Jane Carter

Jane was appointed as a Governor at City of Wolverhampton College in July 2023. She is an experienced secondary senior leader with teaching experience in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and Birmingham. She is currently the West Midlands Regional Improvement & Innovation Alliance SEND Coordinator and an experienced Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Jane is also the National Chair of pdnet, a network for education professionals supporting learners with physical disabilities. She brings both her professional expertise and personal lived experience of physical disability to the role.

In addition to her teaching and headship qualifications, Jane is a qualified coach and mentor with the West Midlands Employers’ Coaching Pool, where she supports managers across a wide range of roles.

Jane has a personal connection to the College, as she was a frequent visitor as a child and teenager. Her father was Head of Engineering and later Principal at Wulfrun College from 1968 to 1982.

Jane recently started a beginner’s evening course in sewing. It had been 42 years since she had last used a sewing machine, and she is very definitely working outside her comfort zone but enjoying the experience.