Key Staff (ID 1038)

• Leanne Benge
  Personal Assistant
  Leanne Benge

  Leanne has over 10 years' experience as an Executive Assistant and provides PA support to Andrew. In addition to providing day to day support to Andrew, Leanne works closely with the SEEAT central team and Headteachers across the Trust.

• Emma Breeze
  Education Officer
  Emma Breeze

  Emma has been teaching for 16 years as an AST, SLE and senior leader. She has experience across both Primary and Secondary settings and provides support to both through her SEEAT role.

  Emma is passionate about teacher development, from ITT to senior leadership and is working to develop subject leadership and ITT/ECT provision within the trust.

• Louise Butson
  Primary Finance Support Manager
  Louise Butson

  As well as being the bursar of Prince Avenue Academy, Louise also supports Westborough, Holt Farm Junior and Rochford Primary with their finances.

• Diane Cotgrove
  HR & Payroll Manager
  Diane Cotgrove

  Diane has been working in the Trust for a number of years after joining as HR Manager at Westcliff High School for Girls in 2006 . Diane now co-ordinates HR and payroll across the Trust and supports the schools with any HR issues. Diane is a member of The Chartered Institute of Personal Development (Level 5) and has a Certificate in School Business Management.

• Louise Davy
  Deputy Chief Operating Officer
  Louise Davy

  Louise is a Chartered Accountant with a wealth of knowledge of the education sector.Before joining SEEAT she worked with the Essex School Finance Support Team and has worked with scores of schools across Essex, both primary and secondary.Louise also assists with all the other areas of the COO role but leads the finance function, external audit and internal scrutiny.

• Adrian Lyons
  School Improvement
  Adrian Lyons

  Until September 2021, Adrian was one of the most experienced of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, and Ofsted’s national lead for economics, business and enterprise. Adrian provides the Executive Team with expert counsel on school improvement.

  As well as his knowledge of school improvement gained through regularly leading the inspections of secondary and primary schools, he has also led major national surveys such as ‘Getting Ready for Work’ in 2016.

• Darren Sanders
  IT Manager
  Darren Sanders

  Darren has extensive experience as a Network Manager and is responsible for leading the central IT function at Westcliff High School for Girls and across the Trust. Darren supports the schools across the Trust with their technology operations and manages the core infrastructure to ensure efficiency and compatibility in the systems.

• Sally Scott
  Payroll Manager
  Sally Scott

  As well as looking after the day to day finances at Westborough School, Sally is also the payroll manager for SEEAT.

• Caroline Thornton
  Pastoral Care & Inclusion Manager
  Caroline Thornton

  Caroline is an experienced pastoral care and inclusion manager who works across all of the SEEAT schoolsdeveloping and implementing effective practices that support vulnerable pupils and families.This includes children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Looked After Children (LAC), English as an Additional Language (EAL) and children entitled to Pupil Premium (PP). Caroline is also responsible for leadership and management across the Trust for Safeguarding and Attendance.

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• Sarah White
  SEEAT Administrator
  Sarah White

  Sarah is responsible for the organisation of the SEEAT Institute events. This includes the planning of conferences, managing bookings and liaising with teaching staff for community meetings and any other mid term meetings that take place through out the school year. Sarah prepares reports/evaluations and presentations for each of the events.

  Sarah also co-ordinates the SEEAT institute programmes and works closely with the Director of Education and the Head of Inclusion to provide support where required.