David Holden

David is a qualified teacher and has a degree in Economics as well as an MSc in Management from Aston University. David has almost 30 years of experience in the FE sector working at a range of different colleges in a wide variety of roles; he has held senior leadership roles as Assistant Principal and then Vice Principal and has managed and developed curriculum at a large inner city college, South Birmingham and Hastings College, as well as Sandwell College. David has extensive and successful experience in curriculum management and quality improvement. David was the College’s Ofsted nominee at the last inspection; the College achieved an improvement from Ofsted to a Good rating. David also led the recent successful merger with Futureskills, the Local Authority’s Apprenticeship arm. David is currently leading the College’s Academy Trust program.