National Executive

 

National Executive is the governing body and managerial authority of NAHT that oversees the policy direction we take in between our Annual Conference and AGM each year.

It is made up of regional and education sector representatives to ensure there’s a champion for each type of member we serve. See who represents you on our National Executive below.

Contact our democracy and governance team to learn more about the role and get in touch with our national executive. 

The role and responsibilities of National Executive Members

All members of NAHT National Executive are elected to represent a region or a particular section of the membership. Specifically, Executive members:

• participate in the strategic oversight of the Association’s affairs and the determination of policy during periods between annual conference

• represent the views of the members in an NAHT region at the national level, or represent a section of the membership for whom they have been elected to serve

• act as a channel of communication between members, branches and regions in their area with the National Executive and headquarters staff

• offer and provide support to local branches through personal contact with local officials and their regular attendance at selected local meetings

• work with other Executive members in an NAHT region, and with local officials, to promote the business of the region, including local initiatives to support and/or recruit new members

National Executive Nominations

Due to vacancy outside of the triennial election cycle, National Executive has the following shorter term length seats open for nomination (members will need to login to access the nomination forms): 

• Deputy/Assistant Head (A) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2025) 
• Edge/Middle Leader (A) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2024) 
• South Central (A) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2025) 
• South East (A) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2025) 
• South West (B) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2026) 
• Special (B) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2024) 
• Yorkshire (C) (01.11.2023 – 31.08.2026) 

The nomination period for all seats will run from 01.09.2023 to 30.09.2023 and all nomination forms must be returned to Adam Ives at adam.ives@naht.org.uk. 

National Executive Elections

The outcome of the National Executive Secondary (A) and North West (C) elections were announced on 23 August 2023 – the independent scrutineer’s report can be found here. Jackie Bartley was elected to the Secondary (A) seat and Nicola Kearney was elected to the North West (C) seat.

Regional representatives

North East

• Angi Gibson

• Dame Nicola Stephenson

North West

• Amanda Hulme

• Simon Kidwell (President)

• Nicola Kearney

• Keith Wright

Yorkshire

• Chris Kirkham-Knowles

• Maxine Stafford

• Vacancy

West Midlands

• Emily Proffitt

• Michelle Sheehy

• Amy Lassman

East Midlands

• Joanne Sanchez-Thompson

• Nazma Jassat

Eastern

• Alan Garnett

• Dawn Copping

• Steve Mills

South West

• Paul Gosling (Immediate Past President)

• Vacancy

South East

• Vacancy

• Hildi Mitchell

South Central

• Vacancy

• Julie Kelly

Greater London

• Patrick Foley

• Dave Woods

• James Lacey

• Diana Ohene-Darko

Cymru

• Dean Taylor

• Huw Jones

Northern Ireland

• Clare Majury

• Jonny Gray 

Overseas

• Judith Stott (National Treasurer)

Sector representatives

Early Years

• Judy Shaw

Primary

• Graham Frost

• Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson

Secondary

• Jackie Bartley

• Stuart Beck

Special

• Marijke Miles

• Vacancy

Deputy and Assistant Head

• Vacancy

• James Hawkins

School Business Leaders

• Rachel Younger (Vice President)

Middle Leaders (Edge)

• Vacancy

Life Members

• John Killeen