Meet the Support Hub Team
The Support Hub team assist our academies with roles such as Finance, HR, Estates Management, IT, 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.

Keeley Dempster-Lee
Administrator/PA to Claire Buffham & Paul Hill
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.

Tom Booth
IT Strategic Lead
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.

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
Procurement & Analytics Manager
Darrenβs 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.

Andy Evans
Estates Manager
The Estates Managerβs 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.

Claire Woodlock
School Operations Manager (GANF/Greenfields/Foxfields)
Claire is a DfE accredited School Resource Management Advisor (SRMA). She supports schools across the region as well as being Operations Manager for 4 schools within CIT, supporting them with operational and financial procedures to ensure efficiency and value for money. Claire supported Headteachers so they can concentrate on providing the best education for their pupils.

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
Communications & Marketing
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.

Katie Hoskins
Central Operations Manager

Jasmine Turner
Central Finance Officer

Lisa Davies
School Business Manager (Linchfield)

Marie Baines
School Operations Manager (Priory/Garth/John Fielding)

Alison Sharpe
School Bursar (Chapel/Woodlands)

Sarah North
School Operations Manager (Isaac/Caythorpe/Poplar/St Pauls)

Louise Dell
Senior HR Administrator

Suzanne Fenn
Senior HR Administrator