Patrick Shelley Start of Service – 19 June 2023 Pat has spent 25 years in Local Government working in Portsmouth, Stoke-on-Trent and London. During this time, he managed a range of services for young people including youth services, Connexions, targeted youth support and teenage pregnancy services. His last position was as Strategic Manager (Assistant Director)…
Michael Finney Start of Service – Michael is a retired design engineer and has served on the Board of Governors since his sons were pupils at Eaton Park Primary School. He has continued on the Board of Governors to the present time, helping to support all of the staff to give the best possible start…
Stephen Bradbury Start of Service – 01 September 2020 Steve started working at Abbey Hill Special School in 1983 where he progress through to the Senior Leadership team until he retired in 2010 very proud of the fact that the three Ofsted inspections at the school, all resulted in “outstanding”. As Head of the upper…
Dave Hughes Start of Service – 08 January 2024 Dave is an Independent Governor on the local governing body of Sneyd Academy. He is a parent of 2 children, 1 of whom attends the Academy. In his professional life, Dave is a Commercial Manager within the Sainsbury’s Group, with over 20 years’ experience in industry.…
Charlotte Bennett Charlotte is Chair of Governors at The Discovery Academy and Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. She was previously Centre Principal at Macclesfield College and Director of Quality and Higher Education at Stoke-on-Trent College. Born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, Charlotte has a strong connection to the…
Kate Townsend Kate originally joined the Alpha Academies Trust over 10 years ago as a Trustee and completed her term of office as Chair at the end of August 2024, before joining the Board of Holden Lane Academy on 1 September 2024. She is also a Governor and Chair of the Excel Academy local governing…