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Dawn Carman-Jones

Director and Consultant, Dawn CJ
Passionate in ensuring that young people have opportunity and access to quality education regardless of their background, starting point or needs, Dawn has wide-ranging experience as a non-executive in the education sector, both as founding chair of an 14 school primary and specialist provision trust, and through her independent work with complex statutory panels, governor advisor roles, IEBs, and as a governance consultant in schools of concern. Trained as an independent investigator and mediator, she has extensive experience in education settings. In addition, Dawn has delivered independent external reviews of governance, chair mentoring, trust leader performance management advice, and facilitated strategy and training sessions. She firmly believes in the impact of effective governance, and that this is driven by those with service leadership at the heart of their actions.