Full Staff Output

Executive Team

• Saira Luffman

  Chief Executive Officer

• Lindsey Crawshaw

  Executive Assistant to Chief Executive

• Stuart Voyce

  Executive Director of School Improvement

• Adam Marham

  Chief Operating Officer

• Neville Lawson

  Director of Finance

• Michelle Ashby

  Director of SEND and Safeguarding

• Rupa Barson

  Primary Lead

• Katie Bedford

  Director of HR

• Andrea Farmery

  Director for Attendance

• Mark Newman

  Director of ICT and Data Intelligence

Principals

• Rupa Barson

  Headteacher - Churwell Primary Academy

• Joe Birkbeck

  Interim Principal - Rodillian Academy

• Paul Carney

  Principal - Brayton Academy

• Carl Miller

  Principal - Southway

• Diana Townshend

  Principal - The Featherstone Academy

• Danielle Williams

  Principal - BBG Academy

• Hannah Wilson

  Principal - UTC Leeds

Trust Board

• Annette Hall

  Trust Chair

  Annette became Chair of the Trust in January 2020. Annette brings extensive experience of senior leadership in education together with Board experience at Trustee and Chair level in Multi Academy Trusts, and director-level experience in the university sector.

• Jan Bennett

  Trustee

  Jan is a qualified teacher who taught mathematics in secondary schools and further education for over 25 years. She joined Ofsted as one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of schools in 2002 and was also a senior leader in a large general further education college.

• Sarah Cooper

  Trustee

  Sarah was born in Yorkshire and has worked in blue chip engineering and manufacturing organisations before transitioning to a career in Human Resources. Sarah is currently employed as Director of People Services at Bradford College, a large Further Education College offering a wide range of educational opportunities across a diverse student population in the heart of Bradford. She is also the Senior Post Holder responsible for Health and Safety and Data Protection.

• Tim Craven

  Trustee

  Tim is an experienced leader in both national and international regulated commercial organisations with in-depth technology knowledge, combined with extensive change management and customer relationship building skills. He has led multi-skilled teams through complex transformations including start-up, scale-up and restructuring programmes.

• Jason Field

  Trustee

  Jason is a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in finance and resources. Jason has 10 years’ experience in the academy sector including as a Chief Finance Officer for three Multi Academy Trusts.

• Chris Frame

  Trustee

  Chris is a dual qualified senior insurance and litigation solicitor in England and Wales and New Zealand with experience acting for leading insurers, reinsurers, brokers and loss adjusters. He has experience of cases involving Directors and Officers Liability and other forms of insurance.

• Halie Ann Headley

  Trustee

  Halie Ann started her career in banking and progressed into HR management. She spent 17 years supporting the Early Years sector through lobbying for better childcare provisions as well as providing HR, business and safeguarding support to over 7000 Early Years settings across the UK.

• Rob Hicks

  Trustee

  Rob is the Company Secretary and Director of Operations and Legal with the Rugby Football League (RFL) and a Trustee with the RFL Facilities Trust. He is a Solicitor and brings experience of Safeguarding, Law and Governance to the Trust Board.

• David Hirst

  Trustee

  David is a professional engineer and advocate for promoting resilience within the Trust.

• Mick James

  Trustee

  Mick’s background is in Military Engineering as a decorated Army Veteran with 24 years’ service.

• Caroline Rogerson

  Trustee

  As Head of one of the fastest growing and most academically successful independent senior schools in Yorkshire, Caroline has a passionate interest in personalised learning, pupil achievement and school transformation.

• Ian Smyth

  Trustee

  Ian is an independent economic consultant, specialising in issues facing island economies. He is currently advising the Government of St Helena, the British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, on their capital programme and project governance.

• Emily Webb

  Trustee

  Emily is a lecturer at the University of Leeds specialising in academic literacies and transition to HE study. She has a PhD in History and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She joins the board after serving on Rodillian’s LRB for a number of years and contributing to the improvement and development of KS5 provision within the Trust.