{"id":239478,"date":"2025-12-16T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=239478"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:22:05","slug":"david-ross-academy-trust-names-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/david-ross-academy-trust-names-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ross academy trust names new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An academy trust running dozens of schools has named its new chief executive \u2013 months after the last sector leader lined up for the role pulled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The David Ross Education Trust<\/a> (DRET) has appointed Simon Rose, currently the organisation\u2019s interim boss, to the position with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been in the role on a temporary basis since Stuart Burns, the MAT\u2019s last CEO, left after five years in the job in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Next phase’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DRET chair David Ross said: \u201cSimon has provided exceptional leadership over the past few months and has demonstrated a deep commitment to the trust\u2019s values and our ambition for every pupil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe board was impressed by the clarity of his vision and the strong relationships he has built across our schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ross added the new CEO \u201cis extremely well placed to lead the trust into its next phase of development\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose has held senior roles across DRET, with a particular focus on primary improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trust – which consists of 36 academies – said he has \u201cplayed a central part in shaping \u2026 [its] approach to teaching, learning and leadership development, contributing to rising outcomes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 years at trust <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining DRET, he worked as a headteacher and deputy head in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and was a local authority director of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Julian Appleyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rose said: \u201cI joined DRET in 2016 because I believe in our sponsor\u2019s vision and mission, and ten years on, I am in the privileged position of being able to lead us on the next, exciting stage of the trust\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have an excellent platform from which to grow, and I am excited about what we can achieve together for the children and young people we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Schools Week<\/em> revealed<\/a> that Pontefract Academies Trust (PAT) chief Julian Appleyard was \u201cno longer able to take up the role\u201d leading DRET, having been named its incoming CEO earlier that summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAT is expected to merge with Ark Schools<\/a> next year. It has been confirmed that Appleyard will become Ark\u2019s director for growth once the move is finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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