Jonathan started in Local Government at Cambridgeshire Council as graduate trainee in 1999 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2003 working across Social Care and Children’s Services. Jonathan joined Peterborough City Council in 2007 as Assistant Director Resources for Children’s Service, delivering an ambitious £190 million schools capital programme to support the rapidly growing … Read More
David is a member of the Finance & Resources committee. He is also a senior partner at Ridge and Partners LLP, a position he has held for over 25 years undertaking an executive board function for the partnership. Key roles have been implementation of a growth and diversification strategy, taking the business from 80 staff … Read More
Dr. Louise Askew is a Trustee of REAch2 Ltd and Chair of Governors of Eastbrook Academy in West Sussex. Louise has been a professional translator and interpreter working between English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian for such organisations as the UN (the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague) and NATO (the HQ of the … Read More
Colin is the Director of Education for the Southwark Diocese Board of Education. He became Director of Education in September 2013. He was previously Assistant Director, specialising in school effectiveness. Colin has a vast amount of experience in the education system, working as a Primary Adviser, School Improvement Partner, Section 48 Inspector, National Strategy Consultant … Read More
Wade is an owner and operator of 3 care homes in the UK who look after close to 100 residents in Devon and Sussex. He has over 30 years’ experience as both an investor and advisor in a wide range of Asset Backed businesses from Transportation to Specialty Infrastructure and Real Estate. He has owned … Read More
Katherine is a qualified Accountant with over 17 years experience in the private sector. Starting out in the builders merchant and home improvement sector for the BSS Group PLC, working across numerous departments which provided the grounding for her career in Finance. Moving into the software industry, where she worked for 10 years, Katherine has … Read More
Appointed in 1998 to her first headship in a large and socially deprived school in “special measuresâ€, Catherine was at the time the youngest headteacher in England and led the school to become “Good†in just four terms. Shaped by this, Cathie retains her passion for enabling children to flourish in an environment of outstanding … Read More
Michael is currently a Director of Camber Consulting and a successful former Director of Education and Head of Children’s Services with 30 years’ experience working within both public and private sectors. With a background in education, Michael has managed public sector organisations with over 800 staff and budgets in excess of £300m. He has successfully … Read More
We are an innovative primary school where a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for our children and families is fostered. We are committed to providing each of our pupils with excellent learning opportunities in order for them to realise their unique talents and achieve their full potential. Our most recent Ofsted inspection recognised that: ‘Staff and pupils are … Read More
Sprites Primary offers education for children from 3 years old, in the school Nursery, to 11 years old. We aim to provide each child with an enjoyable, rich and informative education which helps to develop the ‘whole child’; in the hope that they will be prepared for much of what their future holds for them. In … Read More