Our Team
Our Executive Team
Laurie Kwissa
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Laurie took up post as CEO of LDST in December 2019. Prior to this, she was appointed from September 2017 as the first Trust Education Director at the very start of the Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust.
Prior to LDST, Laurie had a number of roles in education, both as a Primary School Headteacher and then a cross-phase National Strategies Adviser focusing on assessment and progression across primary and secondary schools. As an accredited School Improvement Partner, she then worked with schools across Liverpool as a Senior School Improvement Officer.
Steve Boothroyd
Trust Corporate Services Director (TCSD)
Steve joined LDST in April 2018 and leads the Trust's Corporate Services Directorate covering all aspects of finance, operations and HR.
Steve is a Chartered Accountant through ICAEW and his background includes 12 years working in external and internal audit roles with public sector bodies including multi-academy trusts, colleges, universities, local government, housing associations and NHS healthcare organisations.
Steve also spent over ten years as a Trustee and school governor of a non-maintained special school for children with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Sally Aspinwall
Trust Education Director (TED)
Sally Aspinwall is the Trust Education Director within Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust and is responsible for school improvement. She is a serving Headteacher and currently Executive Headteacher of three schools. The Beacon CE Primary, is currently judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted and is a national DfE Behaviour Hub; the other primary is Bishop Martin CE Primary in Liverpool which has been successfully supported by the Beacon CE Primary and has been judged as Good by Ofsted. More recently Sally is providing additional leadership capacity as Executive Headteacher to St. Michael's CE High School.
Sally is also an Ofsted inspector. Her areas of expertise include leadership and management and SEND provision.
Our Education Team
Mark Ward
Trust Education Officer
Rachael Heathcote
Trust Inclusion Lead
Dr Carmel Manwaring
Trust Quality Assurance Lead (Secondary)
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Jill Broom
Trust Assessment Lead
Rob Fletcher
Trust Teacher Development Coordinator and Lead Mentor
Ann Charters
Trust Behaviour Lead
Our Corporate Services Team
Alison Tennant
Trust Operations Lead and Data Protection Officer
Anna McGurk
Trust Finance and Business Lead
Nicola Kettley
Trust Human Resources Lead
Rebecca Thomson
Trust Business Manager
Rebecca Lyons
Trust Business Manager
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Suzanne Robinson
Trust Business Manager
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Samantha Lowe
Trust Business Manager
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Our Administrative Team
Hollie Stott
Trust Executive Administrator and Governance Lead
Beccie Bromley
Trust Administrative Assistant