The Department's Board and Structure

MELA WATTS
Director
School Performance and Reform

HELEN WILLIAMS
Director
Curriculum and Pupil Well-being

SUE HACKMAN
Director
Chief
Adviser
on School
Standards

DUGALD
SANDEMAN
Director
School Resources Group

BRUCE LIDDINGTON
Schools Commissioner

PETER HOUTEN
Director
Academies
and Capital

INDERJIT DEHAL
School
Performance
Unit

KATE CHHATWAL
National Challenge 

NICK BAXTER / KATIE FARRINGTON
Improving
Behaviour and
Attendance

NOREEN GRAHAM
Pupil Well-
being
Health and
Safety Unit

JULIE BRAMMAN / ALAN CLARKE
Curriculum Unit

TOM GOLDMAN
Central Development

SUSANNA TODD
School Improvement and Challenge

MICHAEL STARK
Narrowing the Gaps

DAWN TAYLOR
Progression and Personalisation

MARY POOLEY
Raising Standards

STUART MILLER
School Performance

STEPHEN KINGDOM
ANDREW WYE
School Funding Unit

PAUL BLEASDALE
Terms and Conditions Unit

DOMINIC HUDSON
Supply & Skills Unit

SARAH CONBOY
Strategy and Relationships Unit

VACANT
Technology Futures Unit

SALLY BROOKS
Schools Capital

DEREK EMMINGS
Acting
Fair Access

NEIL FLINT
New Academies

DAVID RUSSELL
Academies Policy, Finance and Performance

PENNY JONES
Independent Schools and School Organisation

JENNY LOOSLEY
Acting
School Commissioning and Supply

PHILLIP PARKER
acting Capital Strategy