Our CEO and Central Team

Trevor Sutcliffe – Interim Chief Executive Officer

Trevor Sutcliffe has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer for Uttoxeter Learning Trust and started in post on 15 May 2023.

Trevor is an education consultant and a former Uttoxeter Learning Trust trustee who knows the Trust’s schools and headteachers well.

Trevor has 23 years’ experience in education including being an assistant headteacher and, more recently, providing services to schools, multi-academy trusts and local authorities.

He has carried out the Interim Chief Executive Officer role in two multi-academy trusts previously, including Uttoxeter Learning Trust.

Trevor has previously worked in other education related roles for local authorities including Staffordshire County Council.

Trevor will support the longer term leadership transition in terms of the appointment of a new permanent Chief Executive Officer from 1 September 2023.

Introduction to Central Team

Uttoxeter Learning Trust is legally responsible for standards and for operational aspects in each of our academies. Each school continues to have its own local governing body, which works in partnership with the Trust Board. Our central team supports our schools both with back-office services such as Finance, IT and Health and Safety, and also with school improvement and standards.

Our central team currently comprises of:

Interim CEO: Trevor Sutcliffe
CFO: Andy Storer
Estates and Health & Safety: Greg Beaver
PA to the CEO: Charlotte Gallimore
Senior Finance Officer: Janette Taylor
Finance Support Officer: Julie Malbon
Board Clerk: Entrust
Technical Support Manager: Jim McKenna

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Andrew Storer

Chief Finance Officer

Greg Beaver

Estates and Health and Safety Lead

Andrew Storer

Chief Finance Officer

Andy joined the Uttoxeter Learning Trust as the Business and Operations Manager for Thomas Alleyne's High School in 2017 and in 2018 alongside this role became the part time CFO for the Trust. As the role continued to develop in 2023 Andy took his current role as the full time Chief Finance Officer for the Uttoxeter Learning Trust

Andy is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and having worked for 8 years in a local Chartered Accountants Practice began his career in education working as a Management Accountant at the University of Derby in 1993 and since then has worked in and supported schools in the Derby, Derbyshire and East Staffordshire area as a School Business Manager.

Andy brings a professional and sound financial approach to his role and continues to develop his understanding of the education system and is part of the DFE West Midlands Learning Set focusing on Financial Health.