Christina Jones OBE
CEO, River Tees Multi-Academy Trust
Christina has a background in school improvement, championing ambitious outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable learners. She is a Designated Safeguarding Lead, SENDCO and Specialist Teacher. Christina is involved various networks across the North-East and nationally.
River Tees Multi-Academy Trust is a specialist trust based in the North-East of England. Learners attend the trust’s five academies because of their special educational needs, health conditions, because of permanent exclusion or to undertake specialist assessment and transition programmes. The trust provides for learners aged 5 to 19 across our settings.
Christina has a strong interest in ensuring that all learners can access safe, high-quality inclusive education regardless of their circumstances. The trust works closely with parents, carers, families and their local communities to promote civic participation.
1 Workshop series two
The proposed role for AP within a reformed school system
Alternative Provision plays a key role in our education system and has the potential to change lives. Mark will be joined by a panel of trust leaders and the DfE to explore the thinking behind the proposed new role for AP with a reformed school system. Panel members will also highlight the collaborative approaches that currently take place between mainstream and specialist provision and explore how they might be maximised and developed in the future to both build capacity in our schools and transform even more lives.