locally by those who know their students, staff and communities best; their headteachers and local governing bodies. Staff are motivated, well-managed and well-led; with clear opportunities for career progression and development within the MAT. We all want to imbue our children and young people with a lifelong love of learning and strive to provide quality education in a caring environment at the heart of the local community.
At the trust, we are 'better together'.
Members
Members
Our members are the conscience of our trust, ensuring that we all remain true to our aims and objectives. They are able to hear viewpoints from any individual within Learning Partners and they hold the trustees to account for the strategic operation of the trust. They appoint the trustees and have the power to remove the trustees if necessary. They also appoint our auditors and meet twice a year. Members do not sit on any other committees.
Fiona Boulton |
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Fiona has been Headmistress at Guildford High since September 2002. Prior to that she was Deputy Head at Guildford High for 5 years. Fiona grew up in Guildford where she was a pupil at Boxgrove Primary School. At age 11 she was offered a place at Guildford County School, which was then a Grammar School. Before she could take up the place her family moved to Kent, where she attended the local Comprehensive school. She is keen to finally be involved with Guildford County School. Guildford High is a member of United Learning, it is a Teaching School and Fiona is a National Leader of Education. She firmly believes that schools working in collaboration are stronger than schools working in isolation and is very supportive of the idea of the trust. She hopes to bring some of her experience of cross-school work to the table. |
Gareth Hicks |
Gareth was a parent governor at Boxgrove Primary School from 2009 until 2017. He has two children, currently in education. Gareth feels privileged to be able to take an active part in the continued success of the trust. |
Donald Hirsch |
Donald became a member of the trust having served as Vice Chair at Guildford County School. He is a former journalist and international policy consultant, who was Poverty Adviser to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation for the ten years prior to joining CRSP in 2008, where he is Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy. He played a central role in establishing A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom, using CRSP's ongoing research methodology showing what incomes households need for an acceptable standard of living as agreed by members of the public. He now leads that programme and associated projects studying income. He also plays a prominent national role in commenting on the adequacy of the public welfare system, and on poverty trends. |
Stephen Ravenscroft |
Stephen is a Partner at law firm Stone King, who have offices around the UK. He leads the Education Team and has specialised in charity and not-for-profit law since qualifying as a solicitor in 1997. Stephen has been involved in the academies programme since its inception back in the early 2000s, initially advising on the “type 1” failing school projects. He has acted on the conversion to academy status of over 170 maintained schools of all types, including community, faith and alternative provision schools. Stephen has been instrumental in developing some of the larger multi academy trusts. This experience of building trusts from small entities to quite complex and sizeable organisations has given him insight into the legal issues and the organisational and strategic challenges which may lie ahead. Stephen’s particular expertise surrounds governance structures of multi academy trusts, drawing on his charity law background. This experience includes a detailed understanding of the relationships between academy trusts and their trading subsidiaries. He has particular experience in dealing with the establishment of academies within the faith sector and has acted on a significant number of academy conversions within Surrey. Stephen is recognised as a leader in both education and charity law by Chambers and Legal 500. He has recently stepped down as a member of the Executive Committee of the Charity Law Association having served on the committee for 9 years. He is a governor of two schools and sits on an Academy Strategic Board for a Catholic Diocese. |
Linda Wilding |
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Linda Wilding (ACA PhD, with a background in private equity), is one of the most experienced non-executive directors on the London market. She has held board roles in the life sciences, pharmaceutical and consumer products sectors. Linda is Chairperson of Governors for Schools, a charity to recruit, train and promote excellence in school governorship in the UK. Educated at an inner city school in Liverpool, Linda is passionate in her belief that great education offers essential opportunities to all students. Previously a trustee of Guildford Education Partnership, Linda now joins as a member of Learning Partners. |
Trustees
Current Board of Trustees 2022-2023
Andrew Isherwood, Chair of Trust Board |
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Andrew was an officer in the Royal Navy and then re-trained as an accountant with a global Pharma company. He subsequently worked as a Director of an international consultancy firm advising banks, investment banks and other financial services companies on transforming their operational performance. With two children attending local schools, Andrew is passionate about enabling young people from across the area to achieve their potential. Most recently, he was Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for the Guildford College Group where standards improvement was critical and achieved. In his spare time, Andrew coaches juniors at Guildford Rowing Club. |
Kathy Ashford, Trustee |
