Risk & Governance

Beverley, Director of Regulatory Services, has been working in the education sector for 18 years leading on projects to engage those individuals who are deemed “hard to reach”. Before joining Juniper Education she was Head of an Independent school, lead for Health and Safety and Safeguarding, a member of the strategic planning board sub committee and project manager on ESIF funded provision on the Pre NEET delivery.

Beverley, Director of Regulatory Services, has been working in the education sector for 18 years leading on projects to engage those individuals who are deemed “hard to reach”. Before joining Juniper Education she was Head of an Independent school, lead for Health and Safety and Safeguarding, a member of the strategic planning board sub committee and project manager on ESIF funded provision on the Pre NEET delivery.

Norberto is the Educational Visits Adviser for Juniper Education. He has worked in secondary schools for 11 years and managed a residential Education Centre for Essex County Council for 20 years. Over the past 11 years, Norberto has been a member of the Outdoor Education Adviser Panel (OEAP), an assessor for the LOtC Quality Badge, and associate adviser for EVOLVEAdvice.

Katy is the Financial Governance Manager in Juniper Education's Support Services team. Katy is a CIMA qualified accountant and has worked in Education Finance for the past five years.

Paul Alberry is the Co-Founder and CEO of Secure Schools, cyber security partner for Juniper Education. He is a Cyber Essentials assessor with 11 years’ experience working in education information technology governance and strategy. He has worked on UK Government-led cyber security research and co-founded Secure Schools to help educational organisations build cyber resilience.

Beverley, Director of Regulatory Services, has been working in the education sector for 18 years leading on projects to engage those individuals who are deemed “hard to reach”. Before joining Juniper Education she was Head of an Independent school, lead for Health and Safety and Safeguarding, a member of the strategic planning board sub committee and project manager on ESIF funded provision on the Pre NEET delivery.

Norberto is the Educational Visits Adviser for Juniper Education. He has worked in secondary schools for 11 years and managed a residential Education Centre for Essex County Council for 20 years. Over the past 11 years, Norberto has been a member of the Outdoor Education Adviser Panel (OEAP), an assessor for the LOtC Quality Badge, and associate adviser for EVOLVEAdvice.

Richard has 32 years’ experience of working in schools. He has 12 years’ experience as a headteacher and deputy headteacher. He has worked with Juniper Education since March 2020. For the past 10 years Richard has been providing school improvement advice to a wide range of primary, secondary, special, all through and independent schools across the country and internationally. Richard works as a school improvement partner in several secondary and primary schools. His particular areas of expertise are curriculum development, music, performing arts and leadership development at all levels, including governance. Richard has developed an exceptional understanding of strategies that enable disadvantaged pupils to achieve well through his experience of supporting over 150 schools in further improving provision and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

As a founding Director of Pharos Response with a specialist background in marketing communications, crisis communications and crisis management stretching well over 20 years, Chris has considerable experience in assisting clients across the education, travel, adventure and youth sectors. This support includes how to prevent critical incidents from happening, how to prepare to manage them and how to respond to them when they do. Over the past eight months, Chris and the Pharos team have applied their skills to advise and assist client schools in managing and responding to a range of Coronavirus related issues, quickly becoming specialists in COVID-19 management planning. Chris is a Trustee of a Multi Academy Trust, a school Governor and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Association (FRGS). With a love for the outdoors, when not dealing with critical incidents, Chris can often be found walking with his family and trusty English Pointer, paddling on the Thames or cycling the Surrey hills as an unashamed MAMIL!