"Senior leaders share your vision and relish the part that they play in realising it. Together you have taken the school from strength to strength. You are passionate about ensuring that all pupils in your school are supported as individuals to achieve their full potential." Ofsted 2018
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Meet our Senior Leaders
Meet our Senior Leaders
Zoë Baines
Headteacher, Slated Row School
Zoë Baines joined Slated Row School in April 2014 after holding roles as Assistant Head and Vice Principal in mainstream secondary schools. Zoë has been designated lead for Child Protection in the school since 2016. Zoë became the Head of School in October 2019, the Interim Headteacher in September 2024 and then the Headteacher in April 2025. She is pivotal to the school's leadership and this was recognised by inspectors in the 2018 Outstanding Ofsted.
Zoë has her National Professional Qualification in Headship (NPQH) and Exective Leadership (NPQEL). Zoe is a Senior Leader in Education trainer, a Positive Behaviour Support coach and Mental Heath First Aider. Zoë has extensive experience as a leader working in Mainstream and SEN settings. She was worked in Academies and a Multi Academy Trust. She has held a number of Leadership roles, including Vice Principal, Assistant Headteacher Head of girls PE, School Sports Coordinator, Key stage 3 progress leader and a Head of year for year groups 7 – 11. In all roles she demonstrated strong and motivational leadership for students, parents and members of staff.
Jonny Austin
Deputy Headteacher
Jonny Austin took on the role of Deputy Headteacher in September 2020. He joined Slated Row in September 2016 as Assistant Head. In January 2018 he became the Campus Leader for the Wolverton Site and was a part of the 2018 Outstanding Ofsted judgement.
He has spent 14 years working in mainstream secondary schools in Milton Keynes, London and the north of England. His roles have covered both the academic and pastoral, teaching a variety of subjects to the full ability and age range of secondary school. As well as teaching English and media studies, Jonny was KS3 Co-coordinator for English before becoming Director of Studies and guiding his year group of approximately 220 students from years 7 - 10. On moving to Milton Keynes he took on the role of Head of House at The Radcliffe School.
Jonny is an experienced practitioner and as an Assistant Head at Slated Row, oversees Reception, Lower school, Middle School and KS3, alongside whole school assessment, EHCP and Student Voice.
Luke Colvin
Assistant Headteacher, Primary
Luke Colvin joined Slated Row School in April 2015, following a successful final teaching placement in the school. After completing his NQT year in 2016, he became part of the Middle Leadership Team as Curriculum Leader for Expressive Arts. In 2019, Luke was elected as a Co-Opted Governor for the Aspire Federation and in September 2020, joined the Senior Team as Acting Assistant Headteacher responsible for Reception, Lower and Middle School.
The majority of Luke’s time spent teaching at Slated Row has been spent in a Structured class. With this, he has attended a 3 day TEACCH course and 2 day Attention Autism course. Luke has worked alongside Professor Barry Carpenter and Jo Egerton to complete a research based enquiry entitled ‘How does a personal sensory diet help to engage children in writing activities?’ He has completed his NPQML which included a school wide project to investigate the effectiveness of using Colourful Semantics to increase spontaneous interactions to support progress towards achieving EHCP outcomes.
Shelley Hadden
Assistant Headteacher, Key Stage 3
Shelley Hadden was a part of the Senior Leadership Team for the 2018 Outstanding Ofsted. She is currently responsible for Key Stage 3 and Continued Professional Development and Outreach. She has her NPQML (National Professional Qualification in Middle Leadership) and is a Specialist Leader in Education. She has trained with BILD to become a coach for Positive Behaviour Support in Schools and has recently passed the training to carry out Functional Behaviour Analysis Assessments to aid the development of Positive Behaviour Support Plans for our students.
Shelley went back into mainstream for two years in 2014, where she worked as a SENCO and Year Group Leader in a mainstream primary school. During this time she was a P Scales moderator across the Local Authority.
Shelley is an outstanding classroom practitioner having 7 years experience in mainstream prior to joining Slated Row in 2005. She has been a part of all four 'Outstanding' Ofsted inspections, as a class teacher, middle leader and senior leader.
Before going back into mainstream Shelley was a middle leader at Slated Row. She has worked across all the age groups on the Wolverton Site (Reception to Year 9).
Dorrie Mutch
Assistant Headteacher, Kents Hill
Dorrie Mutch joined the senior team in September 2016 and has been the lead on the Kents Hill Campus since it opened in January 2018, and was part of the 2018 Outstanding Ofsted. She has been a part of the middle leadership team since 2000, holding the posts of curriculum leader, moving on to Middle School Leader and Head of Post 16. She has her NPQML (National Professional Qualification in Middle Leadership).
Dorrie has been the 'Designated Lead' for Child Protection in the school since 2001, a role she continues to this day. Within this role she has a number of qualifications enabling her to complete the role and support others. Safeguarding children is an area that she feels passionately about, and trains staff beyond the statutory requirements.
Dorrie is an excellent classroom practitioner having 7 years experience in mainstream prior to joining Slated Row in 1999. She has been a part of all four 'Outstanding' Ofsted inspections, as a class teacher, middle leader and senior leader.
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