David has worked at Kelsall Primary School for since 2009 where he was integral to the achievement of its outstanding Ofsted judgement. During that time has been successful in securing Teaching School status for the school which was designated in cohort 2. He has established and directs the growing work of the Teaching School Alliance, working closely with CWAC (Cheshire West and Chester) local authority whilst maintaining and improving Kelsall Primary.

Kate Doyle started her time working within Cheshire Academies Trust schools at Kelsall Primary School. where she worked for 11 years as a Class Teacher, Assistant Head and then non - teaching Deputy. Kate was appointed as Principal of Mill View Primary School in 2019. She feels extremely privileged to be in the position to serve the children and community of her school and is proud of the ambitious journey their school has started and their vast acheivements to date. Kate is a creative & strategic thinker, committed to providing an ambitious, equal and diverse education for all. Kate has a long history of school improvement, staff training and school to school support, at a local and national level. She has worked on national strategies as well as having held a supportive school improvement role within the Local Authority for many years. Kate has witnessed first-hand the strength of collaboration, the positive relationships and support that working within and across and group of schools brings to children, staff and wider communities and looks forward to developing further initiatives to further strengthen links across the Trust.

Emily started her teaching career in 2004 and throughout that time has worked in leadership positions in three very different schools. She has experience of working with children and staff in all Primary Key Stages as well as Leading KS3 English in a British School in Bahrain. Emily worked as Assistant Head at Bexton Primary School for 7 years before becoming Headteacher in 2016.

Simon has been the Head Teacher of Manor Park School and Nursery since September 2016. Previous to working in education, he worked for 14 years in the Insurance and Finance industry. He began teaching in 2006 and after completing my year as a graduate teacher in Stoke-on-Trent; he moved to teach in Newcastle, Staffordshire. During that time, he worked as maths and assessment lead and assistant head teacher for four years and then moved to Cheshire East authority as a Deputy Head Teacher. He is experienced in supporting schools to further improve their provision with particular focus on: maths, assessment, leadership and teaching and learning.

He is passionate about education, helping all children to achieve their full potential. He believes that we have a responsibility to ensure that children have the best education possible, as they will only get one chance. He also feels strongly about developing the whole child, preparing them for the wider world by providing them with the skills and attributes they will need to prosper.

Jon joined Cheshire Academies Trust as Vice Principal of Boughton Heath Academy at the start of 2019. Following this he was made Acting Head of School and was successfully appointed as Principal from September 2021, being sponsored by CAT to undertake the National Professional Qualification for Headship throughout this time.

Jon has extensive teaching experience and has held senior leadership roles throughout the primary phase. He has been both a local authority advisory teacher for Computing and a Specialist Leader of Education for Writing with CLTA.

Sally has worked at Boughton Heath Academy since 2001. During this time, she has taught across both key stages. She currently leads the Infant team and teaches in Year One. In 2019, Sally successfully completed her NPQSL and put the knowledge and skills into practise as a Senior Leader and most recently as Assistant Head teacher. Sally is passionate about Mathematics and has trained as a Mastery Specialist with the Maths Hub. She currently supports schools to adopt the Maths Mastery approach. Sally also leads history and phonics in her school. She has recently implemented Floppy’s Phonics successfully across the infant classes.

Ali has worked at Mill View Primary School since 2008. She has had a wide range of roles, from teaching to middle leadership to senior leadership. With a passion for ensuring disadvantaged pupils’ needs are prioritised and met, she has developed an Inclusion Team model that allows these children to be well considered by all staff on all layers of school life. She has a particular interest in ensuring settings understand and provide well for children with attachment needs and the needs of those who have experienced early childhood trauma.

She has supported other CAT and CWAC schools in revitalising their approaches to behaviour management, ensuring trauma informed practise is in place using the Conscious Discipline model as a basis for a shift in adult thinking.

Ali enjoys taking on new responsibilities which require rapid change and that directly improve the day to day lived experience and outcomes for children. She has also worked with the CWAC School Improvement Team in supporting senior leadership in other settings through significant change.

Jill Sach has worked at Bexton Primary School since 2000 and has been the Deputy Head since 2016. She has teaching experience in all year groups from nursery to Year 6 and has a special interest in developing the curriculum and assessment models to improve pupil outcomes, whilst reducing teacher workload. Whilst teaching at Bexton, Jill has introduced whole class feedback and a curriculum model called ‘Ethical Enterprise.’ Jill also has experience as a lead-facilitator on the Middle Leader Development qualification and is passionate about supporting teachers to be reflective practitioners.

Sarah is Vice Principal at Kelsall Primary School. She joined the school in 2018, bringing her experience class teacher, Learning Mentor and Family Intervention Worker for the local authority. She believes strongly in the school's role in promoting the emotional wellbeing of children and that this is fundamental to their academic success. Sarah has led on the whole school approach to behaviour with all stake holders and developed Learning Mentor provision considerably over the past three years. As SENCO, Sarah has redeveloped the identification and monitoring systems to ensure that children received the right support at the right time.

Sarah has been the Deputy Head Teacher of Manor Park since September 2016. Previously she was Assistant Head at Rudheath Primary Academy in Northwich for 6 years, starting the role as the school was placed in Special Measures. This enabled her to really focus on intensive school improvement and enabled me to develop my leadership skills in somewhat challenging circumstances as there was a clear need to establish rapid improvements in teaching and learning.

Previously she has worked in primary schools in both Crewe and Winsford and have always been drawn towards those schools which serve families and children who face challenging circumstances. She is passionate about doing all she can to equip children with life chances and choices which make a positive difference to their lives as well as providing opportunities to equip them to succeed in what is an ever-changing world.

Jennie McAleny has been the Headteacher at Gayton Primary School since September 2019. Prior to working at Gayton, she has worked in three different local authorities. She worked as a deputy headteacher at a school in Warrington for 11 years where she had extensive experience of school improvement work, supporting the school through Special Measures and managing significant change.

Jennie is very passionate about the importance of primary education in order to inspire and play an integral part in shaping the lives of children.

Over the course of her teaching career, Alison has taught children in both KS1 and KS2. Following the completion of her Masters degree in Education, she was a senior lecturer in primary maths education before taking up a middle leadership position at Gayton. Alison has been Deputy Head since 2015. In addition to being passionate about education and encouraging children to achieve their potential, Alison is ITT mentor for trainee teachers and has worked with both undergraduates and PGCE students.