The St Aubyn Centre Education Management Commitee
The St Aubyn Centre Education Management Committee is the key strategic decision making body in the school, setting the strategic framework and ensuring it meets all its statutory duties. Raising achievement is at the heart of a management committee’s strategic role; every child has the right to attend a good school.
The Management Committee meets termly and all members are expected to attend every meeting. They also visit the school to monitor areas of school development and attend training to support their own knowledge. There is a Finance and Personnel Committee that reports to the Management Committee. Chairs and Vice Chairs are elected annually from the membership of each committee.
The following table shows the current membership of the management committee.
| Sarah Dignasse | Chair, Local Authority Representative |
| Simon Turnnidge | Executive Head of Education |
| Alison Day | Community member, Safeguarding |
| Linda Exley | Community member, Finance & Curriculum |
| Angela Jennings | Community member, Finance |
| Jo Kedian | Staff Representative |
| Dr Rana Moharam | Community member, Consultant Psychiatrist for Longview Ward – maternity leave |
| Jim Waterhouse | Vice Chair, Health & Safety |
If you need to speak to Chair of the Management Committee, please contact the School Business Manager on 01206 334685
Education Staff Team
Our current staff team includes full and part time staff.
| Simon Turnnidge | Executive Head of Education, Designated Safeguarding Lead & PREVENT lead |
| Sharon Riley | School Business Manager & Exams Officer |
| Julie Barton | Key Teacher, Trauma Perceptive Practice Lead |
| Charlotte Bibby | Essex University Placement – Psychology Teaching Assistant |
| Laura Collins | Key Teacher |
| Jim English | Head of School, Designated Safeguarding Deputy, Lead Teacher – English |
| Nikki Gadsby | Careers and Engagement Mentor |
| Sara Gray | Learning Support Assistant Lead, Trauma Perceptive Practice Lead |
| Jo Kedian | Key Teacher, Gym Instructor, Healthy Schools Lead |
| Anne McElroy | Key Teacher, Lead Teacher – PSHE, Child Exploitation Champion |
| Amy Middleton | Maths & Key Teacher |
| Nicola Poole | SENCO, Key Teacher |
| Jessica Peace | Learning Support Assistant |
| Zoe Toms | Key Teacher |
| Amy Wilesmith | Lead teacher – Art |
| Alice Wilson | Key Teacher, Lead Teacher – Maths, Gym Instructor |