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Kathy Ashford served on the Governing Body of Guildford County School for many years, latterly as Vice Chair of Governors. This was a period of significant change, covering the initial bid for Specialist Status in Music, the conversion to academy status, several Ofsted inspections and the recruitment of a Headteacher. Throughout her time as a Governor, Kathy was employed as manager of a local confederation of schools, and she remains in this role to this day. Earlier in her career, Kathy worked in the communications sector, notably as Director of Communications at the University of Surrey. She also has experience in change management and is a published children’s author. Kathy is a registered psychotherapist, currently working both in private practice and within a university setting. |
Jon Cox, Trustee |
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Dr Jon Cox has been Headmaster of the Royal Grammar School (RGS) since 2007. Prior to his appointment he held various leadership roles including Second Master, Head of Sixth Form and Assistant Housemaster at Whitgift School. He was educated at the University of Southampton (PhD Biochemistry, BSc Physiology & Pharmacology) and the Royal College of Music (Certificate of Advanced Performance). During Dr Cox’s leadership of the RGS, he has developed and strengthened partnerships with Learning Partners, working closely with George Abbot School and Kings College, Guildford. |
Sarah Fothergill, Trustee |
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Sarah is a qualified accountant with 14 years' experience in Finance working across the UK and internationally, and is currently a Financial Controller for a large defence company. Sarah has been on the governing body at a Learning Partners Junior School, Northmead, for three years with a focus on Health & Safety and Maths, and is also a Team Leader at the North Guildford Foodbank. Sarah is married with one son and enjoys keeping active. |
Jennifer Osler, Trustee |
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Jennifer’s professional background is in teaching, education management and school leadership. A qualified teacher, she worked in schools and colleges for 15 years, before joining the examination board AQA, where she is a Head of Curriculum and manages a portfolio of qualifications. Jennifer was Chair of the Governing Body at Guildford County School prior to joining Learning Partners Trust. |
Andrew Scanlan, Vice-Chair of Trust Board |
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Andi has lived in the Stoughton area of Guildford for over 20 years. He is married with three boys of secondary-school age. Andi has worked for British Airways for over 20 years. He currently works in the airline’s Business Transformation team as a Process Effectiveness Manager, managing a team which helps all areas of the airline improve the way they do things whilst being sensitive to the impact these changes have on both colleagues and customers. Andi previously served as a governor at Stoughton Infant and Nursery School and was Chair of Governors from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the Children and Learning Committee, Finance and Resources Committee, Strategy Committee and the Headteacher's Performance Management Committee. |
Paul Smith, Trustee |
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Paul Smith is Professor of Composite Materials and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Surrey. He is an engineer by background and has been working on the mechanical properties of materials for over 30 years. Paul also has a strong interest in education. He holds a PGCE, with mathematics as his primary subject. He also served on the governing bodies of two schools in Guildford (Merrow Infants and Bushy Hill Junior) including a term as chair. |
Anne Turner, Trustee |
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Anne has worked in education as a headteacher, an ofsted inspector and an Education Director. Having served as a governor at Kings College Guildford and a trustee, Anne leads our Education Committee. |
Historical (within last 12 months) |
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Minutes |
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Copies of minutes from board and committee meetings can be viewed upon request. Please contact our clerk Julia Mason for further information on jmason@learningpartners.org
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Trustee Committee Membership
Trust Board Committees 2022 - 23
Audit & Risk Committee
- Geoff Wyss, Chair
- Kathy Ashford
- Sarah Fothergill
- Andi Scanlan
Education Committee
- Anne Turner, Chair
- Kathy Ashford
- Jon Cox
- Joanne Harper
- Jennifer Osler
Finance & Resources Committee
- Andrew Isherwood, Chair
- Sarah Fothergill
- Richard Hubbard (Co-opted Committee Member)
- Andi Scanlan
- Paul Smith
- Mike Uzielli (Co-opted Committee Member)
Governance Leaders' Group
- Drew Shovelton, Chair
Remuneration Committee
- Andrew Isherwood, Chair
- Andi Scanlan
- Geoff Wyss
- Jennifer Osler
- Historical - Jon Coles
Strategy Committee
- Andrew Isherwood, Chair
- Jon Cox
- Paul Smith
- Anne Turner
- Historical - Jon Coles
Local Governing Bodies
Academy Local Governing Bodies
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Chair of Governors |
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Boxgrove Primary School |
Adam Askew |
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Fullbrook School |
Paul Ballard |
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George Abbot |
Nicola Mead |
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Guildford County School |
Simon Bettles |
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Guildford Grove Primary School |
Heather Archer |
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Kings College Guildford |
Mick Michel |
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Loseley Fields Primary School |
Andrew Shovelton |
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Northmead School |
Konstanze Hild |
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Pirbright Village School |
Julia May Douetil |
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Sandfield Primary School |
Melanie Liv Hancox |
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Shalford Infant & Nursery School |
Sarah Hardcastle |
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Stoughton Infant School |
Rob Edwards | Click Here |
Note - All Chairs appointed to serve for the current academic year.
