Gill Alton OBE
CCB Member (Stakeholder)
Specialist areas: Education
Bio: Gill entered the educational sector as a lecturer in 1986 and has worked in many different roles during her 30 years in the sector. In 2010 she left Grimsby Institute as the Deputy Principal to take up the post of Principal and CEO of Rotherham College. During her time at
Rotherham College she developed the campus significantly to provide state of the art resources for learners whilst focussing on continuous quality improvements which saw the college judged as Good with Outstanding features for the first time in its history. In 2015 she initiated a merger with another college because she believed a larger college in Rotherham would help it thrive and make it more able to adapt to changing Government policy.
In 2015 Gill was appointed as the CEO of the Grimsby Institute Group and returned to the Greater Lincolnshire area. The Grimsby Institute Group (campuses in Grimsby, Scarborough and Skegness) offers outstanding provision from entry level through to degree level and in 2017 the Grimsby Institute Group was judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted and it is currently the only college in the region to achieve this status. In 2017 Gill was appointed to both the Principals' Reference Group and the National Leaders in FE.
On a personal level Gill is married with no children but has three beautiful rescue dogs. In 2018 Gill was awarded an OBE for services to education.