Education Partners’ Group – Norfolk School Leaders’ Association

Education Partners' Group

This is a new group, formed by the amalgamation of several others, which held it’s inaugural meeting in June 2024.

This group enables us to work collaboratively, sharing what’s working well and things we, in our own areas of expertise, have identified as requiring change. The diversity and broad representation of group members means we can extrapolate findings across the system. Those findings will be fed into other groups, such as the Norfolk Learning Collaborative, where action plans for change can be created and seen to fruition.

As Norfolk School Leaders Association, we bring findings from our monthly surveys, Open Forums and any other meetings where any anecdotal feedback received has been considered.

We invite all key stakeholders in the Norfolk education system to be a part of this group. Representatives from the institutions below have been invited to take part. If you feel we have missed someone, please do not hesitate to get in contact so we can rectify this.

Partners	Representative/s
Diocese of Norwich	Paul Dunning, Director of Education, Diocese of Norwich Chris Allen, RE Advisor and Lead Officer for SIAMS
Further Education
Governor Services	Helen Wardale, Governance Intervention Lead Officer
Inspiration Teaching School Hub
Julian Teaching School Hub	Ben Serruys, Acting Director Designate
Local Authority	Sam Fletcher, Assistant Director: Education Infrastructure & Partnerships, Jane Hayman, Assistant Director, James Wilson, Director of Sufficiency, Planning and Education Strategy
Mainstream Alternative and Specialist Provision	Glyn Hambling, Chief Executive Officer, Unity Education Trust
NASSH Chair
NGN Chair	Anne Gibson,
NSLA Chair	Jess Balado, Headteacher, Thurlton Primary School
NSLA Vice Chair, External Liaison	Sarah Shirras, Executive Headteacher, The Hive Federation
NSLA Vice Chair, Primary	Alex Griffiths, Headteacher, Costessey Primary School
NSLA Vice Chair, Secondary	Jim Adams, CEO, Clarion Corvus Trust
School and Community Zones	Rob Cole Assistant Director: Partnership, Schools & Communities Service
Schools’ Forum Chair	Martin White
VNET representative	Sonia Innes, Education Director

Education Partners' Group

Partners

Representative/s

Diocese of Norwich

Paul Dunning, Director of Education, Diocese of Norwich

Chris Allen, RE Advisor and Lead Officer for SIAMS

Further Education

Governor Services

Helen Wardale, Governance Intervention Lead Officer

Inspiration Teaching School Hub

Julian Teaching School Hub

Ben Serruys, Acting Director Designate

Local Authority

Sam Fletcher, Assistant Director: Education Infrastructure & Partnerships,

Jane Hayman, Assistant Director,

James Wilson, Director of Sufficiency, Planning and Education Strategy

Mainstream Alternative and Specialist Provision

Glyn Hambling, Chief Executive Officer, Unity Education Trust

NASSH Chair

NGN Chair

Anne Gibson,

NSLA Chair

Jess Balado, Headteacher, Thurlton Primary School

NSLA Vice Chair, External Liaison

Sarah Shirras, Executive Headteacher, The Hive Federation

NSLA Vice Chair, Primary

Alex Griffiths, Headteacher, Costessey Primary School

NSLA Vice Chair, Secondary

Jim Adams, CEO, Clarion Corvus Trust

School and Community Zones

Rob Cole Assistant Director: Partnership, Schools & Communities Service

Schools’ Forum Chair

Martin White

VNET representative

Sonia Innes, Education Director

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