OUR TEAM
Soumick Dey
Chief Executive Officer

Soumick has over 20 years of experience as a teacher and successful school leader and was previously Principal at Riddlesdown Collegiate. His commitment to delivering an exceptional education for all keeps the best interests of young people at the heart of our decision-making. After starting his career as a Teacher of Mathematics, Soumick has held a range of leadership roles and since September 2022, has been delighted to lead our family of schools. His particular interests are in developing leaders and securing success across a large organisation through distributed leadership. Soumick is a NPQH facilitator and a Director of the Croydon Headteachers Association.
Katie Turner
Director of Education

Since qualifying as an early years specialist in 2001, and then teaching all year groups from Nursery to Year 11, Katie is a skilled practitioner with expertise in developing exceptional classroom practice and a quality curriculum that prepares young people for a successful future. Katie has extensive leadership experience across all phases, most recently as Principal at Riddlesdown Collegiate, leading the school through its most recent outstanding inspection. Katie is passionate about developing people and is highly experienced in the design, delivery and facilitation of professional learning for teachers and leaders at every stage of their career. Katie’s knowledge of school improvement has grown through her work on leading the Trust’s Improvement Strategy and her varied governance experience.
Lyla Dey
Chief Finance Officer

Lyla has extensive experience in audit and finance having worked in West End firms as a certified Chartered Accountant for 17 years. Her work in auditing academy trusts led to her move into the education sector in 2018. Lyla has successfully developed and implemented a centralised finance function for the Trust through its various stages of growth. She is passionate about delivering the best value to schools and thereby enabling them to deliver exceptional education for all. Lyla works with other trusts to mentor and support their finance functions. She is also Chair of Governors at a Croydon primary school.
Lucy Bruce
Director of Performance & Quality

Lucy is an experienced leader in education, having previously been Director of English and Head of Teaching and Learning at Riddlesdown Collegiate. Lucy held a number of leadership roles across three different schools before moving to Ofsted as a HMI, where she led inspections of primary and secondary schools. Her passion lies in promoting reading across the curriculum, developing pedagogy and enabling exceptional classroom practice that is rooted in current research. She firmly believes that schools should offer a broad curriculum that enables all pupils to flourish and fulfil their potential. Lucy continues to inspect schools as an additional inspector and is a facilitator for the Early Careers Framework.
Daniel Pyke
Director of Finance

Liz James
Director of HR

Lewis Burgess
Director of IT

Charles Gardiner-Graham
Director of Estates

Mike Smith
Director of Post-16

Kelly Livingstone
Director of Operations (Catering)

Sara Scott
Governance Manager

Priya Chandran
Executive Assistant to CEO

Lorraine Stephenson
Finance Manager
Jenny Perry
Finance Assistant
Michelle Abraham
HR Manager
Diane Lane
HR Assistant
Elizabeth Donne
Director of School Improvement
Linda Harvey
Director of School Improvement
Gemma Parker
Director of School Improvement
Mary Proto
Director of School Improvement
Rebeccah Strange
Director of School Improvement
Jamie Ellis
IT Systems Administrator
Luke Green
IT Systems Administrator
James Wareham
IT Systems Administrator
Ahnaf Jagirdar
IT Technician
Neel Katelia
IT Technician
Harvey Cleeter
IT Apprentice
Joshua Williams
IT Apprentice
Stuart Bocking
Data Lead
Debbie Craddock
Data Analyst
Kelly Garland
Deputy Director of Operations
Jeanne Alexander
Governance Clerk
Sarah Church
Governance Clerk
Rochelle Thomas
Governance Clerk