Grace Academy Darlaston Key Staff

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Executive Leadership Team

Academy Leadership Team

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Executive Leadership Team (ELT)

The ELT is the Management Board responsible for the corporate leadership & management of the group of Academies on behalf of the Governing Board. The ELT focus on corporate strategy across the Academies in key functional activities:

Educational Strategies including E-Learning and Lead Lesson Integration and approaches to CfL & BfL, Training & Development
Operations & Finance, including: HR support, staff structures, Facility Management & ICT
Generic Policies, Systems and Procedures

CEO Stephen Chase chairs the Executive Leadership Team, which includes the following Directors and Principals:

Mike Ison - Director of Finance & Operations
Gary Spicer - Director of Business, Community & Ethos
Judith Wood - Associate Director for Corporate Development
Nick Marshall - Principal, GA Coventry
Roy Baylis - Principal, GA Solihull
David Shaw - Principal, GA Darlaston

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Academy Leadership Team (ALT)

The ALT is responsible for the local leadership and management of the Academy on behalf of the Local Governing Body, within the strategic framework set by the Governing Board and ELT. ALT has responsiblity and accountability in the local context for:

The Academy Development Plan
Educational Standards, delivery of Teaching & Learning, Curriculum and Timetable
CfL/BfL Implementation
Staffing including Management, Recruitment, Training and PMR
Student Assessment and Results
Attendance
Parent and Community Liasion

David Shaw
Principal

Julie Anstey
Senior Vice Principal Supporting Learning

Ian Jones
Vice Principal (Acting) Progress & Standards

Kathryn Holland
Trainee Vice Principal

Christine Wheeler
Assistant Principal Inclusion

Pavandeep Johal
Assistant Principal Communications

Steve Livesey
Assistant Principal Mathematics

Phil Miles
Associate Principal Ethos & Student Life

Pauline Wootton
Administration Manager

Sally Barnes
Finance Manager

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Heads of Faculty (HoF)

Ann Brooks
Head of Faculty Business Enterprise & Social Sciences

Mark Hulme
Head of Faculty Science & Technology

Oliver Jones
Head of Faculty Arts, Sports & Leisure

Danni Stonehouse
Head of Sixth Form