School-to-school support
Headteacher support
Anna Cain
Anna is the Principal of the Boxing Academy, an award-winning school that started out as a charity-run Independent School and is now an AP Free School, and the only government funded boxing-based school in this country. The Academy has been based in Hackney since 2010 and its ground-breaking work with pupils in danger of exclusion has received national awards including the Tes Alternative Provision School of the Year 2017. Anna has supported a number of schools outside London and within the secure estate with school improvement and self-assessment.
Anna’s areas of expertise include:
Culture and ethos
Leadership
Strategic planning
Charitable fundraising
Alternative provision.
Jane Betsworth
Jane has worked in Hackney as a teacher for almost 30 years, and since 2009, has taken the position of Headteacher of Millfields Community School.
Jane has worked as an Executive Headteacher in 2 Hackney schools; currently supporting the leadership at Harrington Hill School. She has also done some work as an Associate Ofsted Inspector and is currently a SIP for the local authority. Jane also sit on the Executive Board of the HTSA (Hackney Teaching School Alliance) and works closely with the associated group of schools. Jane is an active member of the REU (re-engagement Unit) Steering Group and also represent primary Heads on local authority Reducing Exclusions Board.
Jane is currently a Community Governor at Morningside Primary School in Hackney and also at West Green School in Haringey, and a Community Governor at Harrington Hill Primary School in Hackney.
Jane’s areas of expertise include:
Inclusion and SEND provision
Behaviour
Ethos and culture
Governance
Developing wellbeing for staff and pupils
Creative Wider Curriculum