For expanded details of the Trust's academies' Local Governing Bodies, their full details, their Registers of Interests and their attendance records, please follow these links to each individual school site
Headteachers
Learning Partners puts the education of young people first, driven by the headteachers’ group, which comprises the head teachers, or head of school, from member schools. The group drives the school improvement and academic strategies of our trust, monitoring standards and ensuring optimum collaboration between schools to enhance education and best practice in school management.
Alison Fitch and Rebecca Stacey |
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Boxgrove Primary School Since qualifying in 1996, Alison has held a number of positions in Infant, Primary and all-though schools, joining the Senior Leadership Team, at Boxgrove Primary School in 2002 as a Phase Leader and English Lead. Alison became the Deputy and Safeguarding Lead at Boxgrove in 2005 and completed the NPQH in 2008. Alison worked closely with Initial Teacher Training institutions as a tutor, interviewing and supporting trainees and contributing to the development of teacher training programmes. She is passionate about the power of coaching in bringing about school improvement and in improving well-being for the whole community and coaches teachers and leaders in other Surrey schools. Alison and Rebecca began their acting co-headship in 2013 before becoming substantive in Spring 2015 and continue to enjoy opportunities to work on DFE and Trust programmes supporting women in leadership. Rebecca has worked in education for over twenty years and has been Rebecca says that being a headteacher is a massive privilege and she absolutely loves her role and the community she serves. |
Jo White |
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Jo has supported colleagues as a mentor for the Chartered College of Teaching and the NAHT(National Association of Headteachers) and as a Learning Partner for SaFE (Schools Alliance for Excellence). She is also a member of the Executive Board for Primary Council, representing the views of colleagues across the county. Jo is passionate about providing an inclusive environment so that every child can experience success and achieve their potential. After work (and sometimes before) you can find her out walking her cocker spaniel Reggie who joined the Burpham team in 2021. |
Kate Carriett |
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George Abbot
From there Kate moved into senior leadership in Surrey before becoming a headteacher in 2011. Kate has now been headteacher at two secondary schools within the trust. George Abbot is one of the largest schools in the country, so Kate's expertise has developed in all matters personnel, legal, leading change on a large scale and continually improving teaching and learning. George Abbot is a longstanding SCITT provider (school-centred initial teacher training), and partners with South Farnham Educational Trust (SFET) in the delivery of the early career framework, specialising in the delivery of the early career teachers secondary framework. |
Steve Smith |
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Guildford County School Qualifying as a Geography teacher in 2001, Steve spent eight years honing his craft in the classroom. During this time and as an academic at heart, Steve gained a masters degree in Educational Leadership. Away from schools, Steve has held fellowships of the Royal Geographical Society and the College of Teachers and whilst working has led on teacher induction, careers education and served as a governor of three secondary schools. Qualifying as a Mountain Leader in 2007, Steve has also led and delivered all three levels of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and he has a passion for learning outside the classroom, |
Rona Mackie |
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Guildford Grove School Bio to follow |
Alastair McKenzie |
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Kings College Guildford Alastair started his career as an English teacher in 2003. Prior to moving to whole school leadership roles, he led the English department at George Abbot School and qualified as an Advanced Skills Teacher. During this time he also worked within the Teaching School as a Professional Tutor, enjoying working with trainees to support them as they developed in the classroom. He joined Kings in 2012 as Vice Principal, before taking on the headship when Mrs Carriett moved to George Abbot in 2016. He has subsequently taken on an Executive role, leading teams at Kings and Fullbrook. Passionate about effective leadership, he developed a course for aspiring Headteachers within and beyond the MAT. He retains a love of all things literary, as well as enjoying a wide variety of sports.
