TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMY KINGSHURST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Associate College Leader
- College Leader
Miss Bourne gained a 2:1 BA Hons degree in Italian Literature from Warwick University in 2004, and a PGCE in English teaching from Cambridge University in 2009. Miss Bourne started teaching at Saffron Walden High School, a large school in Essex, where she led whole school Literacy; gained an NPQML qualification, was Deputy Director of English, Head of Year and responsible for improving standards of Teaching and Learning. In 2019, Miss Bourne relocated to Birmingham and started at Tudor Grange Kingshurst, joining the Senior Leadership Team as Associate College Leader in July 2020 with a specific responsibility for improving Teaching and Learning at sixth form. In March 2020, Miss Bourne became College Leader for Newton and leads on improving both Quality First Teaching and Reading, as well as being responsible for the SEND provision. Miss Bourne is passionate about improving the academic outcomes and life chances for all pupils, especially those with SEN needs, through an inclusive approach to high academic expectations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- College Leader for Pankhurst
Miss Ivery completed her degree in Theatre Design at the University of Central England (now BCU) in 2003. Over the next two years, Miss Ivery utilised her First Class degree and ‘Sir Barry Vincent Jackson for Theatre Design' to work freelance for a number of nationally recognised brands including the BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company and international hair-dressing brand, Toni & Guy. Her transition into teaching began through the completion of an initial placement as Teaching Assistant within a secondary school in Erdington and that galvanised her desire to qualify as a teacher in 2005 in order to pursue this aspiration in earnest. Shortly following the completion of teacher training, a PGCE at Margaret Street Birmingham School of Art, she was appointed as a Teacher of Art at the City Technology College Kingshurst. This was a school she was proud to have formerly attended herself as a student from Year 7 through to Year 13 having grown up in the local area. This flair for her subject led to her promotion as Head of Art in 2010. After completing the NPQSL in 2014, Miss Ivery progressed to the position of Assistant Vice Principal of Data and Outcomes, a position of which she has maintained through to the inception of Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst in 2017, where she transferred her responsibilities for Data and Assessment and combined these skills with her pastoral responsibilities for becoming the College Leader for Hawking. As a student from a disadvantaged background herself, Miss Ivery is passionate about providing chances for all students to develop a passion for learning which opens the doors to a lifetime of opportunities.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Principal
- Associate Principal at Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst.
Having completed a BA(Hons) English Literature and Language in 2007, Miss Crehan went on to travel to the Middle East, Asia, America and Europe as part of a three month ‘break' from education and employment. Three months turned, very easily, into a year and in 2008, she returned to the United Kingdom to begin her career in teaching. Miss Crehan's route to teaching, was not a conventional route, beginning as an academic mentor, working with disadvantaged children, to whom, English Language was a struggle. Following a love for this role, Miss Crehan applied for an in-school route to becoming a qualified teacher, and completed her Graduate Training Programme, obtaining Qualified Teacher Status in 2009. Miss Crehan, then went on to become a Head of Department and subsequently, Head of Faculty and in a neighbouring school in North Solihull. In 2014, Miss Crehan reluctantly left this school in North Solihull to further her career and become an Assistant Head Teacher, in a school in South Birmingham. She completed her MA in Education Management in 2017 and moved to Tudor Grange Academy Trust, as Deputy Head Teacher of Redditch, where she remained for two years. Following this, Miss Crehan moved to Tudor Grange Samworth Academy in the guise of Associate Principal - supporting with the school improvement agenda and finally moved to Tudor Grange Kingshurst, in 2018. Miss Crehan is incredibly proud Tudor Grange Kingshurst Academy and is really excited to be part of the journey of success.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- College Leader for Pankhurst at Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst.
Miss Hill qualified as a PE Teacher at Bath Spa University, having completed a BA Honors Degree in Sport at Durham University. Her teaching career started at a Secondary School in North Warwickshire, where she taught both Maths and PE. In 2011, she was appointed as an Academic Support Leader, responsible for managing pastoral and academic support for students in Years 9, 10 and 11. In September 2015 she was appointed as Director of Intervention within the same school, where she ensured the effective leadership of intervention and academic support strategies, with a particular focus on the Year 11 cohort. Following this and having completed her NPQSL, she became an Assistant Principal in 2018 with a focus on Raising Academic Standards and Improving Outcomes. This was achieved through dynamically drawing together strands from teaching and learning, behaviour and welfare, assessment and equity of progress. Miss Hill started her NPQH in January 2020, with a focus on Pupil Premium and in April 2020 she joined Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst, as College Leader for Pankhurst. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a large forward thinking Secondary School, with Sixth Form provision whilst leading Pankhurst College to achieve greatness.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Principal
- Ed - Executive Principal for Tudor Grange Academies Trust, Currently Principal
Mr Turner qualified as a History and PE Teacher from St Luke's College of Education at Exeter University in 1996. Led a department at a successful school in Winchester to National recognition whilst continuing to play semi-pro football, a high standard of cricket and coached Hampshire and England U17 Rugby. Returned to Birmingham to become a Director of Specialism at another successful school and began a journey of research into outstanding teaching, learning and leadership. Worked closely with both the SSAT and National College and gained his NPQH and Masters from Warwick University in Educational Leadership in 2010. As a Vice Principal, Mr Turner arrived in North Solihull at a school which had been closed by the DfE in December 2010 and with the support of a sponsor school re-opened the school as a new academy. Changed a culture, constructed a positive climate with an aspirational 'can do' and 'want to' attitude and in the space of 29 months the academy received Outstanding in full Ofsted inspection. Mr Turner has continued to help other schools improve and continues to deliver National College programmes and inspire teachers and students to achieve their very best. In September 2014 he joined the Tudor Grange Academy Trust as Principal of Tudor Grange Academy Solihull, he then moved to a position of Executive Principal within the Tudor Grange Academies Trust in 2017 and has led and coordinated school improvement in 3 of the Trust's 6 secondary schools. From February 2020, Mr Turner has taken the role of Principal at Kingshurst and has embedded a senior leadership team which will lead the school to success in greater opportunities and outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- College Leader
Mr Shahzad qualified as a Teacher of Science in 2008 after completing a degree in Biochemistry. He began his career at a school in special measures and helped the school to outstanding within 12 months. Over the few years, he gained a postgraduate degree from Keele University in Creative and Critical Practice in Educational Settings. Mr Shahzad then worked as a Science Faculty leader in Birmingham, securing positive progress. Over a number of years, worked in a range of schools around the Midlands as part of the leadership team helping them secure improvements in attainment, progress with all gaining a good or better Ofsted inspection outcome. Throughout this period, he continually looked to improve his practice with Ambition Institute and Future Leaders to gain his NPQSL qualification, and is now nearing the completion of the NPQH. He enjoys a wide range of activities such as reading, sports and spending time with his family. Within all the schools that Mr Shahzad has worked, high expectations and a drive for improvement were the key pillars to instil positive change. In June 2020, he joined the senior leadership team at Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst to support them on their journey of success.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Sixth Form
Mr Bowers was awarded his degree in Sports Science and Geography from Newman College in 1997 before progressing to the University of Birmingham to complete his Post Graduate Certificate in Education, qualifying in 1998. Following an initial role as a Teacher of Physical Education at a Nether Stowe School, Lichfield, he was appointed by the City Technology College Kingshurst in 1999, to lead the development of the Level 3, BTEC Sport and Exercise Science programme as part of its growing provision for the Sixth Form. This involvement within the Sixth Form continued to grow and embrace all aspects of the BTEC and International Baccalaureate (IB) provision, with Mr Bowers playing a co-authoring role in the creation of the Sport, Exercise and Health Science syllabus from its inception for the IB qualification, in order to permit students globally to study this subject. In 2005, Mr Bowers was appointed as Head of Post-16 and has been invigorated by the opportunity to support countless 16-19 year old students as they have progressed through their respective qualifications. He gained his NPQSL in 2015 and continued to lead Sixth Form through to joining the Tudor Grange Academy Trust in 2017, where he then moved to the position of Director of Sixth Form. He has strategic and operational oversight of the running of the Sixth Form, including the partnership with the Solihull Moors Education and Football Programme and looks forward to the continued growth and success of outcomes for our students. Most recently, Mr Bowers has taken performance responsibility for the Careers Team, Educational Visits and Health and Safety and looks to grow and monitor these important aspects as we continue to navigate through what we hope are the later stages of the pandemic.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- College Leader for Tull
Mr Parfitt is proud to have lived and grown up in the local area. He started his journey with the school back in 1988, joining as a member of the inaugural intake of students into what was then a brand new school within North Solihull, The City Technology College Kingshurst (CTC). He enjoyed his seven years in the school and was an ever present feature in a countless range of representative and regional sporting teams. As a keen sportsman Mr Parfitt followed this passion to successfully complete a BA (Hons) degree in Sport and Business Studies at the University of Wolverhampton in 1998 and then a PGCE in Physical Education, the following year, at the University of Worcester. Mr Parfitt commenced his teaching career in 1999 at Haybridge High School, Worcestershire, as a teacher of PE and ICT, and within this setting, rose to the position of Director of Sport before returning to CTC Kingshurst as a PE and Vocational Studies Lead in 2002. Since joining the school he has enjoyed taking on many curriculum and pastoral roles and progressed into a Senior Leadership position in June 2012. Within this time he has held a variety of positions and has become an experienced and well respected leader within the school and local community. Whilst line-managing the Mathematics Faculty in 2013, he also found a love of the subject, and subsequently completed a Subject Knowledge Enhancement to become a qualified Maths teacher. Like all teachers of PE, at some point in their life, he realised it was probably the right time to hang up his boots. Mr Parfitt has also generously given time to support a variety of primary schools in the local community and, in 2012, held the position of Chair of Governors for the North Solihull Federation of Primary schools. This involved amalgamating five primary schools into three ‘new-build' schools with the aim to better serve their local communities. Having held this position for two years he then became Chair of Governors, Vice Chair and later on, a Co-opted Governor, for Coleshill Heath Primary School, where both his daughters were being taught. Mr Parfitt is passionate about the school and the local community and works tirelessly to provide countless opportunities to develop students experiences, aspirations and outcomes. As a student from a disadvantaged background himself, he sees the importance of encouraging not only a well-rounded person, but strives to embed drive and ambition, in them, so they want to achieve and aspire to more than that of their parents before them.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- College Leader ( DSL )
- College Leader for Safeguarding ( DSL )
- Ed - College Leader for Safeguarding ( DSL )
Mrs Ridley completed her Geography degree in 2010 and qualified as a Geography Teacher from the University of Birmingham in 2011. Following this, she worked at a school in Birmingham before moving to a North Solihull school and becoming the Head of Geography. In this role she focused on building facilities for fieldwork and dramatically increasing the numbers of students who opted to study Geography for GCSE and A Level. During this time, Mrs Ridley completed her Master's Degree at the University of Birmingham, researching strategies for student voice and engagement. In 2016 Mrs Ridley moved to CTC Kingshurst Academy where she helped to set up the House System, increasing engagement and rewards for students as part of the behaviour strategy. When the school became Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst, Mrs Ridley became the Assistant College Leader for Tull, supporting students with pastoral and behaviour issues. After two years as an Assistant College Leader, she became the College Leader with responsibility for Safeguarding. Mrs Ridley has also run several residential trips from TGAK to places such as Snowdonia, New York and Italy as she is passionate about improving cultural capital and providing opportunities for students to have a wide variety of experiences. Mrs Ridley has been a governor at another school since 2009 where she is currently the Deputy Chair of Governors with specific responsibility for Safeguarding and Pupil Premium. She has also worked with the National Governance Association to encourage more education professionals to become school governors, becoming involved in their national campaign ‘Educators on Board'.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive of the Football Foundation
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The LTA have co-funded our 4 floodlit tennis courts and we are the only academy in the UK to have our own community tennis coach, part funded by the LTA to deliver our tennis programme and increase participation. At this academy and throughout Tudor Grange Academies Trust we are very keen to increase community engagement and develop high quality sport and physical recreation facilities.
Mr R Jones;- College Leader for Newton at Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst. I was born in North Wales and brought up in a quiet region of Mid-Wales where the local secondary school played a key role within the community. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in school and benefited from countless opportunities to take part in extra-curricular activities. I thrived from playing lots of sport and through involvement in music too. I played several sports to both county and regional level and a former PE teacher was particularly influential in offering advice and providing opportunities. Having successfully completed my A-Levels, I decided to leave the peace and tranquillity of rural life behind to move to a "big city" to study a combined Geography and PE degree at the University of Birmingham. Once again, I chose well and I loved my time in Higher Education. As I neared the end of the degree course, I thought long and hard about a possible career and kept returning to the fact that I needed to do something that I felt passionate about and that I enjoyed. I therefore remained in Birmingham to study a PGCE. My first teaching job took me to Leicester where I joined a highly talented and thoroughly dedicated PE team. After seven years at this school, I was appointed Head of PE at CTC Kingshurst, a new school in East Birmingham. Little did I know that I would remain at this school for so quite so many years! I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the school with its strong sense of community and close working relationships. I maintain that there is no better professional feeling than seeing a student move on to bigger and better things and I sincerely hope that I have been able to have a similarly positive influence on some youngsters as my former PE teacher had on me.