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About Me

I am Simon Barrable, an experienced Senior Leader, College Principal and CEO with 25 years’ experience working in education and volunteering in the charitable and social enterprise sectors. My leadership career has seen me managing change, developing staff and teams and providing the strategic leadership needed to deliver success.

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I believe...

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EXPERIENCE

My Senior Leadership and CEO roles give me knowledge and experience of:

  • strategic leadership at whole organisation level

  • change management programmes for entire organisations

  • merger activity

  • quality improvement programmes

  • stakeholder management

  • growing market share and income

  • restructuring

  • coaching and mentoring teams and team members

  • marketing

  • human resources management

  • financial oversight

  • capital development

  • the use of digital technology in teaching and learning

  • international student recruitment

  • Ofsted inspecting

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My volunteering and charity sector roles give me knowledge and experience of:

  • Project management

  • Social enterprise

  • Education and business collaborations

  • Fundraising

  • Partnership working

  • CEO appointments

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GOVERNANCE AND BOARD LEVEL WORK

My governance experience includes:

  • Trustee and Director roles

  • Chairing committees and whole boards

  • College/School governance

  • Child Welfare and Safeguarding

  • Local Authority group memberships

  • Co-chairing a whole city 'Shaping Portsmouth' CIC

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In the power of teams

In the importance of community

In the ability of education to change lives

That good leadership creates
great organisations

That innovation drives success

In the transformative power of charity, voluntary and social enterprise sectors

career

2021
City of Portsmouth College
Principal

2018-2021
Portsmouth College
Principal

2009-2018
Portsmouth College
Deputy Principal (Innovation, Operational & Strategic Planning)

2005-2009
Alton College
Head of Faculty, English & Humanities

1996-2005
St Vincent College
Head of Cultural Studies

Education

2021
University of Oxford Saïd Business School
Strategic Leadership Programme

2018
Sixth Form Colleges Association
Leadership & Development Programme

2008
Wessex Colleges Group
Senior Leaders Programme

2007
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Coaching & Mentoring Programme

1995-1996
UCL Institute of Education
Post Graduate Certificate of Education

1989-1992
University of Exeter
History & Politics BA

volunteering

2022
Shaping Portsmouth
Co-Chair

2022
Cams Hill School
Member of the Academy Trust

2022
Education Innovation
Director

2016-2021
Express FM Ltd
Member Board of Trustees

2016-2021
EBP South
Member Board of Trustees

2010-2017
Jubilee 77 Youth Football Group
Child Welfare Officer

2010-2013
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
Governor

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