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Amanda Pedder |
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Loseley Fields
In her early career she developed an expertise in personal and social education, working with the local authority to write high quality sex and relationship education schemes of work for schools to use across Surrey. She is also an experienced coach and mentor supporting teachers and leaders in developing areas of their practice including leadership development and managing pupil behaviour. She has been a designated safeguarding lead for two decades and has a wealth of knowledge about safeguarding. Amanda successfully achieved her national professional qualification for headship (NPQH), in 2003 whilst working as a deputy in another school within the trust. She has worked as headteacher of Loseley Fields since October 2018 where she has helped stabilise staffing and drive improvement across the school through rigorous curriculum development. |
Sarah Carrington |
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Northmead Junior School
Sarah also worked as a specialist leader in education (SLE), supporting schools with initial teaching training and provision for special education needs. The SLE role progressed into two secondments as an Interim Headteacher which was a fantastic professional development, alongside the national professional qualification for headship (NPQH), for her current role as Headteacher at Stoughton Infant and Nursery School and Northmead Junior School. |
Gavin Dutton |
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Pirbright School
When not in school he can be found either at the rugby or the theatre and these two passions influence his activities at school. He became the headteacher at Pirbright in 2015. |
Kate Collins |
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Sandfield Primary School Kate has enjoyed a varied teaching career working across many different settings; from 5-form entry junior schools to three-form entry primary schools located in Tower Hamlets, Dorset and Surrey. She has taught from reception to year 6. Maths has always been an area of specialism, with Kate attaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Mathematical Education from Brunel University, as well as being a lead maths teacher across Surrey, leading training in schools on both maths and assessment. Kate achieved her national professional qualification for headship (NPQH), in 2014 and used these leadership skills in her deputy headteacher role at Boxgrove Primary School and, since February 2019, as the headteacher of Sandfield Primary School. Kate's vision for education is to inspire children to love learning, through a rich, engaging, creative and broad curriculum. |
Michelle Dutton |
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Shalford Infant School Michelle has worked in the primary sector for over 25 years, including 11 years of headship experience. She has spent her entire teaching career in various parts of Surrey working both in some very large primary and very small infant schools. She is passionate about good quality Early Years education, which she believes is the foundation for a child’s future development and successes. Michelle achieved her national qualification for headship (NPQH) in 2012 and has since been the headteacher at Shalford Infant & Nursery School. She loves reading and spends much of her spare time with her head in a book, something that she also enjoys doing in school, Storytime Club in the library is always the highlight of her week!
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Sarah Carrington |
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Stoughton Infant and Nursery School
Sarah also worked as a specialist leader in education (SLE), supporting schools with initial teaching training and provision for special education needs. The SLE role progressed into two secondments as an Interim Headteacher which was a fantastic professional development, alongside the national professional qualification for headship (NPQH), for her current role as Headteacher at Stoughton Infant and Nursery School. |
Executive Team
Our executive team supports headteachers and schools deliver an excellent standard of education across the whole trust.
Through partnership, systems leadership and shared accountability, the team establish the trust's ways of working; implementing systems and structures which benefit children’s education, deliver smooth financial operation and improve school performance by investing in training and mentoring school staff.
Jack Mayhew |
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Jack has experience of school leadership in a variety of contexts and varying educational stages. He has experience of forming a multi-academy trust team before joining Guildford County – a school he led to outstanding Ofsted status in 2017. Leading schools where children thrive is Jack's modus operandi for Learning Partners, where schools have a shared vision for education of being ‘better together’. The best way to face the challenges facing schools in the current climate is through collaboration, honesty and high expectations. |
Patrick Overy |
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Patrick is an accredited School Resource Management Advisor and provides support to schools on behalf of the Department for Education to assist them in making the most effective possible use of resources. Patrick’s role is to ensure that the trust provides effective support to our schools, enabling them to offer the best possible learning experiences for children and young people. |
Kathryn Krynicki |
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Kathryn is an accredited NLE and has had the privilege of working with a variety of schools across the South East region in supporting them with varying aspects of school improvement. Kathryn works to support governing bodies within both the maintained local authority and academy sector cross phase to include primary and secondary. Kathryn has worked as part of the school improvement team since 2020 and has been able to visit all the schools within the trust, to work with leaders, teachers and staff teams to help them develop the curriculum offer for the trust’s learners. Alongside her school improvement team colleagues, they aim to support the trust’s schools with providing the very best education they can, for the children they serve. They do this via bespoke school improvement work and professional development. |
