Greenwood Academies Trust

The rebel CEO with a community cause

Wayne Norrie is a MAT chief determined to always put children’s needs first, even if that means clashing with others … Wayne Norrie says he’s not accountable to the Department for Education or Ofsted. The chief executive of Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT) says he’s only accountable to the parents and children of his 37 schools, […]

Greenwood Academies Trust set to lose two schools

The Greenwood Academies Trust will be stripped of two schools after Ofsted questioned its ability to drive improvement without a “balanced portfolio” of academies. The trust, which runs 31 schools across the east of England and the East Midlands, has now been told by the government to rebroker the City of Derby Academy and Skegness […]