TRET Leadership
Leon became the Chair of Trustees at the Tame River Educational Trust when the Trust formed in January 2022. Prior to his role as Chair of Trustees, Leon was Chair of the Local Governing Body at Droylsden Academy. Throughout his 6-year tenure, he was heavily involved in the significant improvement journey the Academy has been on.
Leon’s academic and professional background is business quality management, and he holds a Masters degree in Strategic Leadership and Change. He is the Deputy Principal of Tameside College and Clarendon 6th Form, which is the Trust’s sponsor. Prior to joining Tameside College in 2016, Leon was a senior leader in a large, successful inner-city Further Education College.
Leon leads on people services and strategies at Tameside College, having responsibility for the student experience and human resources; this role means oversight of many areas of college life, including safeguarding, pastoral care and learning support. Leon also has responsibility for the College central service functions of customer services and marketing. As part of his quality remit, Leon works closely with the Deputy Principal (Curriculum) on quality assurance and improvement of curriculum performance.
Leon is actively involved in relevant national, regional and local partnership working. He also has extensive experience in school governance, having chaired governing bodies in both the primary and secondary phase.
Phil read Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds. After completing his Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE), he gained extensive teaching experience in schools across the North West before completing the nationally accredited Future Leaders programme in 2012. Since then Phil has held various senior leadership positions in urban schools in Greater Manchester, most recently as Headteacher at Droylsden Academy from 2015 – 2023. During this time the school moved from a 2014 Ofsted Inadequate judgment to two consecutive Good judgments. The Academy also celebrated year-on-year success with students securing very strong educational outcomes. Phil has worked closely with Mossley Hollins High School for many years and this close relationship led to the two schools co-founding the Tame River Educational Trust.
Phil has visited the leading schools in the UK and the United States to research pedagogy and school culture. He has also coached Headteachers and delivered the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) to aspiring school leaders. After 8 years of Headship, Phil was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Tame River Educational Trust in 2023.
Away from school life, Phil is kept busy, spending time with his family. He has two daughters who are both school age.
Lena has a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature and has completed her MSc in Human Resource Management.
Prior to starting work with the Trust in November 2022, Lena worked in various management positions in the finance sector, before moving to the Education Sector 15 years ago. During her time in education Lena has held a range of key HR, operational and leadership roles across both the Independent Sector and the Maintained Sector which included consultancy roles for schools across the region.
Lena is passionate about creating an environment where all staff feel that they belong, irrespective of role or position, where they are valued on their own merit, encouraged to undertake further learning related to their chosen career and are provided with every opportunity to succeed both in their current role and in that which they aspire to achieve.
Lyndsay is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has worked in Finance for 30 years, in the SME, public and third sector with a total of 11 years experience in the education sector.
Lyndsay is experienced in building strong, high-performing teams, streamlining processes and to develop a culture of good and responsible financial management which will drive the operational success of the trust and secure it’s future.
Her experience in fast moving and ever-changing environments means she has an acute understanding of what it means to work with agility in a constantly evolving sector like education, whilst keeping our learners front and centre of all we do, and ensuring we have the resources to provide the best learning experience for all our students.
Andrea began her teaching career in 2003 in Leeds, as an ICT teacher. In 2005, she was appointed as KS3 ICT Co-ordinator at Droylsden School for Girls, where she quickly established herself, improving the ICT curriculum and provision with a significant positive impact on the ICT results. She was part of the ICT teachers network across Tameside. She then took on the role of Head of Department ICT in 2005 and then successfully secured a Temporary Assistant Headteacher, (Alternative Curriculum) role in 2008. Andrea worked alongside other curriculum leaders across Tameside as part of the Curriculum Network Group and the Diploma Board, where she led on aspects of Diploma development. In the same year she also successfully underwent an assessment to become a school based Advanced Skills Teacher for ICT, supporting staff across the school in their use of ICT for teaching and learning.
Andrea first joined Mossley Hollins in 2010, where she was Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for whole school ICT and alternative curriculum and senior leader of Technology. She has led on different aspects of school leadership since this time, including Raising Achievement, Curriculum Development, Timetabling and Pupil Development. She was appointed as Headteacher in September 2021.
Georgina gained a BA HONS in Management at UCLAN before moving on to studying for a Post Graduate Certificate of Education at Sheffield University, leading onto a Masters Diploma in Education Leadership at Edge Hill University. She has experience working in prisons with prisoners and their families across the North West. She has since held pastoral senior leadership positions in schools across the North West and won the DATA Design and Technology Teacher of the Year in 2011. Georgina is on the National Future Leaders programme cohort 2012, and has facilitated programmes for the National College, Future Leaders, NPQSL and NPQML. She has also been involved in the change of the national strategy for the British Nutrition Foundation, Schools Food Trust, sits on the Management Committee for Manchester Pupil Services and has worked on Department of Education round tables, influencing and shaping national policy. Georgina is also the Tame River Education Trust lead for Safeguarding, Attendance, Behaviour and Attitudes.
Ed studied at the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham, gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Post Graduate Certificate of Education; as part of his degree, he completed his dissertation on Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. Ed taught English at schools in the West Midlands and Manchester before joining the leadership team at Droylsden Academy and is also a senior examiner for GCSE English Language.
Angela completed A-Levels in Maths, Law and History before achieving a BA(Hons) in Sport and Leisure Management at Staffordshire University. Following this she completed a PGCE in Physical Education at Liverpool John Moores University. Since then she has had a successful career leading the Sport and Healthy Lifestyles faculty at Droylsden Academy before moving into her current role of teaching Mathematics. During this time she has also completed the National Professional Qualification of Senior Leaders (NPQSL) and is a member of the Senior Leadership Team leading on Raising Attainment (including Pupil Premium), Curriculum and Timetable.
Mick graduated from Huddersfield University with a BSc Degree in Computing & Statistics and began his career working in schools across East Manchester before joining Mossley Hollins in 2005. Since then, Mick has served as the school’s Raising Achievement Manager with overall responsibility for data, assessment and examinations. He has extensive knowledge of performance data including accountability measures relating to maintained schools and academies. He also brings a wealth of experience of analysing national trends in education taken from a range of statistical sources.
Away from school life, Mick enjoys hiking in the hills around the Pennines, Lake District and Snowdonia.
Manor Road, Droylsden,
Tameside M43 6QD