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Parkside House School is part of Acorn Care and Education

Parkside School is owned by Outcomes First Group (Operations) 1 Limited and is a fully owned subsidiary of Acorn Care and Education, which is part of Outcomes First Group, a provider of children’s services in the UK.

Parkside School has its own dedicated management team, under the leadership of Belinda Young, Head of School. Oversight of school management is provided by the Regional Director for Acorn Education responsible to the Managing Director, Dan Cooke, and CEO, Richard Power.

Richard Power also acts as the registered Proprietor Chairperson for Acorn Care and Education

The management team is complemented by Group support functions covering Quality and Compliance, Admissions and Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and IT. Key decisions are referred to Outcomes First Group’s Board of Directors, consisting of Outcomes First Group CEO, David Leatherbarrow and CFO, Jean-Luc Janet, together with an independent Chairman and three Non-Executive Directors.

In addition, the Group continues its robust governance through local governing committees, a national education performance board, chaired by the Operations Director and an independent Safeguarding and Quality Committee with three independent members. These governance groups meet every term.

Chair of Proprietorial Body: Richard Power richard.power@ofgl.co.uk

Registered Office: Atria, Spa Road, Bolton, BL1 4AG

Telephone number: 01204 956899

Registered Number: 15477170

Chair of Governors and Regional Director: Justine Sims Justine.Sims@ofgl.uk

Head of School: Belinda Young belindayoung@parksidehouseschool.co.uk

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