OUR PURPOSE

As the Watergrove Trust prepares for further growth, we have strengthened our capacity to be ever providing more for our community of schools through the permanent deployment of Nicola Howard and Dr Matt Sherratt as Chief Education Officers.

The Chief Education Officers will work alongside Chief Executive Officer, Mark Moorhouse, and Chief Operations Officer, Karen Neville, to address the Trust strategic improvement priorities, ensuring their work is underpinned by our Watergrove mission and collaborative culture. Specifically, they will provide strategic and professional leadership to drive educational excellence, ensuring that all academies within the Trust provide an outstanding education for everyone within our care.

Nicola’s professional journey has deep local roots and includes her wonderfully collaborative leadership of the outstanding Kentmere Academy, where a culture of teamwork and belonging create a rich and rounded experience for both staff and children. Nicola is also a seasoned Ofsted Inspector who is always determined to ensure that the supportive value for schools receiving her as a visitor far outweighs the cost.

Dr Matt Sherratt’s educational journey began in academia as a successful polymer physicist who sought greater satisfaction in the outward-facing profession of teaching, with all its perils and gifts. A former DfE adviser, whose projects have included supporting a wide range of schools as part of the National Strategies team, Matt’s practice is as good-natured as it is analytical and expert, with a wry humour enlivening even what might have promised to be the driest of discussions.

We congratulate our new Chief Education Officers who will take up post in September and look forward with confidence and optimism to the next stage of the Watergrove journey.

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