Members & Trustees | Learning Community Trust

Mr. Mike Briscoe

Start Date: 17th July 2017

CHAIR OF TRUST / NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / MEMBER

Mike is Chair of the Learning Community Trust and also Non-Executive Director. Living locally, Mike is passionate about the area, communities and opportunities for learners. He has worked at senior levels in the education sector for more than 40 years and is highly experienced in leadership, governance and education policy including high level consultancy in the UK and internationally.

Mr. Nathan Wallis

Start Date: 1st September 2021

LCT MEMBER

Nathan Wallis is Chief of Staff and a Group Executive member at specialist Financial Mutual Wesleyan. He has over 15 years corporate communications and colleague engagement experience working across HR, media relations and internal communications. He has experience in multiple industries from financial services (Wesleyan, HBOS), public services (Amey plc) and the civil service (Highways England). Nathan’s role as Chief of Staff sees him leading a broad portfolio of activity including strategy, corporate responsibility, communications and culture.

Nathan was previously a Trustee of the Learning Community Trust and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. He is a father of three young children with deep-rooted links to Telford and the local education sector.

Dr. Ganesh Mahadeva

Start Date: 1st May 2019

LCT MEMBER

Dr Ganesh is the Lead Consultant Paediatrician and a Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and has been the Medical Director of the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust since 2014 until he stepped down from the role of Medical Director in October 2018.

During his tenure of Medical Director, he led the Trust’s Children and Family services to “good” rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Dr Ganesh is the Board member of the Telford and Wrekin Children Safeguarding Board and continues to be the designated doctor for Safeguarding.

He has contributed to the operation Chalice, the Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) that unfortunately affected our Shropshire Children and formed part of a multi-agency approach to combating CSE in Shropshire. Dr Ganesh has extensive experience in public protection work including child abuse, child neglect, child death and CSE. Residing in Telford and with his, now grown up, children having attended local schools, Dr Ganesh is passionate about equity of access to high quality of local public services like Health and Education in Shropshire and wishes to continue to work with partner agencies to achieve it.

Mrs. Pat Smart

Start Date: 1st May 2021

LCT MEMBER

Pat Smart is a mother and grandmother and has lived in Hadley since the age of 7 when her family returned from Brazil where she was born.

She is committed to the local community, especially to the schools and the children. She believes that education is the gate to the future and teachers hold the keys. Whilst Chairman of Hadley and Leegomery Parish Council Pat donated trophies for each school to award annually to their singers in a bid to encourage choral singing which she considers to be invaluable to social cohesion and mental health.

Along with her late husband, John, Pat worked to improve the local environment and through him, to have a green space registered as a village green to protect it from development. Together they have always supported the schools and children of all ages offering any help they could including developing a youth club. She helped to lead a campaign to keep a secondary school in Hadley and supported HLC from its inception.

Mr. Mike Briscoe

Start Date: 17th July 2017

CHAIR OF TRUST / NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / MEMBER

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

Mike is Chair of the Learning Community Trust and also Non-Executive Director. Living locally, Mike is passionate about the area, communities and opportunities for learners. He has worked at senior levels in the education sector for more than 40 years and is highly experienced in leadership, governance and education policy including high level consultancy in the UK and internationally.

Mrs. Jane Hughes

Start Date: 1st Nov 2022

CEO OF TRUST

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/11/22

Information coming soon.

Mr. David James

Start Date: 17th July 2017

NON EXECUTIVE HR DIRECTOR / TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

David has held senior roles in teaching, local government and the General Teaching Council for England (GTCE). CIPD qualified since 1994, his experience includes Head of Professional Regulation at the GTCE and Head of Personnel Services in the Shropshire LEA . He has been a special adviser to government on the development of policy on school staffing issues and is now an HR consultant working mainly in the education sector.

Mr. David Wootton

Start Date: 17th July 2017

TRUSTEE / LEAD FOR GOVERNANCE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

With forty years in Education David has had varied career. He has been Chief Executive of one of the highest performing School Groups in the country, Executive Principal within a Trust, Academy Principal, Headteacher and Music Teacher. David was also an Adviser to the Department for Education, served on Ministerial Working Parties, member of the YPLA/EFA Boards, Chair of the Independent Academies Association, and a long standing member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Leadership and Governance. David is now consultant adviser working across the educational spectrum.

Prof. David Woods

Start Date: 17th July 2017

TRUSTEE / LEADER FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

David Woods has been a teacher, senior leader, teacher trainer and local authority adviser. He was formally the Chief Education Adviser for the City of Birmingham and subsequently the Chief Adviser for the London Challenge. Currently he is Chair of the London Leadership Strategy, Chair of the Birmingham Education Partnership School Improvement Advisory Board and a Visiting Education Professor at Warwick University and the Institute of Education, University College, London. He has written and spoken extensively on education particularly on school improvement.

Mrs. Christine Davies, CBE

Start Date: 17th July 2017

TRUSTEE / LEADER FOR SAFEGUARDING

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

Christine is a former Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services. Director of Children's Services, Telford and Wrekin Council (1997- 2007), previously teacher, psychologist and Director of Education. Advisor to the LGA, currently member of the Youth Justice Board for the Office of the Children's Commissioner. Awarded CBE for an "outstanding contribution to education".

Mr. Clive Jones

Start Date: 1st September 2021

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/09/2021
New term of office start: 01/09/2021
New term of office end: 01/09/2025

In January 2016 I became responsible for fulfilling the responsibilities of the Statutory Director of Children’s Services (DCS) for Telford & Wrekin Council and shortly afterwards the Statutory Director of Adult Social Services. As DCS I had professional responsibility for the leadership, strategy and effectiveness of local authority children’s services and for securing the provision of services which address the needs of all children and young people, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable, and their families and carers.

