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Cocentra's People
Meet the team
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The Cocentra team comprises a number of highly experienced, well qualified professionals from the education and commercial sectors providing a refreshing approach to their work.
Cocentra has the reputation for very focused and high quality advice and support. A full programme of conferences, courses and seminars run termly across the UK. Cocentra are also well known for taking their training to organisations as well as providing customised work to meet specific needs.
Our customers include state and independent schools in all phases across the UK and internationally, the DfES, Local Authorities, the Specialist Schools Trust and BSF construction partners
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Terry Rollings
Terry has over 36 years successful school and LA leadership experience in the UK which has included four headships. He has also worked as an Inspector in Surrey, as Senior Adviser in West Sussex and as Head of School Improvement in a London Borough. Terry is currently the Managing Director of Learning services for Cocentra, with responsibility for all aspects related to school improvement with LAs, schools and other organisations. This involves working directly with a variety of schools and local education authorities providing training and consultancy support.
   
Steve Davies
Steve has extensive experience in education and specialises in Strategic and Change Management, school improvement and developing stakeholder relationships. He has held the posts of Director of Education Services and Chief Inspector in London LEAs and has also worked in school improvement services in West Sussex and Cumbria.  He has worked across the UK and internationally on education policy and practice and has managed national programmes and supported Local Authority interventions on behalf of the DCSF (now DfE). Steve is currently Managing Director of Children’s Services for Cocentra.
 
Andrew Best
Andrew has a commercial background in Finance and ICT gained from working with HSBC, Sky and Yahoo, both here and in the US. As well as being a Chartered Accountant, he is a qualified Corporate Treasurer and has been involved with the raising of development funding and large scale cash management. He has managed several major project implementations including significant ICT led process change initiatives.  Andrew is a recognised specialist in school data, working across the country with schools from all phases and LAs and presenting at National Conferences. He is Cocentra’s Managing Director, Commercial.
  Pat Doherty
Pat Doherty
Pat has over 35 years successful school and LA senior leadership experience in the UK and internationally. He has also undertaken a wide range of support and advisory roles for LAs and schools with a focus on learning and teaching. He has worked extensively on several BSF schemes, with a particular focus on translating school visions into curriculum and design solutions incorporating ICT developments from both the client and provider sides.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Watson
Ray has a very strong record and substantial leadership experience in school improvement and the development of visioning strategies at LA and individual school level. the.  He has led the strategy for the development of the Primary Capital Programme within Local Authorities and within the DCSF (now DfE) Capital Team. Ray is currently the Director for New School Design within Cocentra.

  

Chris Jacobs
Chris has worked in a number of primary schools at senior level. He has also worked in teacher training facilities overseas, secondary pupil referral units and in an advisory capacity for a local authority with specific focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning and advising on the management of behaviour.  He provides Ofsted support, advises on learning and teaching and developing SEN provision and delivers Inset. He has worked as an interim manager in a London Borough, successfully leading a restructured Behaviour Support Team into the School Improvement Service. Chris currently works as a Principal Adviser for Cocentra which involves working directly with a variety of schools and local education authorities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Davies
Mike has led a number of schools in rural areas, new towns and inner city settings; of these three were either significantly remodelled, rebuilt or expanded and in his last post he was involved in a new build, UKs first purpose built school-within-school. In each case there has been an emphasis on aligning design to evolving pedagogies and the need to build schools that promoted a sense of belonging and community. He presents across the country and is a regular contributor to National policy development.

 

 

Frank Havard
Frank Havard has worked in the secondary sector and in the school advisory service for 35 years, the last 10 as headteacher of a specialist school. He has a range of experience in the international field, working with schools in Hong Kong, Australia and Europe. Over the last 3 years he has worked as education lead on 3 BSF projects, supported on a number of others and is engaged in a number of school improvement projects.

 

    

Kevin Palmer
Kevin has been an educator since 1986, starting as an English Lecturer in Higher Education, then moving into FE where he became a middle manager in the mid-nineties and a strategic manager in 2001.  After serving as an Assistant Principal with specific responsibility for learning technology and strategic development of e-learning in a college, he joined Salford City Council in 2004, first to run the Salford City Learning Centres and then to manage the procurement of BSF ICT and Transformation in Salford, which he left in the summer of 2010.  Kevin has substantial experience in learning technology, including leading development and procurement of Learning Platform technologies, developing and delivering transformation projects and working closely with schools and colleges to ensure that ICT provides value for money and impact on teaching and learning.  Kevin is Cocentra's Assistant Director of ICT Services.