Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
An essential part of the Trust, the Executive Leadership Team can be thought of as the ‘engine room’, driving academy improvement forward through effective communication and collaboration, working in partnership and sharing knowledge and experience.
As members of the Executive Leadership Team, Headteachers support the Chief Executive Officer in the development of the Trust strategy and are accountable for its implementation within their Academies.
Jeremy Rowe
Chief Executive Officer
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Ali O'Connor
Chief Operating Officer
"During my early career I worked in IT including five years as an engineer at the Applecentre, Cambridge. After raising my family I moved into business and administration management, largely based within the care sector. I joined Sir John Leman High School in 2011 as Business Manager and was responsible for the school’s conversion to multi academy trust status in 2017. I am now employed as the Chief Operating Officer for the Trust, and very much enjoy working alongside our Trustees, the CEO and our central team. I am a keen DIY enthusiast and enjoy dressmaking."
Michael Taylor
Headteacher, Sir John Leman High School
Jackie Etteridge
Headteacher, Roman Hill Primary School
Dave Lee-Allan
Headteacher, Stowmarket High School
"I started my career in teaching as a drama teacher, and I loved it. I look back on the school productions I worked on as some of my proudest moments. I have always worked in comprehensive education, working at a senior level in schools in Essex, Suffolk and Thurrock. I was Acting Principal in two schools before I joined Stowmarket High as Headteacher in 2015."
Dan Mayhew
Headteacher, Alde Valley Academy
"Following having the position of Deputy Headteacher at Alde Valley Academy, I became Headteacher of the school in January 2018. I started in Education as a Science teacher and have taught all Science subjects at KS3 and KS4. I came into teaching at the age of 26 having worked as an Analytical and Consulting Chemist at Levington Laboratories in Ipswich. I have played Hockey for East of England at Under 21 level and played a high standard of football when I was younger, playing for Norwich City Football Club and represented Suffolk up to the age of 21. I have a wife and two teenage boys, both of which are playing high level Hockey and Football."
Jamie White
Director of Primary Education & Headteacher, Oulton Broad Primary School
(Associate Member)
Lindsay Hanger
Headteacher, Northgate Primary School
(Associate Member)
Sarah Gallagher
Headteacher, Snape Primary School
(Associate Member)
Helen Wilson
Director of Secondary Education & Principal, Thurston Community College
(Associate Member)