Academy Leadership Team

Duncan grew up in Buckinghamshire before moving to London to read English at Queen Mary, University of London. It was through the experience of teaching primary school pupils King Lear in order to complete a module in this course that inspired him to explore a career in working with young people. After graduating in 2006, Duncan spent a year working for a charity in East London who work with students that have been excluded from all forms of mainstream and alternative education. Reigniting their passion and interest in education further supported his motivation to enrol upon a PGCE English secondary course at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Once his PGCE was successfully completed, Duncan began teaching at Sir John Cass’s Red Coat and Foundation C of E school in Tower Hamlets, London. Duncan spent five years here, progressing from Newly Qualified Teacher to Advanced Skills Teacher of English, before relocating to Uttlesford, Essex with his young family. Duncan became Head of English at Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport and has been at the school for six years taking on the roles of Vice Principal and then Principal.

Colleagues at Joyce Frankland Academy are extremely proud of the traditional, caring and unique atmosphere with a rich, cultural history for excellence in education, dating back to the sixteenth century.

Duncan is excited about the future of the school, helping to create an environment where students continue to explore through learning, fulfil their potential and flourish in their futures.

Dan grew up in Lancashire and later Suffolk, before moving to Bedford to study Physical Education at University. Since joining the Academy in 2012, Dan has fulfilled a wide range of roles across middle and senior leadership, having impact in all aspects of school life.
Dan is a passionate advocate for lifelong learning and a child centred approach, increasing opportunities for all members of the academy community to learn, develop and flourish. Dan also works with our wider community links, engaging them to work together to enable our pupils to develop skills for life, through experiences in and out of the classroom.

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James was educated in south west Essex before reading English at the University of Reading. After graduating in 2005, he worked in media/PR in London before training as an English teacher at the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2008. Before joining JFAN as Deputy Principal in 2022, he worked at a school in east Hertfordshire, holding leadership responsibilities as Head of English and then Assistant Headteacher, responsible for continuing professional development for staff.
James is committed to serving the communities in which he works and lives. He believes there is no greater vehicle than a school to provide young people the opportunity to flourish. He is responsible for strategic oversight of the Academy being “excellent today”.

Dan Langley grew up in Cambridge before moving to Brighton to read Philosophy and English at Sussex University. After graduating Dan completed a PGCE in English at Brighton University. He taught in Sussex for several years before returning to Cambridge. Dan started teaching English at Joyce Frankland in 2013 and became Lead Teacher of English in 2014. He led the English department until 2018 when he was made Assistant Principal and Head of Sixth Form. Dan has held a number of leadership roles in the school including Challenge and Intervention. Dan is a passionate advocate of teaching to the top and believes that all children have the right to benefit from the full range of educational opportunities.

Lucy grew up in North Essex before studying Biological sciences at Bristol University. After graduating, she remained in Bristol to complete a PGCE in biology with science at the university.
She started her teaching career in Hertfordshire. She then left to start and raise a family.
She returned to teaching at Joyce Frankland Academy in 2014. She is joining the leadership team after being Head of Science for a number of years.

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Tamsin grew up in Kent and Cambridgeshire before completing a degree in English Literature in 2001. After a brief spell in Egypt and some time working in Cambridgeshire libraries, Tamsin completed a SCITT gaining QTS in 2008 and began teaching at Hinchingbrooke school, Huntingdon where she stayed for eight years.
In 2014 Tamsin accepted a position as Lead Practitioner at Sawston VC and quickly took on responsibility as Profession Tutor and associated SLT. After four very happy years at SVC, Tamsin maccepted a role with Meridian Trust, leading the English curriculum for 12 secondary schools. Keen to return to the classroom, Tamsin joined JFAN in 2022 as Deputy Principal and is currently in leading on making our school ‘Even better tomorrow’.