This week’s movers and shakers include a Lord of the Rings superfan, a former MasterChef contestant and a national cricketer.
This column is our fortnightly guide to who is moving where in the schools community.
We are keen to hear about appointments at a senior level. Please send submissions for this section to news@schoolsweek.co.uk with ‘Movers and shakers’ in the subject line.
Claire Heald
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CEO at the Cam Academy Trust
Start date: June
Current/previous job: Director of Education at Academies Enterprise Trust
Interesting fact: Claire is a real sci-fi and fantasy nerd.
If you look really carefully, you will see in teeny-tiny print that she is credited for her geekery at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring film as a recognised Lord of the Rings superfan (along with several hundred others)!
Derek Hills
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COO at Anthem Schools Trust
Start date: March 11
Current/previous job: Director of IT, systems and data at Ark Schools
Interesting fact: Derek was once a contestant on the MasterChef. After spending the night sleeping on the floor of a hospital in Tooting (as a visitor not a patient!), the filming took place early the next day. He got knocked out in the first round.
Catherine Charnock
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Chief operating officer at Altus Education Partnership
Start date: April
Current/previous job: Business director at Manchester Hospital School
Interesting fact: Catherine loves to swim – anywhere she can. On an extended stay in Mexico, she swam for the Oaxacan swimming team, coming third (she thinks)!
Rory Gribbell
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Director of strategy and engagement, Ofsted
Start date: February
Current/previous job: Policy adviser at the Department for Education/seconded to Ofsted
Interesting fact: Rory used to play cricket for France, having grown up near Paris. He opened the bowling against cricketing powerhouses including Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Jersey.
Charles Byrne
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CEO of the English-Speaking Union
Start date: March
Current/previous job: Director general of the Royal British Legion
Interesting fact: Charles’ ideal weekend is spent with his brothers, camping in their classic VW vans.
His love for the van life started at the age of six with a family adventure travelling from London to Athens to hear Easter mass in the cathedral, passing through the snow-covered Alps along the way.
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