Senior Leaders

About Us

Our senior leaders have extensive experience of meeting the needs of children with really complex needs, and of helping them to succeed where previous schools had not been able to do so. We understand how to manage challenging behaviour successfully, and how to help habitual school refusers to become habitual attenders. We are also experienced in growing new schools successfully.

Our leadership team

Adrienne Cherrywood OBE
The Principal. Cert Ed, BA Hons (Educ), NPQH, M Ed (SEBD)

Kitty Clark
The Executive Headteacher. QTS, BA Hons (Educ)

John Herring
Admissions & Planning. BSc (Hons), MA, MBA

Emily Barnes
HR & School Office Manager. School Business Manager Qualification

Terry Price
Operations & Contracts. Cert Ed, MSc

Designated Safeguarding Lead for Maypole School (Sunbury)

Craig Reed, Head of School and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Sukhvinder Guhman, Deputy Head of School and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Designated Safeguarding Lead for Maypole School (Leigham Court)

Natalie Taylor - Head of School and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Joel Morris - Acting Head of Off-Site and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Farrah Merali - Deputy Head of School and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Designated Safeguarding Leads for Maypole School (Croydon)

Ashley Bell: Head of School (Dawson) and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Faith Williams: Head of School (Bracken) and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Kitty Clark: Executive Headteacher and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

"Staff are overwhelmingly positive about leaders' support for their workload, well-being and professional development. They value being part of a new and developing school, and are fully committed to supporting their pupils."

Ofsted Report, Maypole School (Leigham Court), June 2024

"The support for pupils behaviour is excellent. … their self control is developing and, as a result, negative behaviours are reducing."