Department Management

Adele has gained significant and diverse experience within Local Authority roles in the Careers Service, Specialist Disabled Children’s Service and in a key role in the Derbyshire Safeguarding Board. 

She has years of experience working with and supporting young people and their families throughout her career.

Adele enjoys being involved in the learner journey, encouraging learners to develop new skills, broaden their horizons and gain greater independence.

Brian has worked in the SEN sector within a large specialist college as a department manager for the past 16 years. Before this, he spent 17 years in managerial roles within the retail sector.

He has significant experience leading and training in Safeguarding, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and People Development across several industries.

Brian joined Landmarks in 2018 to lead Wayfinder Recruitment Agency, which compliments the College’s Employability Pathway. Under his leadership Wayfinder Recruitment has created strong relationships with many local and national employers, resulting in high levels of successful job outcomes for learners.

Darren started working at Centre Parcs, Newark, where he worked in a number of key customer service roles.

After five years at Centre Parcs, Darren moved onto Ladbrokes for a further eight years as Branch Manager in a number of shops in and around Nottingham City.

He has worked for Wetherspoons and Stonegate pub companies as General Manager in numerous busy public houses, where he developed his desire to train people to work successfully in the bar and restaurant trade.

Darren joined Landmarks in 2016 as our Hospitality and Catering trainer and has led the development of our unique training provision at The Archer. Qualifying as a teacher in 2020 Darren also continues to lead developments within our Employability pathway at our Coach House site, Nottingham. 

Katie graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2014 with an undergraduate degree in Psychology with Clinical Psychology and joined Landmarks shortly afterwards as a Learning Support Assistant.

After a few years of supporting learners across different areas in the college, Katie joined the management team leading the development of information, advice, and guidance.

Katie is passionate about supporting the personal development of young adults with SEND to enable them to be prepared for adulthood and believes this can be achieved through creating an educational pathway that meets the needs of the individual. Katie is also a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and curriculum manager for the Developing Independence Pathway.