Claire is a Governance Academy Improvement Professional.

Claire has experience managing ESFA funded learning provision in excess of £10 million for 150+ education and skills providers.

With over a decade of experience within education and skills she is expertly placed to support Trusts due to her deep understanding of academic and compliance requirements.

Sue is a Governance and School Improvement specialist who has worked in the field of Education for 30 years; her varied experience enables her to offer understanding of strategic working within both Academy and Local Authority maintained frameworks.

Her roles included a number of senior leadership positions, most recently that of Headteacher and has gained experience of many complex processes including exclusions, admissions and complaint management, allowing her to provide a top standard of services and help ensure compliance.

Over the years Bill has held a variety of roles in governance and has monitored a variety of subjects/areas.

Bill has also undertaken extensive training as a safeguarding-link Academy councillor and made a career change to professional clerking.

With the experience Bill brings to Berry Education it allows him to deliver clerking services to the highest standard for his clients.

Paula is a Governance Partner with over 20 years’ experience working in the education sector, including being a staff governor and working with SEN learners as well as SEMH.

With the experience and skills gained through working with professionals and the Senior Leadership Team, Paula joined Berry Education to utilise her well-developed knowledge in governance and interpersonal skills to support Trusts and Governors.

Phil has worked within the education sector for over a decade as a teacher and school leader, and more recently for a national charity in the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) sector.

He is currently the Chair of a Local Governing Committee within a Multi-Academy Trust in Newcastle, with significant experience conducting exclusion panel hearings and the role of the link-safeguarding governor.

His experience in training and development, as well as working with schools at all levels, enables him to adapt quickly to the needs of schools and offer bespoke support.

Ruth joined Berry in March 2022 with over 20 years of experience in governance. Her career started in central government where she held a number of research and policy roles with bodies including London School of Economics (LSE)  Ofsted and the ESFA’s predecessor body.

During this time, she worked with a wide range of Boards from stakeholder engagement forums through to a national government advisory board. In her role as Board Secretary she worked with national experts, academics, politicians and business leaders to ensure robust governance arrangements were in place and were capable of upholding public and media scrutiny.

In 2020 Ruth took a governance role within a MAT and now applies those skills within the education sector. Within Berry she specialises in panel work including exclusions, admissions and complaints.