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Board of Trustees (Directors)

Trustees
Mr Jon McAdam - Chair September 2022 to August 2026
Mr Nick Law - Executive Head - ex officio September 2015 - Present
Mr Ben Wills October 2020 - October 2028
Governance Professional
Debbie Scott
Carre's Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, NG34 7DD

Trustee Biographies

Mr Jon McAdam

Jon has been a Police Officer for 25 years, working predominantly as a Detective investigating serious and complex crime.  Being a Senior Investigating Officer, he has led many investigations including those relating to Homicide and Kidnap and Extorsion.  Starting his career in Surrey Police, Jon soon moved to Cambridgeshire Constabulary where he spent most of his career before moving to Lincolnshire Police to be the head of the Protecting Vulnerable Persons Unit.  Specialising in the Safeguarding of vulnerable people, Jon worked closely with local authorities and agencies throughout the county, leading to his introduction to the Robert Carre Trust in 2022 where he is currently the chair of the Trust Board.  Jon is currently the Assistant Chief Constable for Durham Constabulary.  Having been a keen rugby player, on hanging up his boots, Jon has now focused his attention on coaching and spends a lot of his free time coaching a local mini rugby team.

Mr Nick Law

Nick has been the Headteacher at Carre's Grammar School, since January 2008 during which time the school has expanded, becoming co-educational in the sixth form in 2010 and an Academy in 2011. He is the overall lead for the schools within the Trust and works closely with the DfE, Regional Director and the Head of KSHS. His specific focus is to ensure that the Trust's strategies are realised .He is the operational Headteacher of Carre’s Grammar School and is a Local Leader in Education.

Mr Ben Wills

Having worked as Head of Property & Estates and other roles with Dyson Farming since 2014, Ben now runs his own consultancy business, 360 Rural, providing an innovative and fresh approach to rural business advice.  

Ben attended Carre’s Grammar School between 1994 – 2001, after which he studied and graduated from the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester with a First Class (Hons) in Rural Land Management in 2005. Returning to Lincolnshire he joined Brown & Co and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and worked in their Grantham and Melton Mowbray offices. Ben also became a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers and became a RICS Registered Valuer. Ben became a Trustee of the Robert Carre Trust in 2020. Outside of work Ben enjoys spending time in the countryside and fell walking in the Lake District.
Mrs Debbie Scott
Governance Professional

Trustee Resignations

Mr Mark Knapton July 2024 to 30 September 2025
Mr Graham Gustard December 2022 to 30 September 2025
Mr Simon Enstone May 2024 to 30 September 2025
Mr Richard Eaton May 2024 to 21 October 2024
Mrs Jo Slesser May 2023 to 22 August 2024
Mrs Aby Barker May 2023 to 22 May 2024
Mr Tim Culpin March 2023 - 30 January 2024
Mrs Amanda Money January 2023 to 30 November 2023
Mr Ian Jones January 2023 to 24 August 2023
Mr Andrew Hutton September 2020 - 20 May 2023
Mrs Viv Porteus May 2021 - 25 March 2023
Mrs Val Andrew September 2018 - 6 February 2023
Ms Rachel Garrett September 2021 - 13 January 2023
Mr David Hodgson September 2021 - 5 January 2023
Miss Karen Bradford September 2015 - 23 July 2022
Mr Malcolm Robertson September 2015 - 27 January 2022
Mr Robin Baker OBE September 2015 - 31 May 2021
Mr M Housley September 2018 - 26 January 2021
Mr David Hodgson April 2018 - 6 December 2020
Cdr G D Titmus May 2017 - 31 August 2020

School Governance

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