Chartered College of Teaching governance

The Chartered College of Teaching is a charity governed according to its Royal Charter and Bye laws and by its Regulations (below).

The governing body of the Chartered College of Teaching is its Council, which is elected under a rotational system. The next elections will be held in 2025. The Council conducts a lot of its work through its committees: the Constitutional Committee, Education, Research and Journal Committee, Ethics Committee, Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, Membership Committee, Nominations Committee and Remuneration Committee, with the Executive Committee having an overall coordinating role. The Council also has a Diversity and Inclusion Group.

What is the Council of the Chartered College of Teaching?

Our Council plays an important role in shaping the strategy of the Chartered College of Teaching and ensuring it is in a strong position for the future.

The Council is responsible for governing the Chartered College of Teaching’s activity including setting its strategy and long-term direction. The Council also supports the Executive Leadership Team. The Council comprises of:

How can you be part of the Council?

We want members and Fellows to be the guardians of the Chartered College of Teaching’s vision, to provide strategic direction and safeguard the reputation and values of the Chartered College.

Our next Council elections will be held in 2025.

If elected, you should advocate for the Chartered College of Teaching and its values. You should be able to contribute to the governance of the College through your expertise and knowledge.

All full members and Fellows are able to stand for election (this includes members who pay the ECT subscription rate). As defined in the Chartered College of Teaching’s Bye Laws, Student Members, Associate Members and Affiliates (Historical, Professional and International) are not able to stand for election.

Current Council members

Chair of Nominations Committee

Dr Steven Berryman FCCT, CTeach (Leadership)

Dr Steven Berryman is Senior Deputy Head at Sir William Perkins’s School. He has worked in education for over 20 years, and contributes widely through research, teaching, advisory and non executive director roles, and was one of the first Chartered Teachers. Steven has considerable expertise in arts education, and is a past Vice-President of the National Society for Educators of Art and Design, and former advisory panel member for the Cultural Learning Alliance. Most recently he was a member of the expert panel for the refreshed DFE/DCMS National Plan for Music Education.

Chair of Constitutional Committee

Paul Barber FCCT (Appointed)

Paul read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1992. He has been engaged with education policy and legislation at national level over the past two decades. Paul was Director of Education for the Diocese of Westminster for over 10 years and has been Director of the Catholic Education Service since 2013.

Chair of Finance, Risk and Audit Committee

Liz Gregory FCCT

Liz has taught economics for over 20 years in both state and independent sector schools and has an MEd in Educational Leadership and Management. She has been Head of The Maynard since 2022, an all-though girls’ school in Exeter. Previously she has held senior deputy roles with particular interest in professional development, coaching and evidence informed practice. She is an accredited Leadership Coach and ISI inspector. Liz has been safeguarding governor for a MAT in the South West since 2019 and has also held leadership positions as a Principal Examiner.

Chair of Diversity & Inclusion Group

Sufian Sadiq FCCT

Sufian is a teacher with 16 years of experience in both the classroom and a variety of leadership roles. He is currently the Director of Teaching School for Chiltern Learning Trust and in his spare time he is actively engaged in supporting a variety of organisations within the voluntary sector.

Chair of Education, Research & Journal Committee

Hannah Knowles FCCT

Hannah is Principal of The Skinners’ Kent Academy (SKA), an International Baccalaureate World School based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She joined the Academy in 2018 as Vice Principal for Curriculum Progress and Learning and was Acting Principal from April to September 2020. Hannah holds a Masters in Education from the University of Brighton and is an ASCL Council Representative for the South East.

Council members

Jackie Hill FCCT, MA(Ed), NPQH, PGCE, PG Cert (Mentoring)

Jackie’s teaching career began in Further Education (Northern Ireland), then switched to Secondary MFL (Stockport).  As a committed mentor for Early Career teachers, she became the Leader of a large Training School, and then made a move to the TDA to support Training Schools in the North West and the West Midlands.  Subsequent regional and national roles in teacher recruitment, initial teacher training and inspection, professional learning and school partnership followed.  Jackie is Co-Founder / Network Leader for WomenEdNI, and supports the values and vision of the WomenEd movement.  An advocate of DiverseEd, she was a chapter editor for DiverseEd: A Manifesto.  Jackie is passionate about helping schools to celebrate diversity, and become inclusive and equitable places for staff, students and their families.  She is very proud to be a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College.

Dr Kate Bridge MCCT

Kate has been a teacher for over 18 years and is currently teaching Physics and PE in a Girls School in Hertfordshire. She is the Head of Habs Diploma a KS5 enrichment program and has 15+ years experience in middle management. Kate achieved Chartered Teacher Status in 2023 and is an advocate for increasing Girls participation in Physics and Sport. She is a Trainer for Physics Partners a charity that helps non-specialists master Physics Teaching and Co-Chair of the Practitioners council for the Foundation of education development.

Dr Caroline Creaby MCCT

Caroline has been an economics teacher for 20 years and is currently Deputy Headteacher in a large comprehensive secondary school in Hertfordshire where she leads the curriculum, timetable, teaching and learning and teacher professional development. Caroline is committed to teaching being a research informed profession, has been a Research School Director and completed her Masters and Doctorate in Education at the University of Cambridge. Caroline has experience of advisory and governance roles including being a member of the DfE’s Early Career Framework reference group and having been a trustee at University College Oxford.