I joined Telford & Wrekin Council in 1990 and worked in children’s services as an Assistant Director since 2008. In that time I focussed on improving outcomes for children, young people and adults across a range of services including Building Schools for the Future programme, school organisation, school catering and cleaning, transport, housing, youth services, youth offending services, community safety, educational psychology, family support and intervention, children centres, commissioning for vulnerable children, families and adults and Family Connect (single point of referral for all children and family services). I was a member of the Telford & Wrekin Safeguarding Children Board from 2008 - 2020.
My roles involved me in developing the strategic direction, partnerships and priorities of the council, and securing their implementation, through cooperative working with elected members, colleagues and service partners

In 2020 Ofsted judged children’s services in Telford to be outstanding following an inspection. I retired from my role as DCS in November 2020. I continue to provide support to the DfE as an Improvement Advisor. Outside of work I am a committed volunteer at a local cricket club and enjoy a wide range of sports with my family
I am passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children, young people, families and adults within the Borough, making the biggest difference to those that are most disadvantaged.

Mrs. Stephanie Bridgewater

Start Date: 1st March 2021

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/03/2021
New term of office start: 01/03/2021
New term of office end: 01/03/2025

Having been born in the area, I have a wealth of local knowledge. My working life began in the private sector, predominantly in manufacturing, during which time I gained a Diploma in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management.

In 2007, the need for a change in career meant that I moved to the public sector to work for HM Land Registry, initially as an Executive Registration Officer and most recently as Higher Registration Officer.

I have one daughter who attended Ercall Wood Academy where I spent 4 years as a Parent Governor working alongside the Headteacher and Learning Community Trust to aid the successful conversion of Ercall Wood from maintained school to Academy.

I also volunteer as secretary for Telford Netball Club. Any spare time that I do have is spent walking my 2 working cocker spaniels in the beautiful Shropshire countryside.

Mrs. Lisa Jinks

Start Date: 1st September 2021

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/09/2021
New term of office start: 01/09/2021
New term of office end: 01/09/2025

Information coming soon

Wendy Jay

Start Date: 1st January 2023

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/01/23

I have lived in the local community all my life and I have worked in the Housing Sector for a considerable number of years. I have been employed within the social housing and homelessness sector and I pride myself in being a Housing Professional. I am Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualified. I have developed my own professional capabilities through personal development. I strongly believe that you never stop learning through your career and personal life and it is a priority to keep developing yourself going forward. Every day is a school day. As well as Senior Management experience I have had hands on experience of working and communicating with people within the community. As a Trust Member I will endeavour to make a positive contribution, to be able to give something back to the community and continue to maintain the high standards expected.

Nigel Lee

Start Date: 1st January 2023

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/01/23

Nigel began his career as a helicopter pilot in the RAF, in both Search & Rescue and special forces roles. He has served across the UK and in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands and Iraq. His experience in healthcare began in 2006 as hospital director for the BUPA hospital on the Wirral, before divisional director roles at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Aintree University Hospital. Nigel has had senior operational roles with the Cheshire & Merseyside major trauma network as well as leading a range of large scale service configuration developments in Merseyside. Nigel joined The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SATH) from his role as Director of Secondary Care for the North Wales Health Board, where he was responsible for 4 hospital sites, women’s & childrens services and a Specialist Cancer Centre. Nigel has been the Chief Operating Officer at SATH since 2018, including leading the Trust response to the Covid pandemic; he has led planned care and diagnostics programmes and played a lead role in the system-wide urgent & emergency care developments. Since early 2022, Nigel has been the Director of Strategy and Partnerships, working with health and care partners across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.

Marie Price

Start Date: 1st January 2023

TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 01/01/23

I am a Director of Primary Education in a 4 school Trust based in the West Midlands, with over 20 years experience in Primary Education. Having been a Head Teacher, SENCo/ Inclusion Manager of an MLD resource base and DSL, I now work across a number of Primary schools looking closely at school improvement. I have vast experience of all aspects of Trust management including risk, finance, HR, governance and strategic planning. Having recently gained my NPQEL I am now looking to widen my experiences in the governance of Secondary and Specialist provision, whilst still being able to offer my skills and expertise to a wider community.

Mrs. Bev Tyley

Start Date: 17th July 2017
End Date: 31st December 2022

NON-EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR / TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
End Date: 31/12/2022
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

Beverly is a qualified accountant with extensive senior management experience in the public and education sectors. Professional roles have included strategic and hands on responsibility for finance, IT, data management, estates, human resources, marketing and customer services. She has also taught on AAT and CIPD programmes. After several years acting as the lead governor for finance at HLC, she is currently non-executive Finance Director to the Trust.

Mrs. Bev Tyley

Start Date: 17th July 2017
End Date: 31st December 2022

NON-EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR / TRUSTEE

Term of Office: 4 Years
Start Date: 17/07/2017
End Date: 31/12/2022
New term of office start: 17/07/21
New term of office end: 16/07/2025

Beverly is a qualified accountant with extensive senior management experience in the public and education sectors. Professional roles have included strategic and hands on responsibility for finance, IT, data management, estates, human resources, marketing and customer services. She has also taught on AAT and CIPD programmes. After several years acting as the lead governor for finance at HLC, she is currently non-executive Finance Director to the Trust.

Trust Members

Mr. Mike Briscoe

Nathan Wallis

Dr. Ganesh Mahadeva

Pat Smart

Board of Trustees

Mike Briscoe

Jane Hughes

David James

David Wootton

Prof. David Woods

Christine Davies. CBE

Clive Jones

Stephanie Bridgewater

Lisa Jinks

Wendy Jay

Nigel Lee

Marie Price

Graham Hutchinson

Andrew Harris

Bev Tyley

Dr. Gill Eatough

Erica Aston

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