Meet the Team

Mel Kane

Head Teacher, Carmel College

Collette Hogarth

Interim Head Teacher at English Martyrs Catholic School & Sixth Form College

Mo Wilkinson

Head Teacher at Our Lady & St Bede Catholic Academy

Lisa Byron

Head Teacher, St John's Catholic School and Sixth Form College

Clare Humble

Head Teacher, St Michael's Catholic Academy

Paula Stracha

Executive Head Teacher

at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Darlington and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook

Jane Weatherall

Head Teacher at Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Darlington

Jenna Ellison

Head Teacher, Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School & St Chad's Catholic Primary School

Lucy Flaherty

Head Teacher, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Academy

Ruth Veitch

Head Teacher, Our Lady & St Thomas Catholic Primary School

Amanda Palmer

Head of School, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Katie Whitehead

Head Teacher, St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Darlington

Bernadette Rizzi-Allan

Head of School, St Bede’s Catholic Academy, Stockton

Laura Cuff

Head Teacher at St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Darlington

Liz Duffield

Head Teacher, St Bega's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Lisa Thompson

Head Teacher, St Charles' Catholic Primary School

Joanne Wilson

Head Teacher, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Sian Parnell

Head Teacher, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Stockton

Marie Best

Head Teacher at St Gregory’s Catholic Academy, Stockton

Linzi Nelson

Interim Head Teacher, St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

John Hardy

Head Teacher, St John Vianney Catholic Primary School

Angela Birrell

Head Teacher at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Billingham

Alice Gibson Crone

Head Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon

Debra Hargreaves

Head Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Kirsty Evans

Head Teacher, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe

Anthony McGeeney

Head Teacher at St Joseph's Catholic Academy, Norton

Lesley Box

Head Teacher, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle

Emily Millward

Head Teacher, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe

Steve Williams

Head Teacher, St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Stockton

Sheena Sinclair

Head Teacher at St Paul's Catholic Academy, Billingham

Jo Bruton

Head Teacher, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool

Joanne Sands

Head Teacher, St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School

Michael Tiplady

Head Teacher of St William's Catholic Academy, Trimdon

Anne Baird

Director of Science

Donna Hubbard-Young

Director of Opportunities and Secondary Standards

Elaine Dodsworth

Primary School Improvement Officer

Gill Dowson

Primary School Improvement Officer

Iain Knox

Primary School Improvement Lead

Hellen Mulholland

Primary School Improvement Lead

Jane Weatherall

Primary School Improvement Officer

Martin Featherstone

Director of School Improvement

Mary Tate

Primary School Improvement Officer

Rose Marie Rochester

Director of Maths

Sarah Marshall

Director of MFL