Kat Howard FCCT

Kat is an Executive Director of School Improvement at a Multi Academy Trust in the West Midlands. In previous roles, Kat led a Teaching School Hub overseeing the professional development of over 200 schools, and a senior leader in a Single Academy Trust. Kat holds a Master’s in Expert Teaching, NPQEL and is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. She has published work on the topics of curriculum development, teacher workload and system- level change management and implementation in education.

Meena Kumari Wood FCCT

Meena is former HMI Ofsted, Local Authority and DfE Adviser, Principal of Adult College, Principal of Secondary Academy. She is an educational trainer, author and leadership coach with an MBA in Educational Leadership. Meena is Honorary Fellow of Education Leadership Academy at the University of Birmingham, Board Member of Chartered College, Patron of the English Speaking Board and on the Editorial Advisory Board of ‘The Day’. She is a registered KHDA inspector in Dubai and works across British and International Education sectors, conducting in-depth reviews of school curriculum and assessment. Her expertise lies in UK, Indian and International Baccalaureate curricula and training workshops on ED-Tech, pedagogy, leadership, governance and school improvement. Meena is a key note speaker for UK and International events, including FED, BSME (Dubai), Eduexcellence (India) and the Northern Ireland Inspectorate and has contributed evidence at two Government Select Committees on Ofsted and Oracy Skills. In addition, she hosts international webinars and has contributed to a variety of podcasts on future proofing education and inspection. Meena has authored journal and media articles for Impact (Chartered College), RSA, SchoolsWeek, Teach Secondary, TES and published two books Assessment of Prior Learning & Bilingual Learners; (Routledge 1995); Secondary Curriculum Transformed: Enabling All to Achieve ( Routledge December 2020).

Wedyan Dannan MCCT

Wedyan is in her tenth year of teaching KS3 – 5 Sciences, she has worked in a number of schools as a sciences teacher and has held various middle leadership positions. Currently, she is employed by Birchwood Community High School in Warrington, Cheshire as the head of the Sciences Faculty. Wedyan is a sciences subject mentor; she enjoys supporting teachers to thrive and release their full potential. She is also a keen learner herself and is currently studying for a doctorate in education at the University of Chester.

Alexandra Dean FCCT, CTeach (Leadership)

Alex has been a secondary school teacher for 25+ years. She is currently the senior deputy headteacher of a large comprehensive secondary school in Bingley, near Bradford in West Yorkshire. Her subject area is English. She is particularly interested in the areas of teachers’ professional development, ECT provision, teacher recruitment and retention and staff wellbeing.

Rebecca Hanson FCCT

Rebecca has worked in mathematics education for 24 years. She currently teaches secondary maths on supply, choosing to teach in schools with the most challenges. Her previous roles have included Secondary Head of Mathematics, Associate Lecturer in Education and Primary Mathematics CPD provider. She has shared her CPD and her interviews with respected educators on YouTube as “RebeccaTheMathsLady”, which have received over 150k views.  She has delivered national and international maths education projects. Rebecca has also been a Cumbria County Councillor; in which role she drove substantial improvements in areas where education and health overlap and published a book about Healthcare Coproduction. Rebecca has a Masters Degree in Education from the Open University.

Dr Haili Hughes MCCT

Dr Haili Hughes is Director of Education at IRIS Connect and mentoring lead at the University of Sunderland. She was a teacher of English and senior and middle leader for sixteen years. She also works as an ITT Quality Advisor for the DfE, facilitates the ECF and NPQs for two national providers and is the lead subject coach at a SCITT. She has recently been appointed to the Teaching Commission researching recruitment and retention. She’s written 5 books and has 8 on the way.

Andy Wolfe FCCT

Andy Wolfe is Executive Director of Education for the Church of England and oversees the programmes, networks and research of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership working with thousands of school leaders across the UK, particularly through the Church of England’s role as a large lead provider of NPQ programmes. He is committed to combining rich theological reflection with evidence-informed approaches to improving teaching, learning and leadership in schools. He has authored many of the Church of England’s educational leadership resources, including pioneering the ‘Called, Connected, Committed’ leadership framework (2020) and ‘Flourishing Together: A Christian Vision for Students, Educators and Schools’ (2021) and ‘Our Hope for a Flourishing Schools System: Deeply Christian, Serving the Common Good’ (2023).

Andy also oversees the Church of England’s ‘Growing Faith’ national work in relation to faith development in schools, churches and households, the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award, a range of national policy briefs, working closely with dioceses, MATs, universities and FE colleges across the country, including the development of large-scale apprenticeship programmes for hundreds of colleagues across the national Flourishing Trusts Network of MATs.

Appointed committee members

Stephen Munday Hon FCCT CBE

Appointed Member of Ethics Committee and Nominations Committee

Vincent Neate MCCT

Member of Finance, Risk and Audit Committee

Stef Edwards FCCT

Member of Constitutional Committee

Julia Harrington MCCT

Member of Nominations Committee

Jonathan Shepherd FCCT

Member of Nominations Committee

Peter Mattock FCCT

Member of Constitutional Committee

Ann Palmer FCCT

Member of Ethics Committee

Ben Ward MCCT

Member of Education, Research & Journal Committee

Kate Sida-Nicholls MCCT

Member of Constitutional Committee

Jayne Clark FCCT

Member of Membership Committee