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Group Chair
Asfa Sohail, Executive Principal and Chief Learning Officer, London & South East Colleges
Members:
- Aaron Denton, Vice Principal of Student Experience and Pastoral Support, Derby College (DCG)
- Anna Jackson, Vice Principal, BMet College
- Christine Ricketts, Principal & CEO, Brooklands College
- Clair Etchell-Johnson, Head of Department Foundation Learning and High Needs, Isle of Wight College
- Claire Gordon, Head of Inclusion, Stoke on Trent College
- Claire Heywood, Group Assistant Principal SEN, Newcastle College Group (NCG)
- Gemma Burton, Head of Inclusive Learning and MINT, City College Norwich
- Gill Worgan CBE, Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College Group (WHCG)
- Heather Clarke, Deputy Principal, Loughborough College Group
- Jason Lancaster, Principal and CEO, Northampton College
- Jeremy Lloyd, Assistant Principal SEND & Designated Safeguarding Lead, Cambridge Regional College
- Jessica Rymill, Deputy Head, Pathways to Further Learning and Work and Supported Internships Lead, Leeds City College (Luminate Education Group)
- Jo Campbell, Director of SEND Development & Director of EKC Group, East Kent College (EKC) Group
- Karen Richardson, Assistant Principal Student Support, East Surrey College (Orbital South Colleges)
- Katrina Dougherty, Vice Principal - Enterprise and Innovation, Hertford Regional College
- Katrina O'Brien, Head of Department - Additional Leaning Support, Bedford College Group (The)
- Laila Bentley, Assistant Principal – Student Experience and Support, Peterborough College/Inspire Education Group
- Laura Rees, Head of Faculty - SEND, Learner Engagement & Inspire Hubs, Peterborough College/Inspire Education Group
- Laurence Frewin, Principal & CEO, South Devon College
- Leon Dowd, Deputy Principal, Tameside College
- Lisa Humphries, Associate Principal: Students/Customers, Chichester College Group
- Louisa Owen, TLA Quality Consultant, Reaseheath College
- Martin Shelton, Director of Lifelong Learning and Employability, Linkage Community Trust
- Meisha Harding, Head of SEND, Brooklands College
- Natalie Fallaize, Head of SEN, City College Plymouth
- Pauline Killoran, Group Head of ALS and SEND, Peterborough College/Inspire Education Group
- Phaedra Tanghe, Vice Principal - student support, Plumpton College
- Ruth Perry, Senior Policy Officer, Association of National Specialist Colleges (NATSPEC)
- Sam Mayhew OBE, Assistant Principal – Inclusive Practice, New College Swindon
- Samantha Rooney, Assistant Principal, Isle of Wight College
- Sarah Le Good, Assistant Principal Inclusion, Sheffield College
- Sharon Legg, Head of SEND, Halesowen College
- Simon Brown, Director of SEND and Additional Learning Support, Chichester College Group
- Sophie Sanderson, Head of SEND and Learning Support, Derby College (DCG)
- Ste Bailey, Executive Assistant Principal, Student Support & Foundation Learning, Wirral Metropolitan College
- Tamarra Taylor, Executive Director of Learner Services for Grimsby Institute, Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
- Tammy Bragg, Head of Student Support, Dudley College of Technology
- Thomas Goodridge, Assistant Principal Academic & Vocational Support, Northampton College
Meeting dates 2025/26
- Wednesday 8 October 2025 14:00pm-15:30pm
- Wednesday 4 March 2026 14:00pm-15:30pm
- Tuesday 16 June 2026 15:00pm-16:30pm