A message from Keshia Toolsee
Welcome to New Seeds Education. We provide a smaller, personalised and supportive post-16 learning environment for young people with additional needs.
Our seven-pillar curriculum brings together academic learning, preparation for adulthood, vocational opportunities, personal development and therapeutic support. We use small-group teaching, practical experiences and individualised support to help learners build confidence, independence, qualifications and the skills they need for employment, further education and adult life.
As College Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead, I lead the day-to-day life of the College and work closely with learners, families, professionals and local authorities to create programmes shaped by each young person’s EHCP outcomes, starting points and aspirations. At New Seeds, we want every learner to feel safe, understood, recognise their potential and move confidently towards a positive future.
Keshia Toolsee · College Manager & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Contact the College ManagerCollege Leadership Team
The named leaders accountable for education, provision and therapeutic practice at New Seeds College – Albrighton.
Nico Hughes
Director of Education & Outcomes
Nico has been an education leader for more than a decade and specialises in outcomes for learners — with a particular focus on employability, progression and preparation for adulthood. As Director of Education & Outcomes he is accountable for quality of education, curriculum and learner outcomes at New Seeds College – Albrighton, providing professional challenge and support to the College Manager.
Keshia Toolsee
College Manager & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Keshia leads the day-to-day running, culture and development of New Seeds College – Albrighton. As College Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead she is accountable for the quality of provision, staff performance, attendance, behaviour, engagement and learner outcomes, ensuring every learner's EHCP and Preparation for Adulthood outcomes sit at the heart of their programme. Keshia reports to the Director of Education & Outcomes and works closely with the SENCo, Therapy Lead, families, local authorities and commissioners.
Abby Shaw
SENCo (Specialist Oversight) & Deputy DSL
Abby is an experienced SEND and inclusion leader with expertise in EHCP management, statutory SEND processes, safeguarding, trauma-informed practice and multi-agency partnership working. She joins New Seeds from HMYOI Werrington, where she was Head of Inclusion and SENCO, and previously served as a SEND Case Worker within Cheshire East Local Authority. As SENCo she provides specialist oversight of SEND practice, EHCP implementation and review and statutory compliance at New Seeds College – Albrighton, and deputises for the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Olivia Isra'el
Therapy Lead
Olivia is a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, holding a psychology degree and a master's degree, with supervisory experience and expertise supporting children and young people with SEND. As Therapy Lead at New Seeds College – Albrighton she is accountable for therapeutic practice, clinical quality and therapeutically informed support — leading the SEEDS therapeutic model, delivering timetabled CBT and wellbeing sessions, and supporting staff through reflective supervision and psychologically informed case discussion.
Group governance and the Founder’s responsibilities are described on the About and Governance pages.
Our Lecturers and Learner-Support Team
Three Lecturers — including a Specialist Lecturer / Railway Assessor for our railway pathway — alongside attendance and engagement support at New Seeds College – Albrighton. All appointments are recorded on the Single Central Record before starting.
Keenan Anderson
AppointedLecturer · English & PSHE
PGCE
Keenan delivers English and PSHE with adaptive teaching aligned to each learner's Individual Learning Plan and EHCP outcomes, contributing to Functional Skills, GCSE and personal-development delivery and to key-adult and pastoral routines.
Duncan Watson
AppointedLecturer
Qualified lecturer
Duncan delivers core curriculum teaching within our small-group model, planning adaptively against each learner's starting points, EHCP outcomes and assessed needs.
Chris Jenson
AppointedSpecialist Lecturer / Railway Assessor
Over 10 years' railway-industry experience
Chris leads our railway vocational pathway and acts as our Railway Assessor, bringing over 10 years of railway-industry experience into practical, work-related learning that builds employability, technical skill and progression towards adult life.
Terri Shalom
Pre-employment checks ongoingAttendance Officer
Attendance & engagement
Terri will lead attendance monitoring, engagement follow-up and family communication, working with the College Manager to remove barriers to attendance. Pre-employment checks are currently ongoing.
Specialist Support Commissioned Around Individual Need
Specialist clinical and compliance partners brought into New Seeds College – Albrighton to deliver assessment, intervention, supervision and independent assurance around each learner’s individual need.
Educational Psychologist
Annual Reviews · Cognitive & Emotional Assessment
Commissioned to contribute to EHCP Annual Reviews, cognitive and emotional assessments, and formulation work with complex presentations.
Speech & Language Therapist (SaLT)
Communication Assessment & Intervention
Assesses communication needs, trains staff in scaffolding language, and delivers targeted intervention for learners with SLCN profiles.
Occupational Therapist (OT)
Sensory Profiling & Regulation
Completes sensory profiles, advises on classroom environment, and develops individualised regulation plans alongside our therapy team.
CAMHS / Mental Health Practitioner
Mental Health Link & Pathway Support
Provides the link between college, family and the local mental health system, supporting safe referral, case coordination and college-based mental health support.
Therapeutic Consultant (Clinical Lead)
Clinical Supervision · Case Consultation · Governance
Senior clinician (HCPC/BACP/UKCP registered) providing fortnightly clinical supervision to the on-site Therapy Lead and staff, case consultation for complex learners, and clinical governance and quality assurance at New Seeds College – Albrighton.
Governance & Safer Recruitment Consultant
Independent Compliance Assurance
Independent partner for Safer Recruitment audits, ISS assurance, Single Central Record review and inspection-readiness.
Commissioned specialists are contracted in under service-level agreements and safer-recruitment checks. Full details available on request to Local Authority commissioners.