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Young Adult leadership Team

The leadership team provides the operational management of the young adult provision to support staff and young people on a day-to-day basis. The residential and educational teams work very closely together to ensure a consistency of approach in their ethos, aims, planning and practice.

Registered Manager - Emma MacKay

The Leadership team is supported by the Executive team which provides the strategic direction and overall management for Prior’s Court Foundation, the registered charity which manages Prior's Court Young Adult Provision.

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    Ryan Campbell - Chief Executive Officer at Prior's Court

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    Ryan Campbell CBE joined Prior's Court as our Chief Executive Officer in July 2023.

    Ryan has been a leader in the charity sector for over 18 years, most recently before joining Prior's Court as the CEO of Hampshire-based Treloar’s, a provider of education for physically disabled people with complex needs.

    Ryan has also been the CEO of Demelza Hospice Care for Children, which offers palliative care for children and young people; as well as CEO of an organisation providing clinical, mental health and substance misuse services to young people and adults.

    In 2018, Ryan was awarded a CBE for services to mental health provisions.

    Published: 22nd December, 2020

    Updated: 19th October, 2023

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    Sue Piper - Director of Young People's Learning

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    Sue has a background in psychology, mainstream and special needs teaching and residential care experience with 25 years spent in the field of autism.  

    Since she joined Prior’s Court nearly 20 years ago, she has worked as a class teacher and training consultant, before becoming a member of the senior management team.

    Sue completed her headship in 2011 and as the Director of Learning she oversees the learning for all young people across the provision.

    Sue continues to train others in her capacity as an Advanced Consultant TEACCH Trainer and has spoken at international conferences in the USA and China.

    Published: 24th December, 2020

    Updated: 26th January, 2023

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    Natalie Boothroyd - Director of Young People's Wellbeing

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    Natalie has over 20 years knowledge working in the health and social care sector. In this time she has opened two special schools for children with complex needs and six registered children’s homes and supported living accommodations across the UK. All schools and residential services were recognised as 'good' or 'outstanding' by their relevant statutory bodies.

    Natalie is a registered learning disability nurse, and has completed her diagnostic training in autism. She has worked alongside National Autistic Society (NAS) and completed her Masters module in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). Natalie was a Learning Disability nurse in inpatients at the start of her career, and has worked closely within recent years to prevent young people requiring Tier 4 services.

    Natalie also clinically oversees the nursing department here at Prior's Court.

    Published: 14th January, 2021

    Updated: 1st December, 2023

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    Helen Franks - School Principal

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    Helen joined Prior’s Court in January 2019, having worked in special education supporting pupils, predominantly with ASD, for more than twenty years, 15 of which have been in Senior Leadership roles. She has worked in both residential schools and local authority day schools, with pupils ranging in ages four to 19, and with a range of learning difficulties. She has long worked to improve provision for young people with autism, attending her first 5 day TEACCH course in the late 1990s.

    As well as supporting students in her schools, Helen has previously supported families, and mainstream schools, with the practical application of strategies to support the learning and development of young people with autism. For a number of years she was an instructor for EarlyBird - an National Autistic Society course for parents of pre-school children with a recent diagnosis of autism.

    As a keen reader, Helen is passionate in developing a love of reading and improving reading skills, whatever the ability of the young person. 

    Helen is a Team Teach Advanced Tutor and enjoys supporting staff to empower our young people to develop their own skills to manage their behaviours.

    Published: 15th January, 2021

    Updated: 1st December, 2023

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    Emma Mackay -Young People's Wellbeing Lead

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    Emma Mackay has a degree in sociology and women’s studies, along with 20 years of experience in the social care. This began with working with adults with learning difficulties in the community.

    Emma joined Prior’s Court in January 2007 as Home Manager for Charlotte House and was later promoted to Care manager/ Registered manager of the Young Adult Provision.

    Emma has completed the Level 4 Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care qualification, the 5-day TEACCH programme and, more recently, The Skills for Care Well-led leadership programme.

    Published: 28th January, 2021

    Updated: 22nd December, 2022

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    Lynsey Preston - Director of Safeguarding and Health and Safety

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    Lynsey has over 20 years’ experience of working with young people with autism and complex needs having joined Prior’s Court when it opened in 1999.

    During this time she has worked in the School as support worker, head of two residential homes and set up two new residential homes for post 16 students before joining the leadership team as Deputy Head of Care.

    Her role now encompasses the safeguarding of our young people across the whole provision.

    Published: 25th January, 2022

    Updated: 1st December, 2023

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