The Governing Body.
Members of Springfield House Governing Body.
Helena Mandleberg - Chair of Governors, Co-opted Governor
Helena works full time as a Chief Finance and Operations Officer at Education Impact Academy Trust. She was previously a Teacher of Maths (KS4 Lead) at Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull where she was also a Governor on the Governing Board. Helena has experience of governance in a special school setting having served as Chair of the Finance Committee at James Brindley School, Birmingham between April 2015 - July 2017
Sally Darlington - Vice Chair, Co Opted Governor, Chair of Education Committee
Sally spent 18 years in primary education. As a senior leader she strategically led on pupil premium, curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment and inclusion as well as coaching and mentoring staff and students. Sally now works as a senior lecturer in Primary Initial Teacher Education at Birmingham Newman University. She trains the next generation of primary teachers and leads on adaptive practice.
Nicola Hodgetts - Parent Governor, Resources Committee, Well Being Lead
Luke Marshall - Co-opted Governor, Resources Committee, Health and Safety and Buildings Link
Amin Aziz - Local Authority Governor, Resources Committee
Amin has a strong resourcing background and has spent a significant amount of his career working within Local Government. He has led and supported the appointments of a significant number of senior leaders across services such as, Corporate Services, Children’s Adults, Education and Place for local authorities across the UK. He is an expert in designing and delivering selection and development solutions from entry level to senior management and Local Government Leadership positions and is a qualified Business Psychologist.
With a passion for people, he is a national lead for executive recruitment in Social Care Health and Education. In addition to having a good understanding of the sector he has a grasp of the challenges and opportunities for senior leaders in Local Government and is an expert in recruitment, selection and assessment.
Charlotte Moore - Staff Governor, Education Committee, Governor Training Lead
I am the staff Governor for Springfield House Community Special school. I have worked at Springfield for the last 10 years as a class teacher, core subject lead and am now the Lead Practitioner and Lead for Teaching and Learning , Deputy Curriculum Lead, Early Career Teacher and Student Teacher Mentor and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead in charge of Curriculum Safeguarding. I have worked in a variety of different roles in various settings, including Specialist and mainstream education, over the last 15 years. I now specialise in the training and development for teachers in the use of Adaptive Practice for pupils with Special Educational Needs. As well as at Springfield House, I have worked in schools across Birmingham as Specialist Outreach Support, developing teacher practice for the support of pupils with additional needs in mainstream settings. I am also chair of the strategy group for Primary teacher training at Birmingham Newman University, to support the strategy for development of effective school partnerships, for trainee teachers. I am passionate about the education of young people, and always strive to help develop a first class educational experience for our pupils. In my spare time, I love spending time with my two children, as well as cooking and I am a real movie buff, enjoying all types of films from Harry Potter to Gone with the Wind.