Andrew Roach |
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Andrew is the Director of Education for the trust. Andrew has significant experience of secondary school leadership including a number of years as a Senior Deputy Headteacher in a large north London comprehensive. In addition, he has been a facilitator for the National College of School Leadership delivering LfTM, Leadership Pathways through the Institute of Education and most recently as Lead Facilitator for STSN’s NPQSL programme. He is also an on-line facilitator supporting the NPQ suite of courses. Andrew is currently delivering the ECF in George Abbot School’s role as a Regional Delivery Partner on behalf of South Farnham Teaching School hub and acting as the Appropriate Body for all secondary ECTs. He has been a Leadership Development Advisor of the Fast Track and the Accelerate to Headship programmes. Between 2016-21, he was employed as the Director of the Teaching School alongside his role as Director of Education. Areas of expertise: Provision and delivery of school-based and external training. bespoke workshops and training programmes. Coaching support, career consultations and interview support for Deputy Headteachers and Headteachers. |
School Improvement Team
Andrew Roach, Director of Education |
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He has been a Leadership Development Advisor of the Fast Track and the Accelerate to Headship programmes. Between 2016-21, he was employed as the Director of the Teaching School alongside his role as Director of Education. Areas of expertise: Provision and delivery of school-based and external training. bespoke workshops and training programmes. Coaching support, career consultations and interview support for Deputy Headteachers and Headteachers. |
Kathryn Krynicki, Director of Primary Education |
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Kathryn is an accredited NLE and has had the privilege of working with a variety of schools across the South East region in supporting them with varying aspects of school improvement. Kathryn works to support governing bodies within both the maintained local authority and academy sector cross phase to include primary and secondary. Kathryn has worked as part of the school improvement team since 2020 and has been able to visit all the schools within the trust, to work with leaders, teachers and staff teams to help them develop the curriculum offer for the trust’s learners. Alongside her school improvement team colleagues, they aim to support the trust’s schools with providing the very best education they can, for the children they serve. They do this via bespoke school improvement work and professional development. |
Olivia Wernick, Trust Inclusion Lead |
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L Liv was greatly impacted by her work with students with additional needs, and after training as a Drama Teacher and working as a Head of Department, Olivia completed her NA SENDCo qualification. Liv has been a SENDCo and Inclusion Lead in Surrey schools since 2016, she is also a member of the British Psychological Association and qualified Exam Access Arrangements Assessor. |
Michele Miller, School Improvement Partner |
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Michele has worked in a variety of schools as teacher, subject leader, and senior leader, and has written and delivered professional learning to teachers across the country, and is the leadership and learning consultant for the Schools Alliance for Excellence. Michele works with Learning Partners in the ongoing review and development of teaching, learning, and leadership in our secondary schools. Her approach is to work in close partnership and collaboration, with a curious approach so that we can explore how to continually strive to be better today than we were yesterday. |
Rachel Hughlock, Primary Practice Lead |
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Rachel is passionate about improving teaching and learning and improving standards of attainment within our schools. She provides strategic support for senior leadership teams as well as providing support for teaching and learning across both our primary and secondary schools. As part of her role, Rachel also delivers CPD to both teachers and trainees. |
Graham Tuck, School Improvement Partner |
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Carol Pearce, School Improvement Partner |
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Carol’s experience includes being a teacher across the entire age range (Nursery through to Secondary), Headteacher, Service Leader for Education Standards within a local authority, School Improvement Partner, a National Leader of Governance, a Trainer delivering National School Leadership Programmes and a Trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming. |
Tanya Marchetti, School Improvement Coordinator |
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School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
Jo Jones, Director of ITT |
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Joanna has twenty-five years of experience teaching and leading primary schools in London and Surrey. In more recent years she has also worked as an NPQH assessor and facilitated the work of Surrey’s Primary Headteachers’ Phase Council. |
Richard Honeysett, Secondary Cohort Lead |
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Richard is the Secondary Cohort Lead for the George Abbot SCITT and works closely with the trainee teachers through the training programme. He also visits the trainees in their placement schools to observe lessons and liaise with mentors and professional tutors. Richard leads the mentoring programme to ensure mentors offer the necessary advice and support for the trainees. Richard has taught for 24 years in three secondary schools in Hampshire and Surrey, most recently as an Assistant Headteacher. |
Gerry Newman, Secondary Course Facilitator |
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In her role as Secondary Course Facilitator, she is responsible for the organisation of the Secondary SCITT Programme and provide pastoral support for the Secondary Trainees. |
Suzy Wright, SCITT Recruitment Administrator |
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In her role as SCITT Recruitment Administrator, Suzy provides a first point of contact for teacher training enquiries, organises interview days and information events and has designed various marketing materials.
