Dr Spence joined the School Partnerships Alliance as CEO in January 2025. Joe was Master of Dulwich College from 2009 to 2024.  In June 2024 he was awarded Tes Headteacher of the Year (Independent) with his long-standing commitment to partnerships being at the heart of the citation. Under Joe’s leadership, Dulwich developed a number of mutually beneficial school partnerships, promoted national SCITT programmes and supported Saturday Schools for primary school children in Science, the Arts and Mathematics. Joe has been a governor of more than a dozen state and independent schools and was a director of the Southwark Schools Learning Partnership from 2015 to 2024.