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25 September 2026

Leadership can mean knowing when to let go

We are transferring two schools. It is the right decision in the interests of the schools – and their pupils
Tom Rees Guest Contributor

Chief executive, Ormiston Academies Trust

5 min read
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One of our founding beliefs at Ormiston is that we work where the challenge is greatest, and we embrace that challenge.

It is the essence of what the trust system was set up to do, and it motivates so many of us who choose to work where we do.

In an education system that too often incentivises the wrong things, moral purpose and values must drive decisions, putting the most challenging schools and the most vulnerable children first.

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