
Senior Leadership Team
Welcome to the Senior Leadership Team page.
Details of our SLT can be found below with some of the headline areas of responsibility held. Andy Daly is the Executive Principal for Stratton. Andy oversees a number of secondary schools in Meridian Trust. Details of the Meridian Executive Board can be found here Executive Board Archives - Meridian Trust
Information on the wider Meridian Leadership can be found here Meridian Trust People - Meridian Trust
If you need to contact a member of the SLT, you can do so via principalspa@stratton.school

Sam Farmer - Principal
Link Year Group - Y11
Area of Responsibility
Vision, values, aims and culture and the Strategic Plan (SEF, SDP)
Staffing Appointments & Conduct
Stakeholders & Community Cohesion
Personnel, Performance Management
Budget and Financial Accountability
Admissions & In Year Movement
Exclusions Oversight
Premises
Staff and Student Wellbeing
Prevent Lead
Equality and Diversity Lead
Absence Monitoring – Staff
SLT Events Coordination – time management and Wellbeing
Pupil Premium Strategic Oversight
Safeguarding Supervision

David Grant - Vice Principal
Link Year Group - Y8
Area of Responsibility
Achievement & Progress Oversight
Timetable and Directed Time, including staff duties
Assessment - Data, QA, tracking & reporting
Student Outcomes
Exam Oversight including SEND oversight for special considerations (With SENCO)
Attendance Oversight and Analysis
RAP Meeting Oversight and analysis
Coaching and Development (Through Meridian Learning)
Strategic Oversight of student retention post 16
Super Curricular Development

Rob Clarke - Assistant Principal / Head of 6th Form
Link Year Group - Y12+13
Area of Responsibility
Strategic leadership of Post 16 provision
Data and attendance tracking (Post 16)
Post 16 Outcomes
Post 16 Pastoral Oversight
Post 16 Tutor Development
Raising Aspirations Project oversight
Student Leadership post 16
Student destinations post 16
EPQ Oversight
Post 16 Interventions
Post 16 Student Voice

Danielle Rooney - Assistant Principal
Link Year Group - Y7
Area of Responsibility
Behaviour and Rewards Strategic Lead
Conduct for Learning Oversight with LP
House Pastoral Development – HOPE including Pledges
Restorative Justice Oversight
Staff Development (Conduct)
Direct Placement and Managed Moves Oversight
Transition Conduct Oversight
Quality Nominee Vocational Qualifications

Jennifer Langdon - Assistant Principal
Link Year Group - Y9
Area of Responsibility
Named DSL
Inclusion Lead inc. SEND V
Looked after Children
Strategic Lead – PSHC/ Life skills / Careers
Thrive trained teacher
Safeguarding culture
Designated Teacher for Children previously in Care.
E-Safety Oversight
Attendance of Vulnerability Groups
SEND Transition

Lydia Pickwick - Assistant Principal
Link Year Group - Y10
Area of Responsibility
Quality of Teaching and Learning
Stratton 6 Oversight with CALS /CAPE
Quality Assurance Oversight
Staff Induction & initial training with CA
Directed Time calendar/ Oversight
Behaviour for Learning Oversight with DR
Revision and Interventions
Home learning
Meridian Learning CPD Link
Additional Leadership Roles
Joining the SLT as part of the extended Leadership Team
John Skipper
- Associate Assistant Principal
Area of Responsibility
- Lead and develop the Academic Mentoring programme at Stratton School,
- Coordinate student voice and leadership
Angie Fisher
- Associate Assistant Principal
Area of Responsibility
- Lead and develop the PLEDGES Programme
- Develop student character
Cate Lawson
- Co-opted Senior Leader
Area of Responsibility
- LOTC Audit and Gold Action Plan
- Club, Trips and Visits Oversight, linked to Careers
- Trust Hub events oversight
- Evaluation of Clubs T+V (CT+V) attendance by KPI
- Strategic Oversight of Clubs T+V offer
- Primary school Liaison - Performing Arts
- Extracurricular offer oversight
Natalie Bramley
- Interim SENCo
Area of Responsibility
- Named Senco
- Strategic oversight of SEND Provision
- EHCP Statutory Duties
- Interventions and Appropriate Provision
- Oversight of SEND Management Team
- TA Deployment
- Resource allocation