Amy Rawding is ACT’s Standards and Assessment Lead, seconded to the central team to strengthen assessment practice, data accuracy and pupil outcomes across the trust.

Alongside her trust wide responsibilities, Amy serves as Interim Deputy Headteacher at St Michael’s Church School, where she plays a pivotal role in driving standards, supporting staff development and securing strong outcomes for pupils. She is also the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead and Senior Mental Health Lead, ensuring that wellbeing and inclusion remain central to the school’s success.

Within ACT, Amy leads on standards and assessment, working closely with headteachers and Raising Standards Leads to ensure that systems such as PiXL and Insight are used consistently, accurately and purposefully. She supports ambitious target setting, rigorous analysis and clear action planning, and leads Academy Assessment Visits throughout the academic year to secure precision and accountability.

Through coaching, CPD and structured review, Amy supports leaders and teachers to strengthen classroom practice, embed reliable assessment systems and sustain high expectations across the trust.

Alice is ACT’s Early Years Specialist for small schools, providing expert support in mixed Reception and Year 1 provision across the trust. She is a senior leader in her own school, where she leads both English and Early Years, bringing substantial curriculum and leadership experience to her trust wide work.

Within ACT, Alice supports small school settings in navigating the particular complexity of mixed Reception and Year 1 classes. She works with leaders and teachers to align the Early Years Framework with Key Stage 1 expectations, ensuring coherent curriculum sequencing, strong phonics fidelity and clear progression in early reading and writing. Her work focuses on securing high quality provision that meets the developmental needs of Reception children while maintaining ambitious academic expectations for Year 1 pupils.

Through modelling practice, curriculum review and targeted coaching, Alice strengthens early years pedagogy across the trust. She plays a key role in embedding consistent phonics and reading approaches in small schools, ensuring that the strong foundations established in Reception translate into sustained progress as pupils move into Key Stage 1.

Rachel is ACT’s Maths Leader of Excellence, supporting the development of high quality mathematics teaching across the trust.

With over 18 years in education and extensive leadership experience, Rachel has specialised in mathematics for more than a decade, leading the subject and championing mastery approaches in her own school. She holds the NPQML and NPQLT and continues to deepen her expertise through advanced study in Maths Mastery.

Within her ALE role, Rachel works alongside leaders and teachers to strengthen curriculum sequencing, mathematical reasoning and consistent classroom practice. She supports schools through modelling, coaching and subject reviews, helping teams to embed mastery principles, refine assessment in mathematics and secure strong progression across year groups.

As Raising Standards Lead at St Michael’s Church School, Rachel brings a strategic understanding of data, curriculum and classroom implementation, ensuring that her trust wide work is grounded in practical experience and measurable impact.

Shannon Sullivan is ACT’s English Leader of Excellence, supporting curriculum development and high quality teaching in English across the trust.

With a decade of classroom experience, Shannon holds the NPQSL and is a qualified Special Educational Needs Coordinator. Her work is shaped by a strong commitment to inclusion and ensuring that all pupils access a rich, ambitious English curriculum.

In her ALE role, Shannon supports schools to strengthen reading, writing and curriculum design, working with leaders and teachers to refine planning, develop consistent approaches and improve outcomes. She has extensive experience mentoring Early Career Teachers and supporting Initial Teacher Training students, contributing to the development of strong subject leadership and classroom practice across ACT.

As Subject Lead for English at St Michael’s Church School, Shannon brings both strategic oversight and day to day classroom insight to her trust wide work, ensuring that curriculum ambition translates into effective teaching and pupil progress.