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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
Roy Baylis
Principal 
Gordon Farquhar
 
Vice Principal
Achievement & Standards
 
Steve Bowles
 
Vice Principal
Teaching & Learning
 
Dawn Russell
 
Assistant Principal
14-19
 
Joanne Sharkey
Assistant Principal
Inclusion
Carmen Wint
 
Assistant Principal
Attendance and Behaviour
 
Tracy O'Callaghan
 
Administration Manager 
Dawn Jamieson
Finance Manager 
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Heads of Faculty (HoF)
Matt Godwin
Head of Faculty
Sports, Media and Performing Arts
John Boyle
Head of Faculty
Business & Enterprise and ICT
Anthony Buckley
Head of Faculty
Humanities
Lynne Weir
Head of Faculty
Maths
Greg Godwin
Head of Faculty
Science
Yvonne Wood
Head of Faculty
Technology
Jo Moseley
Acting Head of Post 16
Grace Academy Solihull, Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsley Wood, B37 5JS
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