Academy Council (Governing Body)

Notton House Academy Link Councillor Roles
Role	Name
Chair	Trystan Williams
Vice Chair
Finance Councillor
Health & Safety Councillor	Martyn Watkins
MAT Trustee
Parent Representative	Clare Sampson
Parent Representative
Pupil Premium Councillor	Trystan Williams
Residential Care Councillor	Trystan Williams
Safeguarding, Children in Care / Young Carers Councillor	Trystan Williams
Special Educational Needs & Disability Councillor	Trystan Williams
Support Staff Representative	Tom Linacre
Teaching Staff Representative	Martyn Watkins

To contact the Clerk to the Governing Body, Elizabeth Jahn, please email;

[email protected]

If you are interested in joining the Academy Council, please contact Elizabeth Jahn, Clerk to the Academy Council, [email protected]

Michelle Reysenn, Headteacher, Notton House Academy

Appointed by Learn@ MAT Board, Ex-Officio

Michelle trained as an English teacher in 2001 at Oxford Brookes University, after completing a degree in English Literature at University College Worcester. She has worked in 3 schools previous to Notton House, both mainstream and special education, leading year groups as a pastoral head, and also, being a subject/ department leader. Michelle has experience as Advanced Skills Teacher and a Special Leader of Education,

Michelle has a Post Graduate Diploma in education from the University of Gloucestershire, and has completed a senior leadership qualification (NPQSL)

Trytan Wiliams - Chair of Academy Council

Elected by Learn@ MAT Board of Trustees - 16 April 2021 - 15 April 2024

Executive Lead, Venturers Trust, Principal, Venturers’ Academy

Trystan Williams is a collegiate leader working at all levels in the educational sector, from the primary and secondary phases to university level.

Trystan held his first position as Principal in Wiltshire for ten years, moving into an Executive Headteacher role and then Chief Executive Officer in Surrey, before returning to the South West to open a Specialist Free School for children and young people with a primary diagnosis of autism, in September 2016. He is also the Executive Lead for Venturers Trust, overseeing 5 Primary Schools and Academy Improvement across his Trust.

A graduate of Cardiff Metropolitan University, Trystan won Best School Professional UK in 2008. Four years later, under his leadership, his Academy won the TES Outstanding Special School Award and Overall Outstanding School of the Year.

Trystan has chaired national conferences, led on many ground breaking initiatives such as “The Extreme Classroom”, the subject of numerous documentaries filmed and aired by the BBC, both nationally and globally and achieved recognition at government level for his commitment to the highest standards of care and education for vulnerable young people.

Martyn Watkins, Teaching Staff Representative

Elected by Staff from 01 September 2021 - 31 August 2024

Martyn completed his degree in Sport and Exercise Science at The University of Brighton in 1995 and has a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Oxford Brookes University. Martyn has worked within Sixth Form College, independent school, mainstream and special education, holding positions including Department Leader and Director of Sport.

Martyn is currently the Welfare Curriculum Lead for Notton House Academy.