Roger Walton (Chair of Trustees)

Email: cot@dealt.org.uk

Correspondence Address:

DEALT Central Services Team

Northbourne Church Of England Primary School,

Coldharbour Lane, Northbourne CT14 0LP

• Chartered civil engineer with experience gained within both private and public sector.
• Director with Dover District Council.
• Trustee of Martha Trust, a provider of homes for adults with profound disabilities.
• Served as Chair of Governors with Kingsdown & Ringwould CEP School for almost 20 years.

Joanne Hygate (Accounting Officer)

Email: ceo@dealt.org.uk

• CEO of Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust.
• Headteacher of Kingsdown & Ringwould Primary School.
• Formally Executive Head of Worth Primary School.

• Qualified accountant (FCCA) with many years of experience at senior level in various sectors.
• Most recently employed as Deputy Bursar (Finance & HR) in a leading multi-site independent school. The role included responsibility for all non-academic areas excluding premises and catering.
• Local school governor.

Sheila Wilding

• Former Headteacher of two successful primary schools.
• A trained Ofsted inspector.
• Considerable experience as a Senior School Improvement Advisor with impact on improved pupil achievement.
• Experience in mentoring teachers to ensure they deliver good and outstanding learning and with Head teachers through the Head teacher appraisal process.
• Now an independent consultant

Simon Weatherley

• Head of IT at a London based company.
• Managed IT and IT support.
• Skills in procurement, marketing, GDPR, resource management, IT strategy and contract negotiation
• Parent at Kingsdown & Ringwould Primary School

Pete Talbot

• A successful Headteacher of a large urban Primary School in Folkestone

Alex Farbrace

• A Qualified solicitor and has worked as an in-house lawyer for the Financial Conduct Authority, focusing on investigations into breaches of the FCA rules and civil/ criminal law offences.

Ann Campling

• Retired Outstanding Headteacher.
• Qualified as an NLE (National Leader of Education with two consecutive Outstanding Ofsted inspections and three Outstanding Church Inspections.)
• A member of the design team for the NPQH qualification.
• Worked as a School Improvement Officer, helping leadership and governance improve in LA schools.
• First elected Chair of Canterbury City Cluster.
• Qualified headteacher mentor.
• Ofsted trained.
• Brought two schools out of special measures.

Terri Davies