Meet the Support Hub Team
The Support Hub team assist our academies with roles such as Finance, HR, Estates Management, Fundraising, and PR & Marketing. The Support Hub takes the administrative burden away from schools so they can concentrate on teaching.
Lisa Lound
Executive PA
Lisa supports the CEO managing his very busy diary and has significant responsibilities in respect of co-ordination, oversight and prioritisation within the Trust on their behalf. Lisa contributes to the working practices of the Trust by identifying areas for improvement, using creativity, initiative and foresight to find resolutions.
Chloe Lyon
Management Accountant
Having worked within the manufacturing, supported living and education industries, Chloe joined the Trust to help adjust and interpret financial information in order to produce timely and accurate management accounts. Chloe also assists the Head of Finance to provide financial support to the extended Finance Team.
Darren Wilson
Financial Analyst
Darren’s main areas of responsibilities are to analyse historic data in order to reduce unnecessary overspend across the Trust, and to implement the centralisation of commercial services, utilities, procurement, and stock management.
Claire Woodlock
School Operations Manager (GANF/Greenfields)
Claire supports three of our Grantham based special schools with operational and financial procedures and systems, to ensure efficiency and value for money. Claire supports Senior Leaders and Headteachers so they can concentrate on providing the best education for their pupils.
Katie Hoskins
Central Operations Manager
Marie Baines
School Operations Manager (Priory/Garth/John Fielding)
Alison Sharpe
School Bursar (Chapel/Woodlands)
Jasmine Turner
Central Finance Officer
Jacki Bartram
Head of Communications & Fundraising
Jacki manages Public Relations and Marketing for the Trust and all its schools, this includes websites, social media, and branding. She is also responsible for managing the sourcing of funding for specific projects for each individual school across the Trust. Jacki and her team endeavour to fund new facilities to benefit pupils and promote the successes of the schools.
Chris Lincoln
Schools Communications Champion
Chris helps the individual schools across the Trust with various PR and Marketing opportunities, including Social Media. He also provides the fundraising team with support to ensure the provision of new facilities for the pupils are brought to fruition.
Andy Evans
Estates Manager
The Estates Manager’s role within the Trust is to support School Leaders and the Support Hub with all estates related work streams. Andy provides a joined up approach to site management allowing good practice to be shared, whilst maintaining a central reference point for all building or estate related queries to support all sites throughout C.I.T.
Tom Booth
Strategic Lead for Technology
With a background in the information and technology industry for over 20 years, Tom went on to teach ICT to children with additional needs. He became a Deputy Head at a SEMH school and when the Trust began to grow, Tom was pivotal in the procurement and communication training across the Trust. Tom is now responsible for all ICT across the Trust.
Suzanne Fenn
Senior HR Administrator
Louise Dell
HR Administrator
Natalie Mason
School Business Manager (St Pauls)
Sarah North
School Operations Manager (Poplar/Caythorpe/Isaac)
Keeley Dempster-Lee
PA/Administrator
Keeley assists both Directors of Education, Claire Buffham and Paul Hill, with regard to Trust school support. She also provides administrative assistance to the LEARN Teaching School.
Rachel Smith
Payroll & Pensions
Having previously worked within the Retail Sector running an end to end payroll department for 6 years, Rachel recently relocated to Lincolnshire and is looking forward to expanding her knowledge of payroll within education and assisting the Trust with all payroll and pension processes.
