School Improvement Team
Mary Davies - NLE
Secondary specialist
Free School opening
Senior & Middle Leadership
Improvement / Action Planning
Recruitment & Retention
Safeguarding & Inclusion
Workload reduction & Wellbeing
Curriculum
Teaching & Learning
Assessment
Culture & Climate
Experience Secondary Headteacher
Francois Walker - NLE
Primary specialist
Director of Whiteknights English Hub Lead
Senior & Middle Leadership
Improvement / Action Planning
Recruitment & Retention
Workload reduction & Wellbeing
Curriculum
Teaching & Learning
Assessment
Culture & Climate
Safeguarding & Inclusion
Experienced Primary Headteacher
Richard Hawthorne - Director of Berkshire Teaching School Alliance
Richard is Deputy Headteacher for The Maiden Erlegh Trust and the Director of the Berkshire Teaching School Alliance. Richard began his working life in industry but moved into teaching in 2001. Prior to joining Maiden Erlegh School in 2016 he was Assistant Headteacher at Garth Hill College in Bracknell. Prior to this Richard worked in an advisory capacity for Reading Borough Council’s School Improvement Team, working on learning and teaching across Primary and Secondary Schools both in the Borough and often beyond. His portfolios have included the leadership of teaching and learning, standards, curriculum, pastoral and timetabling. Along with leading the Teaching School, Richard oversees areas of standards, Trust-wide CPD, Trust-wide Appraisal, provision for more able students, Trust-wide Careers Strategy, STEAM across the Trust and line management of several departments at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge.
SLE's
Name | Areas of Specialism |
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Andy Johnson | Headteacher; Opening of a new Free School |
Sara Ellis | Secondary Curriculum; Leadership; Closing Gaps |
Graham Attridge | Assessment; Target Setting; Reporting |
Rob Buck | Careers and Destinations; NEET's reduction |
Cat Bell | Science; Good to Outstanding; Getting to Good |
Francesca Brook | Computer Science; E-Safety Strategy |
Alison Morgan | Standards; Middle Leadership; Staff Wellbeing |
Paul Gibson | Vocational and Technical Curriculum Design |
Primary SLE's
Name | Areas of Specialism |
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Emma Connor | EYFS; Phonics |
Kirstie Dolan | English; Phonics; CPD Leadership |
Louise Lever | English; More Able Provision |
Julie Foster | School Business Management |
Secondary SLE's
Name | Subject Specialism |
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Leoni Moran | Mathematics |
Jane Escott-New | English |
Damien Bell | Science |
Jonathan Curtis | Design Technology |
Sian Jones | RS |
Jennie Pitman | Music |
Tom Stewart | History |
Carlie Hill | History |
Ben Garner | Sociology |
Martin Sutton | Geography |
Tom Hutchinson | Geography |
Siobhan Tyson | Science |
Ceri Burns | Behaviour and Inclusion |