Key Personnel

Acting Chief Executive

Director of Finance and Operations 

Mark is a qualified accountant who oversees finances for all the academies in the Trust, looking at ways to maximise efficiency, minimise waste and use the power of a Trust to utilise economies of scale. He is also responsible for integrating new schools when they join, as well as managing the Trust’s operations team, which includes HR, IT, facilities, procurement and publicity.

Primary Executive Leader

A former headteacher, Local Leader of Education and NPQH Course Coach, Chris is responsible for the Primary schools within the Trust, ensuring that they are provided with the support to develop and maintain high standards.

Director of Education

A Specialist Leader of Education with a Master's degree in Educational Management and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Paul is also an Ofsted lead inspector who has more than 25 years’ experience of teaching. Paul now works to ensure the highest standard of education across all the Trust’s academies.

Acting Chief Financial Officer

Trust Senior Officer

An experienced former Headteacher and SSAT Leadership Legacy Experienced Leader mentor, Simon oversaw Melbourn Village College’s entry into the Trust in 2013. He is now responsible for leading on a number of cross-Trust initiatives, working to support both Headteachers and Trustees.

Director of International Education & Research

A linguist who oversees excellent language provision in all the Trust’s Academies as well as leading international developments in all the Academies, including the British Council International School Award.

SEND Director

Emma started her career as an English teacher, working in schools in London and Essex. An experienced Special Educational Needs Coordinator and pastoral leader, Emma joined Cambourne Village College as an Assistant Principal with a focus on inclusion in 2016. Emma is now responsible for providing support and guidance for the Trust’s SENCos and Headteachers to ensure the highest standard of provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

IT Manager 

Paul’s role is to standardise working models, improve communication methods, improve reliability and implement new technologies across the Trust’s Academies.

Human Resources Manager

A qualified HR practitioner, with more than 10 years' experience in education, Tania supports The Cam Academy Trust by strengthening HR processes and practice across all of its Academies.

Facilities Manager

With over 18 years retail management experience and a further 15 years within the education sector, Jan joined the Trust in 2015. With Trust oversight of new build projects, estate management, catering and cleaning, Jan is responsible for ensuring that all the physical resources available to The Cam Academy Trust and its Academies are developed, maintained and used in the most cost effective and efficient way to enable all  Academies to meet their educational aims and objectives.

Education Welfare Lead

Rachael has worked as an Attendance officer at St Peter's School for the past four years and has an additional 10 years’ experience with supporting challenging families as a Youth and Community worker.

She will now work closely with schools across the Trust to provide the highest level of support for all our students. Her focus will be to ensure continuity, support schools with difficult cases and review the procedures in place.

Data Protection Officer

With the introduction of the new Data Protection Regulations in 2018, Carolyn was appointed, to ensure that the Trust and its employees comply with the GDPR and other data protection laws.

Carolyn is also the Business Manager at St. Peter's School.

Publicity & Communications Manager

A qualified journalist who works with the Academies to enhance their own and the Trust’s internal and external communications.

Digital Learning Developer

Fusing his technical expertise and his ongoing ambition to impact education, Jonathan is spearheading the development of CATalogue - utilising the best of Office 365 to create learning spaces where resources are stored logically, always available and accessible across the Trust.

PA/Clerk to the Board

Yvonne is Personal Assistant to the CEO and Clerk to the Board of Trustees.