Meet the team

CEO/Directors/Executives

Matt Meckin

Chief Executive Officer

Matt leads the trust to ensure the highest possible standards and outcomes for our pupils.

Susanna Taylor

Chief Financial & Operations Officer

Susanna is responsible for the financial health of the whole trust so this can help school leaders to maximise funding and it's spending so that we can provide school environments in which pupils and staff can thrive.

Kerry Postans

Director of Education

Julie Hiddleston

Director of Education

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Catherine Atkinson

Head of Professional Learning

Catherine supports schools with CPD and SEND and delivers teacher training on the school based programme.

Business professionals

Julia Carter

Executive Assistant

Julia provides administration support to our executive team.

Natasha Ratcliffe

Marketing Manager

Natasha helps to promote schools to prospective parents by creating marketing materials, and digital content and supporting schools with their marketing plans.

Sarah Davies

Clerk to trustees

Sarah will be supporting schools this year as we launch our new governance structure. Sarah also writes the documentation for new trust projects such as NWPA and Unity Academy and, occasionally, supports English in Y6 as she is a qualified teacher.

Ruth Llewellyn

People Assistant

Reporting to the Director of People. Ruth coordinates the central HR transactional system, manages the issuing of employment contracts, and offers assistance to school office personnel regarding staffing and payroll management.

Fyonna Lammas

Operations Manager

Fyonna's role is supporting all schools to ensure compliance and working with the Director of Operations on all areas of operational strategy across the Trust.

Daniel Nash

Operations Assistant

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Ryan Ramsden

Estates and Facilities Manager

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Amanda Haynes

Office Manager

Amanda supports trainee teachers during their PGCE QTS year at the River Teaching Alliance based at St Clement’s CofE Primary school.

Steph Walker

Trust Attendance Officer

Steph supports schools with pupil attendance. She has produced a MAT Attendance Policy and has created template letters and procedures to fight absenteeism across the MAT schools. Steph is available for queries, and advice and to assist with tricky circumstances surrounding pupil attendance.