Just six people stand for election to headteacher board in North of England

25 people stand in the South West region
4th August 2017, 2:49pm

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Just six people stand for election to headteacher board in North of England

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Only six candidates are standing in the election for an influential committee that helps to make crucial decisions about schools and academies across the north of England.

The Department for Education today released the list of candidates standing in elections for the eight headteacher boards (HTBs) in England.

They advise the increasingly powerful regional schools commissioners (RSCs) about key decisions about schools in their area, including approving new free schools and academies, deciding whether underperforming maintained schools have to convert, and deciding whether failing academies should be given to new sponsors.

The six people on the ballot paper in the North of England represent less than half the number standing in the next lowest area, north-west London and south-central England, where there are 14 candidates.

The largest number of candidates is in the South West, where 25 people are standing.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: “As there are fewer academies in the North, we would expect there to be fewer academy leaders eligible to stand in the elections than in other regions.

“We are confident that the quality of the candidates in the North will deliver an excellent headteacher board with the skills and expertise required to support school improvement in the region.”

Only current or recent headteachers of outstanding academies, or those judged good with outstanding leadership, are eligible to stand in the elections, and only leaders of academies are eligible to vote.

Voting will take place between 8 September and 21 September, with the results due before the autumn half term.

Four members of each HTB are elected, while others can be appointed by RSCs, or co-opted by the HTB itself.

The boards have been criticised for a lack of transparency about how they operate.

Here is the full list of candidates:

 

East Midlands and the Humber

Peter Bell 

Adam Cooper 

Ged Fitzpatrick 

Pauline Hagen OBE 

Sian Hampton 

Lee Hessey 

Anne Martin 

Chris Mulqueen 

Adrian O’Malley 

Roisin Paul 

Carolyn Robson 

Inderjit Sandhu 

Paul Stone 

Cathy Taylor 

Andrew Truby 

 

East of England and north-east London

Shahina Ahmad 

Andrew Berry 

Tom Canning 

Susannah Connell 

Brian Conway 

Caroline Derbyshire 

Jodh Dhesi 

Iain Michael Erskine 

Joseph Figg 

Simon Gilbert-Barnham 

Rich Green 

Justin James 

Karen Kerridge 

Rachel Macfarlane 

Helena Marsh 

Rebecca Newman 

Diane Rochford 

Jonathan Taylor 

Angela Tempany 

 

Lancashire and West Yorkshire

Richard Ballantine 

Julie Bradley 

Karen Bramwell 

Jane Chambers 

Farhat Choudry 

Michael Gosling 

Pauline Hagen OBE 

Royston Halford 

David Horn 

Tuesday Humby 

Duncan Jacques 

Deborah Mason 

Jo Morgan 

Louise Smith 

Michael Tonge 

David Watson 

Jon Wright 

 

North of England

Debi Bailey 

Zoe Carr 

Chris Clarke 

Nick Hurn 

Dean Judson 

Lesley Powell 

 

North-west London and south-central England

Sarah Bennett 

Dame Sue Bourne DBE 

Jamie Clarke 

Gill Labrum 

Nikki Lamond 

Frances Manning 

Andrew Markham 

Terry Molloy 

Vicky Parsey 

Tom Rees 

Claire Robins 

Andy Squires 

Teresa Tunnadine CBE 

Michelle Willett 

 

South-East England and south London

David Boyle 

Sir Andrew Carter OBE 

Jon Chaloner 

Graham Chisnell 

Alex Clark 

Llyn Codling 

Paula Farrow 

Beverley Gardner 

David Harris 

Declan Jones 

Lee Mason-Ellis 

Alex Russell 

Nardeep Sharma 

Rebecca Stacey 

Marie Sweetlove 

Annemarie Whittle 

 

South-West England

Sally Apps 

Lynn Atkinson 

Jonathan Bishop 

Neil Blundell 

Martin Brook 

Gary Chown 

Ian Cload 

Clare Crowle 

George Croxford 

Barbara Daykin 

Suzanne Flack 

Robert Gasson 

Catherine Hughes 

Paul Jones 

Catriona Mangham 

Siobhan Meredith 

Will Morgan 

Jo Perry 

Antus Phillips 

Paul Rushforth 

David Sammels 

Steve Savory 

Simon Spry 

Liz West 

Jan Woodhouse 

 

West Midlands

Michael Barratt 

Dame Mo Brennan 

Christopher Brislen 

Nicola Clay 

David Coaché 

Rebecca Cox 

Steve Docking 

Mike Donoghue 

Stephen Dunster 

Jane Edgerton 

Catherine Lewis 

Jo Morgan 

Martin Murphy 

Hazel Pulley 

Richard Redgate 

Geraint Roberts 

Kevin Simpson 

Sinead Smith 

Dan Thomas 

Elizabeth Threlkeld 

Darren Turner 

Margaret Yates 

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