Our passion for school improvement and high quality professional development stems from our commitment to the young learners who walk through our gates every day.
Our team below shows a cross-section of those who support the work we deliver on but the power of the school-led system stems from all the facilitators, mentors, coaches and guest presenters who contribute to the programmes and training we provide.
Our support team who sit at the centre of the Hub also bring their expertise to the smooth running of all that we do. Our team are on-hand to offer support.
Tammy is originally a secondary trained practitioner who moved into primary working in both inner city Birmingham and Derby. Her passion is supporting high quality teaching and learning to meet the needs of all learners, including our most disadvantaged. This commitment to addressing educational disadvantage became even more of a focus when she was fortunate to step into the role of Director of the Derby Research School. She believes that school leaders are empowered by engaging with evidence base, crafting their own bespoke school improvement journey to make the biggest impact.
Email: TElward@spencertrust.org.uk
Caroline trained as a teacher of MFL and has taught in a variety of schools in the East Midlands. She believes that great teaching can improve children’s life chances so has always been passionate about teacher education and working with beginning teachers. She has progressed through a number of ITT roles in school and is now Director of ITT for the George Spencer Academy SCITT. She is committed to partnership working at all levels and relishes opportunities to work with and learn from colleagues. She is particularly interested in developing coaching and mentoring skills in schools and leads the NASBTT accredited Teacher Educator Programme.
Email: CArnold@spencertrust.org.uk
Lorraine started her teaching career in Nottingham City, has also taught in Edinburgh before settling in Nottinghamshire. She is a Principal whose heart lies in the classroom and her motto is, ‘be kind’. She has led the team at our Lead school, Chetwynd Primary Academy, for just over seven years and remains committed to providing all children with the best possible experiences, ensuring that they achieve their full potential both academically and holistically. She is passionate about excellence in teaching and learning and has worked with many schools in our region to spread knowledge and evidence-based practice including working with the Maths Hub after becoming one of the first schools to roll out the Mastery approach.
She was incredibly proud to lead the first primary school in the county to earn an outstanding grading under the new Ofsted framework, knowing that her investment in teaching and leadership development lies at the heart of outstanding teaching and learning: ‘There are no great schools without great teachers’. She welcomes opportunities to share best practice with partners from across the region and is excited to continue this work through the Spencer Teaching School Hub.
Email: AFord@spencertrust.org.uk
Email: CMiles@spencertrust.org.uk
We are excited to be working with partners from across the school system to support our delivery of the Hub’s work. Collaboration is an important factor in both harnessing the expertise within our networks and ensuring all stakeholders feed into the delivery to best serve our schools.
Alistair Crawford, Whole SEND and Senior Leader, St Martins and St Andrews Schools
Amanda Starr, Deputy Director, George Spencer Academy SCITT
Caroline Spalding, Assistant Headteacher, The Bemrose
Chris Smith, Headteacher, Bluecoat Primary School, Archway Trust
Fraser Mitchell, NLE and Director of Secondaries, Spencer Academies Trust
Jane Starbuck, Whole SEND
Jules Gordon, Secondary Strand Lead for the ECF, Senior Leadership Link for East Midlands West Maths Hub, Vice Principal at George Spencer Academy
Kate Green, LLE and Executive Principal at Spencer Academies Trust
Katherine Bulleid, Senior Leader, Chetwynd Spencer Academy
Katy Crawford, ELE and Senior Leader at Fairfield Spencer Academy
Leanne Oswin, ELE and Senior Leader at Portland Spencer Academy
Mary-Alice Lloyd, Education Consultant
Natalie Campbell, Learning Director for MFL is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Showbie Champion
Natalie Lawrence, Landau Forte Teacher Training at Landau Forte College
Rebecca Underhill, Director of ITT, Bluecoat SCITT Alliance
Sam Billington, Teacher and Leader, Ashwood Spencer Academy
Sarah McAneny-Vincent, Director of Inclusion at Spencer Academies Trust
Shamara Sadler, ELE Coordinator for the Derby Research School, Principal of Fairfield Spencer Academy
Shobha Tynan, Maths Hub Secondary Strand Lead, Maths Hub East Midlands West
Tracey West, Senior Leader, Chetwynd Spencer Academy
Lisa Wilshere, NPQ and AB Coordinator – LWilshere@spencertrust.org.uk
Amy Langton, ECF / Marketing and Communications Coordinator – ALangton@spencertrust.org.uk
Vicki Ilic, SCITT Coordinator – VIlic@spencertrust.org.uk
Colleen Brennan, SCITT Coordinator – CoBrennan@spencertrust.org.uk
Angie Cebula, SCITT Administration – ACebula@spencertrust.org.uk
Lucy Lycett, Maths Hub East Midlands West Lead – LLycett@georgespencer.org.uk
Katie Snow, Maths Hub East Midlands West Project Manager – KSnow@georgespencer.org.uk
Angela Baldwin, Maths Hub East Midlands West Administrator – ABaldwin@georgespencer.org.uk
George Wild, Derby Research School Coordinator – GWild@spencertrust.org.uk
Helen Froome, Spencer Apprenticeships Funding and Compliance Coordinator – HFroome@spencertrust.org.uk
Megan Hingley, Spencer Apprenticeships Administrator – MGardner@spencertrust.org.uk
