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Meet the team

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Executive principal
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Welcome to the Greater Manchester Academy Trust (GMAT) – a small trust of schools from ages 3-16 that aims to be truly aspirational and inclusive for the community of North Manchester.

Our motto is our mantra, ‘with you, for you, about you’ and this translates into a vision that is empowered by deep social insight, embracing and supporting the community way beyond our students and their families.

 

We strive to provide the highest quality education for young people and believe passionately in the power of an excellent education to transform lives and futures. Through building on our social investment activities, local knowledge, community relationships and strong partnerships we can work in true collaboration to ensure that children thrive and achieve.

We seek to be the place of choice for children to learn and staff to work. Through an extensive challenging curriculum and best practice in teaching and learning, informed by research and the experiences of our staff, we aim to enhance a child’s life chances by maximising their educational outcomes and experiences. Equal to these high expectations is our belief that children thrive outside the classroom through providing a range of wonderful opportunities that develop true character, confidence and resilience.  We invest in our children, their families and our community so that we can all be unwavering in our commitment for a better tomorrow.

 

John Rowlands, Executive Principal and CEO, GMAT

John ROWLANDS
executive principal

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JACQ MAYNARD
TRUST PRIMARY HEAD TEACHER

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aNDREW WOOLEY
associate VICE PRINCIPAL

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SUSAN WATMOUGH
MCA HEAD OF SCHOOL

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SADIA HAQ
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

ALEX REED
TRUST EDUCATION DIRECTOR & MCPA HEAD OF SCHOOL

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SUSIE FRAZER
DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH School & TRUST EDUCATION DIRECTOR

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Niall beard
director of it and digital services

central services team

it & media


Tayyab Mughal - Senior IT technician
Kai Standley - IT Technician
David Law - apprentice IT Technician
Elyse Lord - digital media officer

 


family partnerships


Vicky Leigh - trust leader: family partnerships
Jessica Ward - family partnership officer
Emily Brierley - family partnership officer
Amanda rogers - family Partnership Officer


hr/admin


Carrie carvell - trust hr leader
Niamh Carey - hr officer
Kimberley Cunningham - trust executive assistant

 


finance


Ian deeley - finance manager
natalie mcewan - finance officer


Data/compliance


Mark Riddell - Data Manager

Stephen Brierley -  Governance and compliance officer


Community


Ben Tanner - Community & Sports Manager


Teacher training


Catherine ward - scitt lead
 

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Greater Manchester Academies Trust

Company Number:  06754335

Registered Office: Greater Manchester Academies Trust,

Silchester Drive,

England,

M40 8NT

Phone Number: 0161 202 0161

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Website: www.gmacademiestrust.com

For all GDPR enquiries please email dpo@gmatrust.co.uk

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