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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
Michael Cavan Head of Service Resources
Jess Markwart Head of Service MASH, Assessment and Targeted Intervention
Tom Maxwell Head of Regional Adoption Agency One Adoption North and Humber Adoption
Niall McVicar Head of Service Innovation and Children's Champion
Cat Middleton Head of Service Safeguarding Interventions and Exploitation
Emily Noble Head of Service Quality of Practice
Sara Sherwood Head of Service Corporate Parenting
Karoline Silcock Head of Service Disabled Children's 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
Victoria Coyle Head of Integrated SEND Integrated SEND
Alison Edeson Skills Team Manager Skills Team
Geraldine Jackson Principal Educational Psychologist Principal Educational Psychology
Barbara Mands Head of Education and Support Service Education Support Service
Angie Padfield Head of York Learning York Learning
Derek Sutherland Head of Effectiveness and Achievement School Effectiveness and Achievement
Karron Young Head of Virtual School Virtual School

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