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Diane Heritage

Chair of the Board of Directors

Date Appointed: 25/02/2016
Date Reappointed: 22/03/2021

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Diane has been a governor for ten years and became Chair of the New Collaborative Learning Trust in 2016. She brings extensive experience of educational leadership at school, regional and national level.

A former teacher and twice headteacher, Diane has developed expertise across all phases, working with schools, trusts and partnerships in the development of a school led system.

Previously, Lead Associate for the National College for School Leadership, Diane specialises in coaching, professional learning, policy development and school improvement. She is currently Independent Chair for East Riding School Improvement Partnership and for several strategic groups serving Teaching School Hubs. As Senior Associate with the Education Endowment Foundation she works with a range of partners to bring the use of evidence-based practice closer to schools.

Anthony Dee

NCLT Director and Chair of the NCP Advisory Group

Date Appointed: 15/03/2017
Date Reappointed: 22/03/2021

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For most of his career, Anthony has worked as a manager for bus and tourist companies. He has now retired, after spending the last four years as a part-time driver for Poppleton’s Coaches in Pontefract.

He is a member of the School Performance Review Board at Larks Hill and De Lacy Junior & Infants Schools, which are part of the Pontefract Academies Trust. In the past, he has been chairman of the Carleton High School Parent, Teacher and Friends Association, and chairman of the Wakefield Association of School Governors. He is the Co-ordinator for the Highways and Rail Groups of Pontefract Civic Society. His two daughters attended New College Pontefract and providing his time to support New College’s governance reflects his gratitude for their educational success at the college.

Bev Foster-Short

NCLT Director, Safeguarding & SEND Lead

Date Appointed: 25/02/2016
Date Reappointed: 12/10/2020

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Bev has worked in skills and business support for more than 20 years, developing and managing a number of complex programmes. For seven years she ran her own consultancy, working with stakeholders including universities, colleges and the private sector.

Her most recent role was with the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership leading the DIT NPH funded KAM programme, working with foreign owned businesses already invested in West Yorkshire. Her current role is Development Manager with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combine Authority’s Growth Hub supporting businesses in South Yorkshire.

Richard Fletcher

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