The Education Team
The team’s work is grounded in a strong understanding of how pupils learn, underpinned by restorative and trauma‑informed approaches, and informed by evidence‑based strategies that support inclusion, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for all learners.
Leanne Mahony
Director of Education
Provides strategic leadership for education, curriculum, inclusion, and school improvement across the Trust. Leanne coordinates the overall school improvement offer, supports leadership teams, and ensures coherence and impact across all areas of provision. Leanne is also the Trust DSL.
Lucy Nicholls
Trust Lead for SEND and Inclusion
Leads SEND and inclusive practice across the Trust, supporting schools to align provision with EHCP requirements and strengthen systems, provision mapping and inclusive classroom practice. Works with leaders to ensure that the needs of all pupils are met effectively and consistently.
Cavelle Burris
Trust Safeguarding and Attendance Lead
Provides strategic oversight of safeguarding and attendance across the Trust, offering guidance, challenge and support to schools. Ensures strong safeguarding culture, effective attendance practice and full compliance with statutory responsibilities.
Julia Lloyd- Jones
Trust Lead for Behaviour
Supports consistent, effective behaviour and relational practice across the Trust. Focuses on promoting positive relationships, consistency, regulation and inclusive approaches, drawing on restorative and trauma-informed principles.
Paula Russell
Trust Reading Lead
Supports schools to offer high-quality, accessible reading provision. Works with leaders to ensure strong curriculum alignment, effective teaching approaches, and reading strategies that meet the diverse needs of learners, including those with SEND.
Farzana Chowdhury
Trust Lead for Teaching
Leads the development of high-quality teaching across the Trust, supporting schools to strengthen curriculum coherence, sequencing and classroom practice. Works with leaders to ensure teaching is aligned with curriculum intent and underpinned by effective assessment and evidence-informed approaches.
Sally Rowley
Trust Lead for Teaching
Leads the development of high-quality teaching across the Trust, supporting schools to strengthen curriculum coherence, sequencing and classroom practice. Works with leaders to ensure teaching is aligned with curriculum intent and underpinned by effective assessment and evidence-informed approaches.
We have a wealth of experience and expertise across our schools.
Leaders from across our Trust lead our networks alongside the Director of Education. Our trust networks are vital in bringing colleagues together to share expertise, build collective capacity, and ensure consistent, high‑quality practice that improves outcomes for pupils across all our schools.
Our network leads are:
| Network | Lead |
| Assessment | Farzana Chowdhury |
| Attendance | Cavelle Burris |
| DHT | Julia Lloyd-Jones |
| DSL | Cavelle Burris |
| ECT mentors | Emma Arnott |
| Headteacher | Leanne Mahony |
| Teaching | Farzana Chowdhury & Sally Rowley |