Sarah North is CEO of the Oak Trust and Executive Headteacher of North Chadderton School, Oldham. Sarah has worked in secondary education since first qualifying as a science teacher in 1993. She has extensive teaching and leadership experience in a diverse range of contexts across the country and has taught and held middle and senior leadership positions in a range of secondary schools, including in Romford, Bristol, Huddersfield and Barnsley. Sarah started working at North Chadderton School in Oldham in 2012, when she was appointed as deputy headteacher with responsibility for raising achievement, and then as headteacher in 2019. Throughout her career Sarah has had significant involvement in improving outcomes for students, developing the curriculum and growing professional expertise. She has been involved in developing and strengthening leadership through school to school support work, delivery of NPQ courses and her work as an SLE. Sarah is a strong advocate for collaborative, system led leadership, research led best practice and a coaching culture that enables staff to reach their full potential. As CEO, Sarah is thoroughly committed to ensuring that every pupil across the Trust experiences education of the highest standard and one that is underpinned with a high quality academic and pastoral offer, supporting the Oak Trust philosophy to ensure every child is ‘school ready, work ready, life ready’.