Meet Our Team

• Sarah Baker
  Chief Executive Officer and Accounting Officer
  Sarah Baker

  Sarah Baker is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Gatehouse Green Learning Trust (GGLT), which was formed in 2018, bringingï ¿ ½ together two large Bristol secondary schools and three primaries.

  Sarah began her career in Manchester before taking on teaching and leadership roles in inner-city comprehensive schools in London boroughs, where she relished the challenge of contributing to improvements in education in areas of diversity and deprivation.

  She moved to Bristol to become the first headteacher of the new Redland Green School, an 11-19 comprehensive. Sarah opened the school with Year 7 in September 2006 and discovered that starting a new school from scratch brought skills and knowledge not delivered in teacher training.

  As RGS became established, it became increasingly outward facing, and Sarah took on roles in the local authority including chairing the Bristol Association of Secondary Heads and Principals and developing the Bristol Inclusion Panel.

  Sarah continues to work closely with schools and partners to further improve the quality of education in the city.

• Jacquetta Wallace
  Trust Accountant (CFO)
  Jacquetta Wallace

  Jacquetta joined Gatehouse Green Learning Trust in June 2019. Jacquetta qualified as a Chartered Accountant before embarking on a finance career in Banking, Investment Banking, Marketing and the Care sector.ï ¿ ½ Having joined the Education sector, Jacquetta is delighted to support the development of the Trust bringing high-level financial expertise and experience to both the strategic direction and day-to-day operations.

• Mike Dunn
  Operations Director
  Mike Dunn

  Since 2006, Mike has worked with many national and international organisations focusing on educational, operational, organisational, and communications development.  

  Mike  began work with the Trust in November 2021; he is committed to supporting the delivery of excellent operational services to the Trust's schools, to enable them to provide outstanding education to all pupils.  

• Dan Pitman
  Head of IT
  Dan Pitman

  Dan has been working at Ashton Park School for the last 11 years, 5 years as ICT Technician and 6 years as ICT Network Manager, he has been supporting the IT within the School and also the Primary Schools which are now formed as part of Gatehouse Green Learning Trust.
  He is keen to use his Educational IT knowledge and expertise across the Trust as Head of IT

• Julia Prince
  Head of Estates
  Julia Prince

  Julia joined GGLT in July 2020. She has 25+ years of experience working in Business / Estates. She has worked as a School Business Manager and was a Collaborative Procurement Manager for 39 schools in the Stroud cluster. She moved to Bristol in 2016 and became the Facilities manager at Colston's School, Stapleton looking after maintenance, catering, grounds, housekeeping and health and safety teams over the 32 acre site. Her industry experience has primarily been within fire and security where she managed the business of 2 SME's.

• Eva Bernal
  Data Protection Officer
  Eva Bernal

  Eva is originally from Spain but has lived in Bristol since 2004, where she taught Spanish for four years before joining RGS in 2008. Educated at degree level, Eva also holds qualifications in Business Administration and Management & Leadership. Eva is the Lead Admin Manager for Redland Green School and the Data Protection Officer for the Gatehouse Green Learning Trust.

  
  Using her in-depth knowledge, Eva is working with all the schools within the Trust to ensure GDPR compliance.

• Sue Burns
  Governance Manager
  Sue Burns

  Sue joined Gatehouse Green Learning Trust in November 2018. She is educated to degree level with a PGCE and was originally a primary school teacher before moving into the corporate sector. Sue is a professional Clerk and Governance Manager and supports the Board of Trustees with ensuring compliance with DfE legislation. Sue has a Level 4 Certificate in Academy Governance from the Chartered Governance Institute and many years of experience in developing governance within educational organisations. She is passionate about supporting the trust through their next stage of development.

• Ruth Eager
  Financial Controller
  Ruth Eager

  Ruth has worked in finance since leaving school where she started off in the retail banking sector. Over the years she moved through to investment banking and prior to starting at Redland Green School was the Treasury Manager for the Audit Commission, the public sector QUANGO that appointed auditors to a range of local public bodies in England, set the standards for auditors and oversee their work.

  
  Ruth started at Redland Green in February 2012, not long after the school first academised and so was tasked with putting all the new finance systems & processes in place. Following the MAT conversion, Ruth now manages the Central finance function for all 5 schools.

• Yvonne Bunce
  Finance Officer
  Yvonne Bunce

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