The SAIL Improvement Board

Appointed by: Trust Board

Term Dates: 15.03.24 - 15.03.25

Attendance 2023-24: 6/6

Attendance 2024-25: 1/6

Registered Interests: Trustee of Reach South Academy Trust, The Amber Foundation and The Chalke History Trust. President of South Wilts Mencap.

Penny Marland was a Probation Officer for 20 years, retiring from the NPS in February 2022. She is a Trustee of The Amber Foundation and the Chalke Valley History Trust.

She is President of South West Mencap. Previously, she was a governor of three schools between 1997 and 2016.

Appointed by: Trust Board

Term Dates: 15.03.24 - 15.03.25

Attendance 2023-24: 6/6

Attendance 2024-25: 1/6

Registered Interests: tbc

Caroline has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Trinity College, Oxford. She worked in Finance and Executive Recruitment in London and Paris before moving to Wiltshire in 2000. She was a Governor and Chair of the Education Committee at Leaden Hall School (a private Prep School for girls) in Salisbury for a number of years. Caroline joined the board of Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop School 6 years ago which was a double RI school but after a comprehensive school improvement plan and a restructuring of the curriculum was judged to be Good by OFSTED in September 2023. Chilmark is small rural church primary with mixed aged classed.  It is a small FGB, and Caroline is the Chair with responsibility for Safeguarding, SEND and link Governor for Humanities and Staff Wellbeing.

Caroline is a Trustee at Wilton Riding for the Disabled which is a large RDA centre offering therapeutic riding and equine therapy to over 90 clients per week. The clients are children and adults with additional needs who come to Wilton Riding for the Disaabled as individuals or as part of school groups. Caroline is responsible for Safeguarding, Employment, and Insurance on the RDA board. She is also the Volunteer coordinator for Saturday riding when they have Duke of Edinburgh placements for under eighteens and some volunteering opportunities for young people with additional needs who build confidence and self-esteem during their time with them. SAIL is in contact regarding riding as alternative provision for some of their young people. 

Caroline was also involved with the Chalke Valley History Festival where she ran the volunteers for this weeklong festival for 7 years. This involved recruiting and managing up to 170 people from 16 years upwards. Additionally, Caroline is a member of her local Parish Council and a Salisbury Hospice Fundraising committee.

Appointed by: Trust Board

Term Dates: 15.03.24 - 15.03.25

Attendance 2023-24: 6/6

Attendance 2024-25: 1/6

Registered Interests: tbc

Carina is currently Head of Governance at Magna Learning Partnership, a role she has held for 5 years.  Prior to this she worked in educational governance for 10 years.  She was awarded the NGA’s Outstanding Governance Professional award in 2021.  Her early career, following a degree in Electronic Engineering, was in the tech sector.

Carina and her husband live in Salisbury and have three children

Christopher Toye is the Deputy CEO and has previously worked as Executive Headteacher of Millbay Academy. He is an experienced educator, having been a teacher, Head teacher and Executive Headteacher in South London for thirty years. He has led a number of schools that have been recognised as outstanding by Ofsted. The majority of his experience has been with primary schools, including those with SEN resource bases (for children with speech and language impairment and autism).

He was appointed a National Leader of Education by the Department for Education in 2013 and has carried out many primary and secondary school improvement deployments throughout England. He is a Trustee of a designated free school (promoted by the Portuguese Embassy), governor of an outstanding secondary school in London and has led a Teaching School. He is a board member of the Lambeth Schools Forum. He has previously been an Additional Inspector for The Tribal Group (commissioned by Ofsted.

Polly is a member of the Executive Team and is also a STORM trainer and delivers suicide prevention and safety planning across the Trust.

Polly brings extensive expertise in employer engagement, apprenticeships and vocational education in KS4 and KS5 and is also a trained SENCo and has extensive experience of Safeguarding.