About Us

Our Board

Schools Alliance for Excellence was incorporated on September 13th 2019 and is a not for profit company, limited by guarantee and registered at Companies House, number 12207090.

The Board comprises a maximum of 11 non-executive Directors who include the Chairs and representatives of the four Phase Councils, the two Surrey-based Teaching School Hubs, the Guildford Diocesan representative, two representatives of SCC, a MAT CEO and a Surrey Governor.

Impact Reports

Schools Alliance for Excellence Board

Board Capacity Name
Chair Alex Tear
School Director (Primary) Mary Ellen McCarthy
School Director (Secondary) Penny Alford
School Director (Early Years) Donna Harwood Duffy
Diocesan Director Alex Tear
Teaching School Hub Director James Kibble
SCC Director Anwen Foy
SCC Director Mary Burguieres
Lay Director Kate Keane

David Hargreaves

“System leadership arises when political leaders and school leaders openly debate and agree on the moral purpose of education and then work in partnership to agree and to implement the means by which such purposes can be realised.”