
Meet the team

Executive principal
welcome
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

JACQ MAYNARD
TRUST PRIMARY HEAD TEACHER

aNDREW WOOLEY
associate VICE PRINCIPAL

SUSAN WATMOUGH
MCA HEAD OF SCHOOL

SADIA HAQ
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ALEX REED
TRUST EDUCATION DIRECTOR & MCPA HEAD OF SCHOOL

SUSIE FRAZER
DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH School & TRUST EDUCATION DIRECTOR

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





