Governors (ID 1117)

Members (ID 1424)

• Reverand Simon Davis
  Member
  Reverand Simon Davis

  Pen portrait pending

• Helen Robertson
  Member
  Helen Robertson

  Pen portrait to follow

• Sid Slater
  Member
  Sid Slater

  Sid joined Innovate2Educate Partnership at its inception and following a number of years as the Chair of the Trust Board, in 2025 took the decision to step down from Chair and remains on the Trust board as a member.
  
  Previously he was a governor and vice chair of a local authority school. He is also a National Leader of Governance (NLG) delivering external reviews and support for other schools and academy trusts on behalf of the National Governance.
  
  Sid brings a wide range of experience and leadership in the education and business sectors to his role as chair, having held three secondary head teacher posts and worked in senior roles in local authorities. He also directed national industry and education partnerships at the University of Warwick.
  
  He has worked as a senior education adviser at the Department for Education, including having regional responsibility, as a school improvement consultant, 14-19 adviser and free school education adviser. He remains a Departmental external expert.
  
  Sid has also worked in the business sector as director of a multinational cost and programme management consultancy company. He is currently a director of a small company.
  
  Sid is committed to the success and well-being of our young people in the Trust and offering high quality education for all.
  
  He is very proud of our young people and what they achieve as they move through our three-tier system, from nursery school to post-16 provision at our high school. He sees that our Trust works in partnership with parents and communities for the benefit of the students who represent the future of our country.
  
  Sid aims to support the Trust to welcome other like-minded, schools into our family and continue to improve and develop our high-quality education.

• David Smith
  Member
  David Smith

  Pen portrait to follow

• Diocese of Lichfield Educational Trust
  Member
  Diocese of Lichfield Educational Trust

  The Diocese of Lichfield Educational Trust is the Diocesan Corporate Member of Innovate2Educate Partnership. It ensures the Church of England schools in the Trust maintain and develop their religious ethos, which is to be both distinctively Christian and inclusive of all. It views education as enabling the flourishing of all pupils and staff to develop their God given potential.

  The Diocese of Lichfield Educational Trust is represented at Members meetings by an officer of the Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education.