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Academy Council
Correspondence to the Academy Council should be directed via the
Academy Council Clerk: S Morgan: smorgan@tla.woodard.co.uk
Graham John Tiley (BSc Hons, MSc, PhD) - Chair
Graham is semi-retired but keeps busy with a number of education projects centered around a focus on improving lives through
learning, particularly in disadvantaged areas. He is Vice Chair of the London Learning Consortium, an FE training provider based in South London and Sussex. Graham is also a Trustee at the Schoolsworks Multi Academy Trust which operates eight primary schools in West Sussex.Graham has extensive experience in both Executive and Non-Executive Director roles, having previously served as Chair of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kyiv and as Vice Chairman of the Board of the International School of Amsterdam. Graham worked for >30yrs in the energy Industry with a career that spanned Europe, Middle East & Africa including senior leadership roles such as Country Manager as well as head of Strategy for a large business unit.
Married with four adult children and one grandchild, Graham and his family have been based in Littlehampton for nearly two decades. Graham’s other passion is for live music, regularly attending concerts in London and Brighton. He has also turned this into a side-business as co-founder of a local event production business providing event production services.
Sam Genge - Teacher
Sam joined TLA in November 2018 as the Year 10 Leader. She thoroughly enjoyed working in this role as a pastoral lead and enjoyed working with the students and their families. Prior to this, she worked as a Lecturer in Childcare and Health and Social Care at Crawley College. Sam taught across all levels including being able to teach on the Early Years Degree programme. She also worked as an Associate Lecturer assessing students in placement at the University of Chichester. Prior to changing her career, she worked in the recruitment industry for 10 years and recruited for many local businesses within West Sussex. Sam currently teaches Health and Social Care at level 2,3 and 4 in the academy and she is a Year 9 tutor. She was also recently promoted to the Assistant Director of Faculty for the Creative Arts Department. Sam is currently studying for her Masters Degree in Education at the University of Chichester and is absolutely loving being back in the classroom and learning herself! In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family and enjoy reading both fiction and educational research to help her with her own studies.
Jo Hill - Community
Jo lives locally and has two children currently attending the Academy.
Jo has worked for over 20 years in various local authority education roles, her work has primarily focused on the support, services and provision available to children and young people with additional needs. Jo brings knowledge and experience of service leadership and development, implementation of statutory policy and process, and a dedication to collaborative working to her role as Community Councillor. Jo is also a volunteer for Pregnancy Sickness Support Charity, where she offers peer support to women suffering severe pregnancy sickness. When not working/mentoring Jo enjoys jogging, and dragging her resistant children on dog walks with their labrador Teddy.Lou Hurst - Teacher
Lou was given the opportunity to work in a brand new school overseas and decided to develop her skills teaching in a British school in Madrid. During this time Lou met Princess Alexandra and also led a team of inspectors who toured and spent time in her classroom. Lou also visited and trained in other Spanish schools.
On returning to the UK Lou worked for the NHS with the Speech and language team before rejoining TLA to teach Geography and also the Transition Curriculum.
Lou was made Deputy Director of the Humanities Faculty and then Director of Faculty.
Lou enjoys developing her knowledge and skills in order to benefit students in the
classroom and has recently become an Apple teacher and a United Nations
Accredited Climate Change Teacher.
Lou is married with three daughters who continue to keep her on her toes!
Becca Jupp - Community
Becca is 49, married to Tim and a mum of four children, all of whom have been at The Littlehampton Academy. She is the leader of Arun Church which is a church of 400 people who meet at TLA and also own the Wickbourne Centre in Littlehampton, which includes two nurseries. Becca is passionate about the community and loves the Academy and being part of the Academy team on the Council. Becca appreciates seeing first-hand what an amazing, inspiring school TLA is.
Stephen O'Donohue - Parent
Stephen grew up in Littlehampton and has family and wider family in the area. He has had children attend the academy and his youngest child still does. He wants to be able to bring some of his life experiences and work experiences to the role of school counsellor. He has worked in the NHS for over 10 years and specifically mental health services as a RMN. He enjoys music, cinema, martial arts and holidays with the family.
Dan Pearce - Community
Dan works in the London Insurance Market, as the Real Estate Underwriting Manager for Ecclesiastical Insurance. Within this role, he is responsible for the management of the whole London Book of Business and ultimately the bottom line to deliver a profit. He is a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute and has the Certificate in Insurance (Cert CII) qualification.
Dan is married to Carly, they have two children, with the eldest at The Littlehampton Academy and they have lived in the area since 2014. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, loves a quiz and most sports.
Conor Stevens - Community
Conor is an alumnus of both The Littlehampton Academy and The Littlehampton Academy Sixth Form. He has lived in Littlehampton since the age of two and knows the community well. Since leaving TLA, Conor has achieved a BA (Hons) in Business Management at the University of Chichester where he also served as a student representative. He now manages a team of 60 employees at a manufacturing company in Littlehampton. In his spare time, Conor enjoys going to the gym, gardening, and playing golf.
Axelle Philippon - Community
Axelle has been working in Higher Education for more than 20 years, currently lecturing in Psychology at both the University of Portsmouth and the Open University. She has been responsible for designing and delivering teaching materials for MSc and Professional Doctorate degrees. Other aspects of her job include managing staff, as well as conducting and supervising research. Over the years, she has specialised in distance education, and she has played a significant role in helping her colleagues to make a swift transition to online teaching during the pandemic. Her teaching ethos centred around equality, diversity, and inclusivity, as well as decolonising education. Her research interests include child protection and safeguarding, cybercrime, witness memory, and discrimination/prejudice against minority groups.
Axelle is married to Stephane, and they have two children. She also volunteers at the Littlehampton Community Fridge, to help save food from being wasted and to redistribute it to the local community. In her spare time, she enjoys walking and being creative.
Kevin Stone - Community
Kevin recently retired having worked at TLA since September 1996 as a teacher of mathematics. During that time, he saw many changes and worked with many families in the Littlehampton area. Having been a tutor, he worked hard to help prepare the students for the real world, involving himself in the pastoral side and was also a leader in this important part of the school. As well as teaching the KS3 and KS4 curriculum, he was an A-Level teacher specialising in statistics. He has in the past been Head of Mathematics, taught “work-related” students and worked closely with the primary schools to help with their numeracy skills. In his past life, he worked as a project engineer for Sainsburys and is a qualified football referee. He enjoys the challenge of a music quiz, northern soul and has travelled across 5 continents.