Shared Services Education Team

David supports the educational development for secondary, in collaboration with our Chief Education Officer and the individual academy leaders.

He has over 20 years of experience working in schools in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, London, Herefordshire and abroad - covering a wide range of contexts, from urban to rural and coastal, and from grammar to areas of high-level deprivation.

David has been a senior leader since 2004, during which time he has covered all aspects of school leadership, as well as being Headteacher and Executive Headteacher in his last two posts. He has NPQH and NPQEL qualifications, operated as an inspector of schools when he lived in Spain, and has been a Multi-Academy Trust leader within school improvement.

David has a successful track record of both raising achievement and change management. He aims to bring sustained improvement to the secondary section of Voyage by supporting the leadership within schools to be the best they can be, providing the additional capacity to take them to the next level.

David believes strongly in equality for all - ensuring all staff have the tools and resources to focus on providing the challenging and supportive environment necessary for their students to be successful in life.

He has a passion and enthusiasm to support leaders in providing quality continuous professional development, leadership cohesion, and clarity of vision.

Favourite Quote: "Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out!" - Christopher Reeve

Maxine is our specialist in everything related to inclusion. She works across all of our academies to ensure the best outcomes for all learners, and leads on the SEN strategy to develop practice across the Trust.

Maxine is a champion for real social inclusion, and believes that all children should learn and experience what our amazing world has to offer together. These beliefs have been fostered during her 20 years in education, where she has seen the difference inclusive teaching and learning can have on everyone in a school community.

Maxine is a qualified SENCO and has worked across both the primary and secondary age ranges during her career. She holds the NASENCO award and a PgCert in Special Educational Needs from the University of Northampton.

Since joining the Trust in 2018, Maxine has also proudly represented us as a member of the Lincolnshire SEND steering group - and as a member of a national multi-academy SEN leader network.

Favourite Quote: "When everyone is included, everyone wins." - Jesse Jackson

Caroline has worked in the education sector for the past 12 years, during which she was employed in a variety of roles before working in educational welfare.

Caroline had 5 years of experience working as an Education Welfare Officer in the Trust before being appointed as Voyage's Trust Attendance Lead in September 2022.

Within Voyage, Caroline leads on all aspects of attendance and education welfare - providing advice on all aspects of attendance legislation to our academies. She also provides training and support to academy-based attendance champions and administrators.

Caroline is particularly passionate about working with families, realising the importance of understanding the challenges they face which impact on school attendance.

As part of the Education Framework, Caroline is responsible for leading the Trust Attendance Strategy.

Favourite Quote: "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." Henry Ford

Suzie gained Qualified Teacher Status with Physical Education as a specialist subject two decades ago. Since then she has worked within the Trust, predominately in Upper Key Stage 2, but has had experience teaching in all year groups. In her previous role she was part of the team which moved a school from special measures to ‘Outstanding’.

Before joining our Shared Services Education Team, Suzie held a variety of roles in her previous academy - including PE, science, intervention and computing lead, and E-Safety Officer. For the last 8 years she was the academy’s English Lead Teacher, developing the English curriculum for reading, writing and phonics, as well as supporting staff with the teaching, learning and assessment of these areas. She was also a member of the academy’s Senior Leadership Team and a Specialist Leader of Education for English, Science and Behaviour Management.

Over the last 10 years Suzie has supported the Lincolnshire SCITT programme through facilitating training on effective climates for learning, behaviour management, and supporting pupils with English as an additional language. She is an experienced mentor for trainee teachers and early career teachers, and is passionate about supporting teacher development.

Educational Ethos: "I am passionate about investing time and expertise into our early teachers and believe that, in doing so, we are ensuring the education of not only those we are teaching now, but those who will be taught for many years to come. Being part of someone’s journey to achieving their goals is a privilege and one of the most incredible experiences you can imagine."

Favourite Quote: "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." -Albert Einstein

Rachel has been a teacher for more than two decades and has Qualified Teacher Status and Subject Leader of Education for Maths and Assessment qualifications.

She has worked for the Trust for 13 years, predominantly teaching Years 5 and 6, but also with experience in all year groups from EYFS to Year 4.

In her current role, Rachel focuses on academy improvement and teacher development, including assessment, to support high-quality education across the Trust.

She leads on Trust-wide teaching and learning strategies, as well as providing training and coaching support for Senior Leadership Teams, Middle Leaders, and teachers, using and evaluating research to develop and embed innovative pedagogical practices. 

Titles Rachel has held during her career include Maths, PE, ICT and Assessment Subject Leader, Key Stage Two Lead, Deputy Head and Acting Headteacher.  

She has also been Trust Maths Lead, Programme Tutor for SCITT, Mobilise Research Champion for Maths, Accredited Pupil Premium Reviewer, Lincolnshire Attaining in Maths Programme Leader, NQT and ITT Mentor, and Instructional Coach for Accelerate Coaching.   

Rachel previously worked in a school that was on a journey, helping it move from Special Measures to ‘Outstanding’. 

Educational Ethos: "All learners can achieve, and the key to this is developing resilience and confidence. The building blocks put in place at the beginning of a child’s educational journey are essential for success later in life. Everyone who works in an educational setting has the privilege of helping to shape this."   

Favourite Quote: “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” - Marian Wright Edelman 

Corinna supports the educational development of our primary academies, in collaboration with our Chief Education Officer and the individual academy leaders. 

She has over 20 years’ experience of working in schools in Lincolnshire which have high-levels of deprivation, during which time she gained extensive Maths subject leadership experience - and had roles as Assistant Principal, Deputy Principal, Principal, Executive Principal, Local Leader of Education and nationally accredited Pupil Premium reviewer. Corinna has also had the rare opportunity to set up a new school within a Multi-Academy Trust, developing an inspiring and high-performing learning experience for staff and pupils. 

Corinna has supported many senior and middle leaders within her own academies, and the wider Trust and local authority, supporting all aspects of their work - with a particular emphasis and passion for enhancing the curriculum through effective design, refining assessment practises and developing aspirational enrichment opportunities for all pupils.  

She believes strongly in equality for all pupils, ensuring they have access to a broad curriculum with a clear purpose, and is driven by the core values of each individual academy - equipping pupils with the essential knowledge and skills they can take into their future lives.

Corinna’s passion and enthusiasm to support leaders in providing quality continuous professional development, leadership cohesion, and clarity of vision, stem from her educational ethos.

Favourite Quote: "If you do what you’ve always done you will get what you’ve always got."