The Managed Services Team is at the centre of our delivery as a multi-academy trust. They are talented and committed professionals who provide their knowledge, experience and skills to help drive our schools and the Trust forward.
Our Team
OUR MANAGED SERVICES TEAM
Managed Services Team
Robert Farmer
CEO
Robert developed the Upper Shirley Learning Community Trust, a co-operative Trust, uniting the cluster schools in Shirley around a single vision for education in the area.聽More info
Gemma Carr
Deputy CEO
Russell Slatford
Director of Education - Secondary
He was a Headteacher for 8 years of a through school, from Nursery to A level.聽 He also supported two other schools as an Executive Head for two years during this time.
Chris Bulmer
Director of Education - Quality Assurance
Chris also carries out work for the national body as a schools inspector and has done so for 11 years.聽 Her inspection remit includes mainstream and special schools, including PRUs.聽 Chris holds the National Qualification for School Inspectors.
Donna Fox
Director of Education - Primary
Abbie Wilkinson
Standards Officer
Lauren O'Connor
Standards Officer
Colin Flanagan
Strandards Officer
Michelle Williams
Strategic Lead EYFS & PP
Stuart Bonney
Strategic Lead (SEND & Behaviour)
Rob Gale
Behaviour Support Officer
Rob joined the Trust in 2023 and provides support to schools in addressing the needs of students who present challenging behaviour.
Julie Prince
Head of Compliance
Julie has a degree in finance and is qualified in school business management and HR; she has years of experience working in these areas. 聽More info
Claire Shaw
Education Access Officer
She has also worked in Further Education in various roles including working in partnership with local secondary schools to co-ordinate 14-16 provision.
Ruth Davies
Safeguarding Officer
Paul Burton
Strategic Lead for Teaching and Learning
Since 2020, Paul has been part of the Hamwic SCITT and took over as the programme leader in 2022. In addition, Paul has been working to support, develop and train ECTs since 2021.
Sean Preston
Chief Financial Officer
Sean is responsible to overseeing finance & estates across the Trust.
Claire Dooks
Finance Manager
Matt Ankers
Senior Finance Manager
Matt joined Hamwic in 2020. He is a qualified accountant and holds a CIPFA Diploma in School Financial and Operational Leadership.
Matt has worked in education since 2014, working mainly with primary and special schools. Prior to education, Matt worked in a number of finance and audit roles across various public sector organisations.
Emily Marshall
Finance Manager
Prior to joining the Trust, she worked for a trust in Bournemouth and has experience supporting schools across all phases of education.
Emma Brighton
Finance Officer
Prior to moving into education, Emma completed her AAT qualification whilst working for a commercial accountancy business.
Blaire Edwards
Senior HR Business Partner
Louise Clist
HR Business Partner
Louise has a Post Graduate Degree in Human Resource Management and is an associate of the CIPD.
Nicole Dunne
HR Advisor
Stacey Michaelides
HR Advisor
Joanne Jones
HR Assistant
As HR Assistant, Jo is mainly office based and provides support to the HR team and the Trust schools.聽 Jo is an associate member of the CIPD.
Louise Newman
Head of Governance
Louise joined HET Managed Services in her current role in 2021.鈥 She has worked in education since 2001 in various school-based roles, most recently running a governance consultancy business across Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole.鈥More info
Rachel Jackson
Trust Board Governance Professional
Sabina Aiuto
Wellbeing Lead
Nikki Thorne
Head of Estates
Nikki provides strategic Estates/H&S management covering a range of issues and projects.
Ian Saynor
Estates Officer
Away from work he volunteers at a local youth football which he has done since 2008.聽 He is often seen running along the seafront in Portsmouth.
Graeme Staddon
H & S Manager
Away from work he volunteers as a Launch Authority at the RNLI in Mudeford and enjoys spending his free time in the sea, mainly on a windsurfer.
Jai Solanki
Director of IT
Jamie Haustead
Systems Manager
With a background in Primary, Secondary and special provision (PRU) support, Jamie was very proud to join the Hamwic team in 2017.聽 He has a great passion for technology and playing a part in providing great education for every single pupil at each of our Hamwic schools.
Andrew Thomas
IT Support Manager
When not working Andrew likes to spend time repairing and building electronic circuits and has recently taken up woodworking.
Tom Roberts
Infrastructure Manager
Lucy Farmer
Admin Assistant
Before working in Education Lucy worked as a Business Administrator and Personal Assistant.
Karen Chafe
Admin Officer
Karen enjoys her job and the variety of ‘no day is the same’.