Acting Head of School
Alison was appointed Acting Head of School at Quinton Church in June 2023. Prior to that she was Deputy Head Teacher at Quinton after joining the school in September 2015, she loves being part of the local community and serving the children and families. She leads the curriculum in Quinton and is passionate about providing opportunities for all children, giving them a foundation of knowledge and life skills in their educational journey.
Acting Head of School
Siobhan, who was appointed Acting Head of School at Nonsuch Primary in April 2022, has a background in education within various local authorities in the West Midlands, specifically in areas of high deprivation. With a passion for providing high-quality education to every child, regardless of their background or starting point, Siobhan is dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential. She firmly believes in providing enriching experiences that extend beyond the children’s home environment.
Siobhan holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership, completed in September 2018, and is currently nearing completion of her Professional Doctorate in Education, where she has dedicated four years to extensive research in driving school improvement.
Acting Headteacher, Nethersole CofE Primary School
Samantha was appointed as the Acting Headteacher of Nethersole in June 2023. Prior to this, she worked as a Deputy Headteacher in another of our BDMAT schools.
Samantha enjoys new challenges and feels blessed to have the opportunity to lead Nethersole. She hopes that with her team at Nethersole they can enable all children to have equitable opportunities to learn and thrive.
Headteacher, St George's Edgbaston
Daniel was appointed as Headteacher at St. George’s Church of England Primary School in November 2022. Prior to this, he was a Deputy Headteacher in several schools across Birmingham. Daniel is passionate that children are happy coming to school and engender a love of learning. He supports his team to ensure children feel safe and secure in a school that develops their character for their place in our world. Daniel is driven to ensure that all children learn every day, every lesson so that children at St. George’s reach their potential. He has completed is Masters in Education, which explored the pedagogies of teaching reading comprehension at key stage 2.
Headteacher, Hawkesley Church Primary School
Petrina commenced her role as Headteacher at Hawkesley Church Primary Academy in April 2023. She is fortunate to have taught throughout three Local Authorities during her fifteen years in teaching, most recently as a successful Deputy Head Teacher in Birmingham.
Petrina is a passionate leader committed to breaking down barriers to opportunities and establishing a nurturing ethos where meeting individual needs enables all pupils to learn, flourish and achieve their potential. As an experienced Senior Mental Health Lead, she believes that positive wellbeing and excellent pastoral care is fundamental in enabling children to thrive. Working in partnership with parents and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for children is central to her approach. Petrina feels blessed to serve the Hawkesley Church Primary Academy community and privileged to help shape hearts and minds.
With faith at her core, she is committed to upholding the distinctive Christian character of Hawkesley, through encouraging everyone to “Let your light shine” (Matthew, 5:16).
Headteacher, Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy
Joy was appointed as the new Headteacher of Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy in June 2023. For the last 5 years, she was Senior Vice Principal and then Interim Principal at The King’s Church of England School in Wolverhampton. Prior to this, Joy was the Secondary Adviser for Southwark Diocesan Board of Education, supporting schools in South London, including expanding a primary school into an all through 3 to 18 school. She has extensive experience of leading in church schools in Croydon and Surrey.
Joy is passionate about leading fully inclusive and diverse church schools that are inspired and informed by a strong vision and values, where every pupil is known, valued, enabled to flourish and grow in confidence to achieve their full potential and to live life in all its fullness.
Headteacher, Lady Katherine Leveson CofE Primary School
Neil was appointed as Headteacher at Lady Katherine Leveson C of E Primary in January 2023. He has worked in a number of authorities across the West Midlands in a range of leadership roles. Prior to joining Lady Katherine Leveson, he was the Deputy Headteacher in a school in Coventry.
He feels very privileged to be the Headteacher at Lady Katherine Leveson and is passionate about leading a school that meets the needs of every individual so that they are able to reach their potential.
Headteacher, Bentley Heath C of E Primary School
Hannah was appointed as Headteacher at Bentley Heath C of E Primary in January 2022. She is passionate about education and feels privileged to have enjoyed a career in teaching for over 12 years. In this time, she has experienced a range of roles, including Deputy Head and SENCO. She has also completed her Master’s in Educational Leadership, which she was awarded in January 2018.
She truly believes that when children feel happy, safe, and secure, they are able to learn best and reach their potential, and that every child, regardless of their circumstances, deserves the very best education possible. Bentley Heath is a truly inclusive school with an emphasis on nurturing and developing the whole child, and she is committed to building on Bentley Heath’s successes and its Christian ethos, allowing every child to become the very best version of themselves – rooted in Jesus and loving one another.
Headteacher, Woodside C of E Primary School
Natasha was appointed as the new Headteacher at Woodside in January 2022. For the last 8 years, she has worked as a leader across three very different Staffordshire schools. Having worked in two Church of England schools within Lichfield Diocese, Natasha feels privileged to be appointed for her first Headship working within the Birmingham Diocese and for BDMAT.
Natasha’s philosophy is that she hopes to provide an education for every child, that allows them to ‘live life in all its fullness’ through a curriculum that is inclusive, diverse and focusses on developing the whole child through her committed leadership. She believes through her vision of ‘together in God’s love, we inspire and grow’, she can achieve this at Woodside.
