This week’s movers and shakers include a keen horse rider, a board game enthusiast, a hiker and a football fan.
This column is our regular 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.
Dr Cat Scutt
Chief executive, Professional Teaching Institute
Start date: April 2026
Current role: Deputy CEO, Chartered College of Teaching
Interesting fact: A keen horse rider, she’s ridden horses in at least 17 countries – her most memorable was Mongolia, sleeping in yurts.
She has a menagerie of four rescue dogs and four horses.
Chris Taylor
Deputy director of primary, Lift Schools
Start date: January 1, 2026
Current Role: Regional education director (primary), Lift Schools
Interesting fact: Chris is a board-game enthusiast with over 100 games and loves bringing family and friends together for a night of strategy, laughter and friendly rivalry.
Dame Jane Roberts
Chair, Camden Learning
Start date: January 2026
Current role: Chair, Action for Stammering Children
Interesting fact: She hiked over the Alps for her birthday this year – from Lausanne in Switzerland to Aosta in Italy. She once had her nose broken by a patient (she was in the wrong place at the wrong time) when she worked in medicine.
Helena Brothwell
Director of Education at Windsor Academy Trust
Start date: September 2025
Previous role: Interim education director for Ormiston Academies Trust.
Interesting fact: Helena is an avid Notts County FC supporter and so is used to the extreme highs and lows of supporting a league two team.
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