Helen Quinn

Helen took up post as the Chief Executive Officer for Romero in September 2018. Taking up this strategic post, Helen draws upon 14 years of Headship and Executive Headship across Sacred Heart, Good Shepherd (2017 – 2018) and St Osburg (2013- 2014). Helen was appointed National Leader of Education in 2014, gaining a wealth of experience working with schools in challenging situations in Coventry and Warwickshire. Helen established Blue Sky TSA in 2014 which has been instrumental as an engine of school improvement within Romero as well as providing school to school support in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

As CEO, Helen is committed to the vision of Romero to be a ‘beacon of excellence for 2- 19 years’ further developing our children/students spiritually, morally and culturally and how we can collectively achieve this across the ten entities, ensuring every child has opportunities to reach their God-given potential. As a result, we unlock and nurture the talent of tomorrow.

Leading the MAC, she ensures that common action and collaboration is conducted at the correct level and that the balance between subsidiarity and solidarity serves the common good in the most appropriate way so that every opportunity is provided for every member of the community to flourish and realise their vocation. No child, staff member of school will be left behind and we collectively are responsible for raising standards across the company – to this end the mantra is “Rising tides, raises all ships”.

Working for Ofsted has enabled Helen to have sharpness in school evaluation and depth in understanding effective strategies to drive school improvement. Alongside this, she has previously served as a member of the Department for Education Headteacher Reference Group; this advisory group considers the potential impact of policies on primary and secondary education, including any barriers to implementation.

Helen has been asked to give presentations at local, regional and national level including CES and National training programmes for example NPQEL.

Helen lives in Coventry and is married to Anthony. Helen has three children who went to St Thomas More and Bishop Ullathorne. Helen attended Saint Thomas More, Bishop Ullathorne and studied at Warwick University.

William Allen

Will joined Romero in 2018 as Assistant Vice Principal and Year 6 Class teacher at Good Shepherd. He was later appointed Vice Principal and moved into a strategic role with Romero at the end of that academic year. Following the school’s successful OFSTED inspection in 2022, Will was appointed to the role of Director of Blue Sky.

Will’s work combines strategic planning, curriculum development and teacher support within Romero and running external CPD and support for schools outside of the Romero family. Through Blue Sky, WIll delivers on NPQ programmes for CEFEL, ECF training with the Coventry and North Warwickshire Teaching Hub, ELE delivery with the Staffordshire Research Group, advocacy work for the Strategic Board of the Origin Maths Hub and other additional programmes and initiatives.

Terrie Kenyon

Terrie Kenyon was appointed as Romero Chief Finance Officer in Jan 2018. She studied for a BSc in Accountancy at Queen’s University, Belfast and has been a qualified accountant for over 20 years (ACMA). Terrie has worked in the private sector for all of her professional career, starting as a Trainee Accountant with KPMG, Birmingham. She passed her professional exams whilst working as a Management Accountant at Compass Catering Services, Birmingham and has spent almost 20 years as a Senior Finance Manager at Kantar Group, Leamington before moving to Romero.

She has two teenage children and lives near Stratford upon Avon.

Paul Madia

Paul has a dual role; Executive Principal at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and MAC Improvement Lead.

Paul draws upon 23 years of experience in Catholic Education, working in a number of primary schools in Coventry; Advanced Skills Teacher (Music), along with 2 years as a Primary Strategy Consultant for Coventry City Council (2006 – 2008) working alongside Creative Partnerships to deliver a creative curriculum for schools in Coventry.

Paul has been at Sacred Heart since 2008 taking up the post as Vice Principal.  In 2013 he was promoted to Head of School, taking over day-to-day responsibility of the school; in 2017 he moved to his substantive role as Principal. Paul was appointed as Executive Principal over Sacred Heart and St Gregory’s in 2019-2021 and more recently as Executive Principal for School Improvement across the MAC.  He continued to lead Sacred Heart with pace and drive to ensure that the Outstanding judgement was retained in both our Ofsted Inspection and Section 48 Inspections in 2018.

In his role as MAC Improvement Lead, Paul champions school improvement; unlocking the talent of our teaching staff so our pupils can thrive, nurturing the Catholic ethos of our schools through the formation of staff and pupils is also a key part of his vision.

Working as a Section 48 Inspector, and more recently as a Catholic Schools Inspector (CSI), Paul is able to hone his knowledge and skills as an inspector and support the mission of the MAC and develop the unique identify and ethos of our schools. 

Paul has continued to ensure that he stays abreast of relevant professional development undertaking both NPQH and NPQEL accreditations with Ambition Institute.

His love of music and performance is showcased yearly with Mousike Ensemble, which he co-writes over the summer holidays for all Catholic primary schools in Coventry and North Warwickshire to learn and perform in Spring Term. 

Paul lives in Rugby and is married to Kate.  Paul has two children who attend schools in Rugby.  Paul attended Sacred Heart and Princethorpe College, followed by four happy years at St Mary’s Catholic University College (Strawberry Hill – London) gaining a 1^st class honours (QTS) degree in primary education and drama. 

Tom O’Reilly

Tom O’Reilly has over 30 years experience within the culinary and hospitality industry specialising in food and beverage.  He was formally trained at the Shannon College of Hotel Management, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. He has held various management positions both within Four Star hotels and conference centres and has managed multi-site catering contracts such as the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon, the National Space Centre at Leicester, the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and the Royal Pump Rooms in Leamington Spa.

Most recently Tom worked for the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in the role of General Manager of the British Motor Museum at Gaydon.  Tom spent four years on the National Board of Management of the British Culinary Federation where he was responsible for editing their in-house magazine The Culinary News. Tom has lived in Kenilworth for the last 25 years.

This appointment will help us to deliver a service that matches our vision of being a ‘Beacon of Excellence for Catholic Education’, which is excellence in everything we do.

Alex Thomas

Alex joined the Romero MAC HR team in January 2022 as Head of HR.

Alex’s experiences within HR come from the Logistics industry where he worked for DHL & Clipper logistics over an eight year period, working with large retail customers such as Sainsbury’s, River Island, Unilever and Zara. A lot of Alex’s experience comes within Change Management, Employee Relations and Customer Focus.

Alex originally from Swansea, graduated with a BSC Econ from Cardiff University in Accounting and Management and the went on to gain a Post Grad Diploma in Human Resources Management from Coventry University. Alex is married, with one son. Outside of work Alex will be found running around a rugby field.

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Claire Bellamy

Her role is a Finance Officer with particular responsibility for Cardinal Wiseman and the centralised Shared Services Team finances, as well as our Lettings and Catering departments. Claire supports the schools and the Shared Services Team with their financial operations, to ensure compliance according to the Financial Scheme of Delegation, including monthly reporting and analysis to principals and other budget holders.

Carole Claridge

Carole works as the Senior Finance Manager and has been with the Shared Services team since 2018.  She works, along with other members of the finance team, to ensure an efficient and timely finance operation across the MAT and to provide regular financial reporting and analysis to principals and other key decision makers.

Carole graduated from the University of Warwick with a Bsc in Pure Mathematics before completing her CIMA accountancy training within the corporate sector. She has 20+ years experience in finance, working in both commercial and charity sectors prior to joining Romero. She has 4 children, all educated at St Gregory’s Primary.

Rebecca Cooper

Rebecca Cooper was appointment as Romero Finance assistant in August 2021. She is qualified L2 AAT.

Rebecca has worked in the Private sector for mostly all of her career spending 7 years at TUI one of the worlds leading leisure travels groups and 10 years as a Finance Executive at The Kantar Group before moving to Romero.