Claire HealdChief Executive
Claire joined the Trust in June 2024 from Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), a nationwide Trust of 57 schools, where she was National Director of Education.
Before joining AET in 2021, she was Deputy Chief Executive at Inspiration Trust, a Norfolk-based group of 16 schools. Claire, who started as an English teacher, founded and led a free school in Norwich, and before this had a number of senior leadership roles in Norfolk schools.
Claire is also a trustee of The Difference, a charity whose focus is to improve the life outcomes of the most vulnerable children in society.