Multi-academy Trust on the lookout for new CEO

Sian Hampton is set to retire

The CEO of the Archway Learning Trust, Sian Hampton, is to step down after more than two decades with the organisation.

Hampton will leave Archway, one of the East Midlands’ largest multi-academy trusts, at the end of August. The Trust has begun the search for her replacement.

Hampton, who has led Archway Learning Trust with distinction since 2003, is stepping down to focus on her family and pursue new personal opportunities. She has led the Trust from being a single school to a Trust of ten academies, soon to be 11, encompassing both primary and secondary phases and a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) facility.

She said: “Leading Archway Learning Trust has been one of the greatest privileges of my life. What I have cherished most is working alongside such dedicated and talented staff, trustees, and partners, to make a real difference to the lives of young people across Nottingham and Derby. Together we’ve built an organisation where values and principles drive everything we do.

“While this decision feels right for me as I enter my fourth decade in teaching and school leadership, leaving behind such an extraordinary community is undoubtedly bittersweet. I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished together, and I am confident the Trust will continue to flourish and go from strength to strength.”

Once selected, the new CEO will take over in September.

Malcolm Trobe, chair of trustees at Archway Learning Trust, said: “Sian’s leadership has been transformational, and she leaves the Trust with a legacy of excellence, and an unwavering commitment to its values. This is an extraordinary opportunity for a new leader to build on her achievements, to continue to grow the Trust as they lead it into its next chapter.
“We are looking for someone who can continue to drive the mission of delivering exceptional education while steering the organisation strategically as a thriving business.”

From its roots in 1706, as the first school established to provide education for the poor children of Nottingham , Archway Learning Trust has grown into a multimillion-pound Trust with a business turnover of £72m in 2024 and an estate value of £186m.

 

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