afPE Appoint Team of Technical Support Advisers

05/03/18

The Association is pleased to announce that it has appointed 10 Technical Support Advisers to work with the CEO, to champion and promote physical education, school sport and physical activity. These consultants will work with partners to create consistent and coherent messages to ensure that the sector achieves the best that it can for children and young people. They will also support the Association in achieving its corporate objectives and providing the best advice and support that is possible for the sector. One of the posts will be to support those colleagues working within Initial Teacher Education.

The appointed Advisers are as follows:

• Steve Caldecott
• Lesley Doughty
• Jan Hickman
• Gail Palmer-Smeaton
• Jan Parker
• Ian Roberts
• Michelle Roberts
• Sue Trotman
• Clayton Wilson
• Andrew Frapwell (ITTE Role)

Sue Wilkinson MBE, afPE’s CEO said:

“We are delighted that we are able to appoint the Technical Support Advisers to work with colleagues at grass roots, partners and those who are working in ITTE. It is important as a subject association that we reinvest in support for the afPE membership and the wider profession in order to support raising standards and improving outcomes for children and young people. After a rigorous recruitment and appointment process, afPE is confident that we have some outstanding colleagues to pilot this work. We hope that in the future we will be able to expand the team across the UK.”