Quadrant contacts

Education quadrant structure and specialist teams contact information.

West Quadrant structure and contact information

Nicola Woolf is the Assistant Director of Education for the West quadrant.

Email: nicola.woolf@essex.gov.uk 

Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Team

Beate Hellawell is the SEND Quadrant Manager

Email: beate.hellawell@essex.gov.uk 

The leaders of the West SEND teams are:

  • Lauraine Pryor, SEND Operations Lead

Email: Lauraine.Pryor@essex.gov.uk 

  • Erika Payne, Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist

Email: Erika.Payne@essex.gov.uk

  • Debbie Gordon-Pritchard, Senior Inclusion Partner

Email: Debbie.Pritchard@essex.gov.uk 

Education and Early Years Team

Ashley Milum is the Head of Education and Early Years for the West quadrant.

Email: Ashley.Milum@essex.gov.uk 

Early Years Quadrant Team 

To contact the team please email westeyep@essex.gov.uk 

Attendance Team

  • Daisy Alexander, Senior Attendance Specialist

Email: daisy.alexander@essex.gov.uk 

  • Joanne Pavlou, Attendance Specialist

Email: joanne.pavlou@essex.gov.uk 

School Effectiveness Team

  • Jacky Castle, School Effectiveness Partner

Email: jacky.castle@essex.gov.uk 

  • Peter-Jon Prince, School Effectiveness Partner​

Email: Peter-Jon.Prince@essex.gov.uk 

  • Sarah Foster, School Effectiveness Partner

Email: Sarah.Foster@essex.gov.uk 

Cluster lists

To view other Essex Education service contacts supporting your school, download the West quadrant cluster list (Excel, 55KB)