SEND Reference Group

Members:

• Aaron Denton, Vice Principal of Student Experience and Pastoral Support, Derby College (DCG)
• Alan Mckenna, Deputy Director SEND and Inclusive Provision (14-16), Leeds City College (Luminate Education Group)
• 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)
• Elaine Dale OBE, DIrector of SEND support and Nursery, ETF Centre for Excellence in SEND City College Norwich
• Gill Worgan, Principal and Chief Executive, West Herts College Group (WHCG)
• Heather Clarke, Deputy Principal, Loughborough College
• Jane Horsfall, Head of ALS & SEND, Peterborough College/Inspire Education Group
• Jason Lancaster, Principal and CEO, Northampton College
• Jeremy Lloyd, Assistant Principal SEND & Designated Safeguarding Lead, Cambridge Regional College
• Jo Campbell, Director of SEND Development & Director of EKC Group, East Kent College (EKC) Group
• Joanne Kavanagh, Head of Inclusive Learning, Reaseheath College
• Karen Richardson, Assistant Principal Student Support, East Surrey College (Orbital South Colleges)
• Kate Martin, Deputy Principal, Derby College (DCG)
• 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, Group Head of SEND and Inclusion for Curriculum, Peterborough College/Inspire Education Group
• Laurence Frewin, Principal & CEO, South Devon College
• Leon Dowd, Deputy Principal, Tameside College
• Louise Wardle-Miller, Head of Support and Inclusion, SMB College Group
• 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
• Pat Carvalho, Principal and Chief Executive, BMet College
• Phaedra Tanghe, Vice Principal - student support, Plumpton College
• Rachel Black, Chief Executive, The Orpheus Centre
• Ruth Perry, Senior Policy Officer, Association of National Specialist Colleges (NATSPEC)
• Sam Mayhew OBE, Director of SEND, Weston College
• Samantha Rooney, Assistant Principal, Isle of Wight College
• Sarah Le Good, Assistant Principal Inclusion, Sheffield College
• Sharon Legg, Head of SEND, Halesowen College
• 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
• Vicki Illingworth, Executive Principal and Deputy CEO, Chichester College Group

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