Headteacher, Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School
Susan started her role as Head Teacher at Warton Nethersole’s CofE Primary School in November 2020 after living and working in Bristol for the past 7 years. Susan has had a varied teaching career including teaching in London and at an International School in Prague, Czech Republic. Having worked in two Church of England schools previously, she was keen that she followed this path into headship and hopes that with her team at Warton they can ensure that all of their children thrive through wide and inspiring experiences that develop their understanding of the world around them. Susan’s vision for education is one where all pupils, regardless of background and barriers, have equitable opportunities to learn and grow as well as many, many moments of wonder, joy and friendship.
Headteacher, Austrey CofE Primary & Newton Regis CofE Primary School
Sara was appointed as Headteacher at Austrey CofE Primary & Newton Regis CofE Primary School in April 2020. Both schools joined Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust (BDMAT) on 1st September 2019.
She began her career in 1992 and has worked as a teacher and Senior Leader in schools since then across the Midlands. Most recently, she was the Deputy Headteacher of a church school in Leicestershire for six years. Sara enjoy new challenges and feels very lucky to have had the opportunity to take over the leadership of these schools.
Head teacher, Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Paula became Headteacher at Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy in September 2015 and the school joined BDMAT in January 2019. Paula started teaching in 2000 in a Church of England primary school before teaching across two schools in Sandwell over a 15 year period. She always knew that she wanted to return to working in a Church of England school, as she feels they provide a nurturing environment for all pupils, so was delighted when she was appointed Headteacher at Holy Trinity CofE Primary Academy. Paula is very proud to be the Headteacher of such a richly diverse school community in which pupils with different home languages, cultures and religions learn happily together.
Headteacher, St. Margaret's CofE Primary School
Anita has been a teacher for 24 years and has spent most of her teaching career in Solihull teaching across the full age range from FS1 through to Year 6. She became headteacher at St Margaret’s CofE Primary School in September 2018. She feels incredibly proud and privileged to be leading the school. She is passionate about developing the whole child and ensuring that each child is given the opportunity and support to fulfil their full potential regardless of their starting point. This is something that St Margaret’s does this really well with the Christian ethos being at the very heart of everything that they do.
Headteacher, St George's CofE Primary Academy, Newtown
Linda was appointed Headteacher at St George’s Newtown in September 2019. Linda has served within the primary education sector for twenty years teaching in Birmingham, Dudley and Sandwell local authorities. Committed to lifelong learning, Linda’s passion stems from the exhilarating feeling that she gets when motivating and enthusing students, colleagues and parents towards achieving their personal goals especially when the outcomes will have positive life changing effects for all involved. She is extremely proud to be the head teacher of St. George’s Primary Academy, Newtown.
Headteacher, Coleshill CofE Primary School
Matthew returned to his roots when he was appointed Headteacher of Coleshill CofE Primary School in April 2018, having previously spent his teaching career in Staffordshire. Growing up in the area and attending the local secondary school, Matthew has a strong affinity with Coleshill and a passionate desire to see his pupils’ and community thrive. Matthew was appointed Executive Headteacher of Lady Katherine Leveson in 2022
Headteacher, St Michael's CofE Primary School, Handsworth
Philip was appointed headteacher at St. Michael’s, Handsworth in September 2021. Prior to that, he worked at four other schools, located mainly in inner-city Birmingham. Having taught at two other Handsworth schools, Philip is passionate about the community. He is an advocate of the rich culture, heritage and potential of B21 and determined to help the pupils of St. Michael’s achieve their full potential.
Headteacher, St Michael's CofE Primary School, Bartley Green
Sally joined St Michael’s Bartley Green in June 2023 having previously worked at Nonsuch Primary School for sixteen years, four of which were as Headteacher. Sally loves everything about the school, especially the community spirit, and is passionate about working with both the children and parents to provide the best learning opportunities and experiences for the pupils.
Sally strongly believes that a quality education gives children both choices and life chances. This belief is at the heart of everything she does.
Headteacher, St Clement's CofE Primary Academy
Devina has developed and grown in her passion for teaching, guiding and supporting children, staff and families during her 16 years at St Clement’s CofE Academy. There was a period during this time when she worked at a very different type of school, but quickly realised that working within a Church of England inner city school was where she felt most effective. Becoming the Head Teacher has inspired her to continue to raise aspirations and breakdown barriers so that everyone that passes through the school doors feels welcomed, appreciated and valued.
Acting Executive Headteacher, Nonsuch Primary School and Quinton Church Primary School
Carl was appointed Headteacher at Quinton Church Primary School in November 2020 after being the Acting Headteacher since January 2020. Previous to this, he was Assistant Headteacher at the school for 3 years. Throughout his teaching career, Carl has taught in all year groups and has led maths, PE, history, geography, science, pupil premium and behaviour at a number of schools across Sandwell.
Carl is dedicated in leading the amazing team of staff at Quinton to ensure pupils are provided with a broad and balanced curriculum that will enable them with skills in life to succeed. Carl’s vision for the school is to continue to raise the high standards of education offered whilst providing a safe and enjoyable environment for all.