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Central Operations Team
Nicola Riley, Head of HR |
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She joined the trust in September 2023, having previously worked in Human Resources in both state and independent schools, as well over 14 years’ HR experience in the hospitality industry. Nicola believes that people are at the heart of any organisation and having the right people doing the things in the right places is crucial to securing the best outcomes for children in our schools. |
Lynsey Filby, HR Officer |
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Her role in HR is to oversee the Management Information System and provides professional advice and guidance to senior leaders and staff. Previously, Lynsey worked within the field of Human Resources for the private and public sector and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She also holds a Business Studies and Social Policy degree. |
Sarah Allen, Head of Finance |
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Sarah believes great financial management can help the trust deliver the best outcomes for its children. |
Helana Muller, School Business Advisor |
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Becky Hart, Finance Manager |
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Becky believes strongly that every child should be given the gift of an education that encompasses learning with emotional and physical wellbeing. |
Katy Mansell, Finance Analyst |
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Previously Katy has worked in both the education and corporate sectors with her previous role being a Finance Officer in another school in Guildford. She holds a degree in Business Information Systems and has recently completed her AAT level 3. |
Mirela Samuel, Finance Assistant |
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Mirela joined Learning Partners Academy Trust in Feb 2023. After receiving her BA(Hons) degree in Management in Commerce and Tourism, Mirela worked in the Travel Industry for 18 years in various roles, including finance and operations. In 2017, Mirela trained to become a Teaching Assistant and thoroughly enjoyed her role in a primary school for 6 years, helping children to be the best they can be. Mirela has found working in the education sector very fulfilling and is delighted in her current role to be able to bring her experience in finance to education./p> |
Sandra McAllister, Academy Conversion Project Lead |
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She has 25 years’ experience as a School Business Manager and currently works in a large primary academy. |
Ben Sayers, IT Director and Deputy Data Protection Officer |
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The Learning Partners Network Team is purpose-built to grow as our community and school numbers grow. Our structure is designed to meet schools' needs with IT Technicians onsite, the Service Desk providing remote support and a Development & Infrastructure Team to lead on projects. This structure combines on-site and centralised support staff to better co-ordinate helpdesk tickets and projects for each one of our schools, with our projects being planned together so our schools get the benefits of group purchasing. |
Sam Crosby, Head of Estates, Governance and Compliance |
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Prior to working in the education sector in 2017, Sam had a career in banking for over 20 years as a finance analyst, concluding in a senior supervisory role at the Bank of England, focussing on compliance and Board governance. Sam’s role within the trust is to ensure trust governance adheres to good practice and meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, Sam provides strategic oversight of the development and maintenance of estates by leading the trust estates function. Sam aims to deliver pragmatic, strategic support in all areas of compliance, governance and estates to enable school leaders to deliver the trust’s vision in a collaborative and transparent way. |
Julia Mason, Clerk to the Trust Board |
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Gaby Sutton, Senior Administrator and PA to CEO |
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Gaby is now PA to the CEO and also responsible for the communications and marketing of the trust. Gaby loves visiting the schools and is always delighted to support them in their marketing and communications strategies. As well as supporting Jack, Gaby ensures the trust office is organised and efficient to enable the team to provide a high service to all of our schools. |
Ashley Stapledon, Compliance and Projects Officer |
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Prior to joining the trust Ashley was a frequent volunteer at her local primary school and is also co-founder of the Guildford Baby Bank, a networking group that she has grown from scratch to over 4,000 members, established to support all parents and carers within Guildford & its environs. She believes strongly in the value of education and lifelong learning for all children. |
Doug Dalgleish, Estates Manager |
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Doug joined the trust in 2022 having previously worked as a project manager in the construction industry for 25 years. He has a wealth of experience in delivering complex construction projects on time and within budget. |
Jodie Farrell-Gray, Operations Coordinator |
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Jodie joined the trust in September '23, as an Operations Coordinator in the Central Operations Team. She has a background in Operations and Learning Development within a range of industries, including education, and she holds an honours degree in Sociology with Criminology. Jodie is a staunch believer in the importance of education and is excited to be able to support the schools that are part of the Learning Partners Trust, and the wider community too. |