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Group Chair
Michael Jaffrain, Principal, Loreto Sixth Form College
Group Vice Chair
Shireen Razey, Executive Principal, Christ the King Sixth Form College
Members:
- Adam Sturt, Vice Principal for TLA, Curriculum and Quality, UCS College Group
- Alastair Mullins, Assistant Principal - Academic Programmes & Value, HRUC (Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges)
- Andrea Quantrill, Director of Quality and High Performance, Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
- Andrew Cropley, Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Vision West Nottinghamshire College
- Andrew Stephenson, Vice Principal, New College Durham
- Anne-Marie Francis , Vice Principal – Curriculum, Wigan & Leigh College
- Carl Ara, Assistant Principal, Nottingham College (The)
- Caroline Wareing, Head of 16-19, Blackpool and The Fylde College
- Cath Brierley, Deputy Principal Curriculum and Quality, Stoke on Trent College
- Catherine Orridge, Assistant Principal, Newcastle College Group (NCG)
- Charlotte Corfield, Interim Executive of Curriculum, Quality and Student Journey, City College Plymouth
- Claire Millard, Vice Principal Curriculum & Quality, Dudley College of Technology
- Corinne Barker, Group Director of Curriculum, Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
- David Lycett, Assistant Principal, City of Portsmouth College
- Debbie Garroway, Deputy Principal Curriculum and Quality, Chelmsford College
- Faye Williams, Vice Principal, Curriculum & Quality Moulton College
- Gary Durant, Vice Principal, Weston College
- Gill Burbridge, Principal, Leyton Sixth Form College
- Graham Thompson, Principal, St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College
- Hayley Allsopp, VP Students, Barnsley College
- Helen Van Aardt , Loughborough College Principal, Loughborough College Group
- Helen Wood, Assistant Principal Young People, Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG)
- Jackie Moores, Principal/CEO, Tameside College
- Jade Ottey, Vice Principal, Exeter College
- James Eagney, Assistant Principal - Performance & Progress, Reasheath College
- Jasbir Sondhi, Group Principal for Young People, English, Mathematics and SEND Capital City College Group
- Jo Thomas-Moore, Director of Curriculum, Walsall College
- Karen Hucker, Principal, Bexhill College
- Karen Spencer, Principal & CEO, Harlow College
- Kate Da Costa, Deputy Principal – Curriculum Development, Cambridge Regional College
- Kirk Hookham, Deputy CEO, South Staffordshire College
- Laura Lavender, Director of Inclusion, Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
- Dr Lindsay Pamphilon, Chief Executive Office and Principal, East Surrey College (Orbital South Colleges)
- Lisa Macdonald, Group Executive Director – Curriculum and Quality, Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
- Marian Curran, Principal, St Brendan's Sixth Form College
- Matt Ridgill, Assistant Principal: Academic Education, Derby College (DCG)
- Matt Smith, Deputy Principal, Boston College
- Matthew Harbour, Vice Principal & Deputy CEO, South Devon College
- Michaela Lines, Director of Study Programmes, Hull College Group
- Mohammed Ramzan, VP Quality and Student Experience, St Helens College
- Nick Holbrook-Sutcliffe, Chief Curriculum Officer, East Kent College Group (EKC)
- Pauline Hughes, Vice Principal Quality & Student Experience, Kirklees College
- Rachel Tarplee, Vice Principal - Curriculum and Quality, Blackburn College
- Sara Russell, Principal & CEO, Peter Symonds Sixth Form College
- Sebastian Gasse, Vice Principal Student and College Services, City College Norwich
- Sharon Sheppard, Vice Principal, Askham Bryan College
- Shaun Cook, Bedford College, Campus Principal (Tresham/Corby/Wellingborough/NC4MS)
- Shelly Brown, Director of Curriculum Quality & Performance, NSCG Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group
- Steve Dann, Principal, Long Road Sixth Form College
- Tim Whitaker, Principal & CEO, Askham Bryan College
Meeting dates 2025/26
- Tuesday 14 October 2025, 13:00pm-15:00pm online
- Tuesday 24 February 2026, 13:00pm-15:00pm online
- Wednesday 10 June 2026, 11:00am-13:00pm (f2f - AoC London)