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Guy Shears, CEO, Central Region Schools Trust

Last year, the then Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick prompted a fierce backlash when he described an area...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Profile: Jo Rowley, ASCL president and deputy head, Walton High School

Jo Rowley never planned to be a deputy headteacher. Now she’s the first deputy in decades to serve as...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust

When Dr Jenny Blunden took charge at her Cornish trust, its three schools were ‘broken’. But in a fight...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Baroness Barran, shadow education minister

A few days after she was appointed as academies minister in 2021, officials described to Baroness Diana Barran the severity...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Andrew Truby, CEO, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

When Andrew Truby took leadership of a Catholic trust, he was on his own and had no schools. He...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Profile: Graham Dugoni, founder and CEO of Yondr

Since founding Yondr in 2014, Graham Dugoni has been trying to build a “cultural movement” towards phone-free spaces. It’s...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Lynsey Holzer, CEO, Active Learning Trust

Lynsey Holzer on why trust CEOs need more accountability, how she brought business leadership to the MAT boardroom and...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Melissa Farnham, CEO, ASDAN

Once a looked-after child, this awarding organisation CEO knows a thing or two about breaking down barriers to opportunity

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
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Gareth Conyard, CEO, Teacher Development Trust

It’s estimated to be a half-billion-pound industry in England, but all is not well in the world of teachers’...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks