HOME OUR SCHOOLS WHO WE ARE GOVERNANCE OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT US Who we are Meet the people behind the Edwin Jones Trust The Headteachers Gary Hampton Headteacher at Harefield Primary School Gary Hampton is Headteacher of Harefield Primary School set in a disadvantaged area of Southampton. He was educated in Southampton and spent his teaching career in the city. He has led Harefield Primary School through amalgamation, rebuild and academy conversion. During this time the school moved from “serious weaknesses” to “outstanding” and is now a national Support School. As a National Leader of Education Gary has supported a number of schools in the area. Currently Gary is Executive Headteacher of a Sponsored academy converter school that had been placed into “special measures” in 2012. Gary is working within the Hamwic Trust which currently contains two multi academy trusts and which will have ten academies by 2014. He is currently a director of and leading the development in the second trust of schools based on local community values and the desire for schools to work together. This is providing unique opportunities for improving pupil outcomes and extending continuing professional development opportunities for staff across all schools. The trust is currently seeking Teaching School status to develop professional opportunities and accreditation for staff. The trust is currently making a Free School application to provide an all through 4-17 on site provision. Read more > Beverly Corbin Headteacher at Townhill Infant School Townhill Infant School is a 3 form infant school. We educate children from Year R to Year 2. Our school is a friendly, welcoming school with an ethos of high expectations and to inspire success in all our children. We have a broad curriculum which covers all subjects and is based on offering the children a wide range of learning opportunities within a stimulating environment. We aim to make these both engaging and fun, as well as differentiated activities to ensure that all children receive the provision they need to make progress. Our school also offers a range of after school clubs as well as both before and after school care on our site. We have an outstanding rating from Ofsted and our children achieve very well compared to the national expectation. We welcome parents into school and would encourage all parents to be actively involved in their child's education. Our school is a fun and friendly place to be and at the heart of our school is offer the highest level of education to all our children to ensure that all of our children thrive and achieve. Read more > Sue Marsh Headteacher at Beechwood Junior School I have been Headteacher at Beechwood Junior School for 2 years now and think myself incredibly lucky to lead such a wonderful school. I began my time at Beechwood as a newly qualified teacher so have seen the school through many changes, some very difficult challenges and some incredible successes. We are a school that is judged ‘good’ by Ofsted and are working towards being ‘outstanding’. We pride ourselves on our inclusivity and have recently been awarded the Inclusion Quality Mark. Read more > Joanne Dorricott Headteacher at Glenfield Infant School I studied at Chichester University for 4 years where I gained BA(Hons) QTS. I came back to Southampton to start my teaching career at Heathfield Infant School (now Valentine) before moving to St Monica Infants in Sholing. Here I became a Lead Learner supporting the Local Authorities drive to improve the quality of teaching across Southampton. During my four years at St Monica an inspector nominated me for an award and I was one of 200 people invited to Downing Street to celebrate the work of classroom teachers with The Prime Minister Tony Blair. In 2004 I then moved to Glenfield Infants as Deputy Head Teacher which at the time only had 100 pupils on roll. This was a short appointment as after a year the Head left and I took up the Acting Head role. Eighteen months later I was appointed the substantive Headteacher and gained my NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headteachers). The school has grown considerably during this time and we currently have 270 on roll. In 2014 I became co-head with Liz Carrie after having maternity leave. I currently work 3 days in school. I thoroughly enjoy my job its challenges and rewards and am delighted to be part of the Edwin Jones Trust. Read more > Liz Carrie Headteacher at Glenfield Infant School I studied at la Sainte Union College of Higher Education, Southampton for 4 years to attain a Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree. I completed my NQT year in Luton, Bedfordshire and then moved back to Southampton to work at Holbury Infant School on the edge of the New Forest. During this time I was given the responsibility for setting up and teaching part time within the schools first nurture group with an Educational Psychologist – whilst I undertook the required training and certification in ‘Understanding the Theory and Practice of Nurture Groups’ through Cambridge University. The school went through an amalgamation process to become Cadland Primary School. At this time my new Headteacher appointed me as UPS 3 for monitoring and ensuring the expected standards across the school for the teaching of phonics. In 2007, I moved to Glenfield Infant to take a TLR post for Inclusion. Within a few years I was given role of setting up and teaching within the schools first nurture group, whilst teaching in Early Years part-time. During 2010, the substantive Headteacher went on maternity leave, and I became Acting Deputy for a year. After that year, upon the return of the Headteacher, I was appointed as Deputy Headteacher, with one day a week as Acting Head. Two years later, on the second maternity leave of the Headteacher I was given the responsibility of Acting Headship for 9 months, during which time the school went through conversion to Academy status, and became a full 3 form entry school. Following the part-time return of the Headteacher in May 2014, I became the co-headteacher, leading the school for 2 days. Read more > The Board of Directors The Academic Board is made up of the headteachers who also sit on the Board of Directors and meet half termly. The Academic Board will drive work identified as key areas for development in the Trust. These include the development and enhancement of the curriculum, developing research and development so that Trust teachers can become active agents of change in the profession, and identifying and meeting CPD opportunities that are focussed and of high quality. Subject to the overall responsibilities of the Board of Directors, the Academic Board is responsible for academic standards across the Edwin Jones Trust in order to: Raise expectations Set expected standards of performance and effectiveness Provide challenge and triggers to act on needed improvement Recommend specific priorities for improvement Identify potential sources of support from within the Trust Promote and check on progress Promote rigour in self- evaluation Enhance capacity to improve Support from within the MaT The Trust has a Standards team who are Ofsted trained. They lead regular monitoring visits in the schools. These visits are conducted using headteachers and other leaders from across the schools and judgements are reached according to Ofsted standards. Reports are shared by all headteachers. This practice of shared support visits build collective accountability for the standards in a school and supports the Academic Board (see below) in identifying strengths and weaknesses. Our Central Managed Service Team support schools in key business areas including finance, HR, Premises, Health and Safety, IT and Family Support. Board of Directors Susan Rafter Chair of Board Ronald Taylor Director Steve Joyce Chair of Governors – Townhill Infant School Robert Farmer CEO Valerie King Director Steve Preston Director Contact us News Read the latest news from Edwin Jones Trust. Read more > What we do We will strive for excellence in all aspects of our work. Find out more > Opportunities To deliver an outstanding education we employ the best people. Read more > News Read the latest news from Edwin Jones Trust. Read more > Opportunities To deliver an outstanding education we employ the best people. 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