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Our Central Team

At Coppice Primary Partnership, we have an amazing central team who support all of our schools in areas of education, finance, HR, estates and governance.

Our central team see their role as reducing the burden on schools to free them up to focus on what they do best - educating the children!

  • Mark Chatley

    Trust Leader/CEO

    Mark is the Trust Leader/CEO of Coppice Primary Partnership, having joined the trust in April 2021.

  • Branwen Taylor

    Teaching and Learning Lead

    Branwen is the Trust Teaching and Learning Leader at Coppice Primary Partnership and has been a part of the trust since its formation in 2018

  • Annamaria Potgieter

    Chief Financial Officer

    Annamaria joined Coppice Primary Partnership in April 2020 as the Trust Finance Manager and in 2023, stepped up to the CFO role.

  • Clare Hancock

    Finance Officer

  • Kay Wallington

    Senior Finance Assistant

    Kay joined the Central Team in November 2021 as the Trust Finance Assistant and developed to become the Trust Senior Finance Assistant.

  • Karen Francis

    HR Officer

    Karen joined Loose Primary School in 2015 as Personnel Officer, and became a member of the Central Team in 2021 as the Trust's HR Officer.

  • Sam Hilder

    HR Assistant

  • Neil McDonald

    Estates Manager

    Neil joined the Trust central team as Estates Manager in April 2024 having previously been a Trustee.

  • Andy Lacey

    Governance Professional

Get in touch

Coppice Primary Partnership
Loose Primary School, Loose Road,
Maidstone. ME15 9UW

01622 743549