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Service Responsibilities

Children and Education Directorate

Service responsibilities within our 'Children and Education Directorate' are within the remit of:


Corporate Director of Children and Education - Martin Kelly

Email: martin.kelly@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Danielle Johnson Director of Children's Safeguarding Children's Safeguarding
Maxine Squire Assistant Director of Education, Skills and SEND Education

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Director of Children's Safeguarding - Danielle Johnson

Email: danielle.johnson@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Jess Markwart Head of Service MASH and Targeted Intervention
Sara Sherwood Head of Service Corporate Parenting
Cat Middleton Head of Service Safeguarding Interventions and Assessment
Tom Maxwell Head of Regional Adoption Agency One Adoption North and Humber Adoption
Vacant Head of Service Quality of Practice
Niall McVicar Head of Service Innovation and Children's Champion
Michael Cavan Head of Service Resource Service

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Assistant Director of Education, Skills and SEND - Maxine Squire

Email: maxine.squire@york.gov.uk

Name Job title Service areas
Derek Sutherland Head of Effectiveness and Achievement School Effectiveness and Achievement
Barbara Mands Head of Education and Support Service Education Support Service
Dan Bodey and Lynne Johns Head of Integrated SEND and Inclusion Integrated SEND and Inclusion
Alison Edeson Skills Team Manager Skills Team
Karron Young Head of Virtual School Virtual School
Tina Hardman Principal/Educational Psychologist Principal/Educational Psychology

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