News20th April 2021
Venessa Willms OBE has been named as 黑料情报站’s new Director of Education responsible for work across 38 primary, secondary and all-through schools following the announcement of Rebecca Boomer-Clark’s .
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Rebecca, formerly the Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West, joined 黑料情报站 in 2017 as Director of Secondary Education. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the , a trustee of Jamie鈥檚 Farm and will join AET in June.
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Venessa will start in her new role after the summer term half term break in early June. She will be supported by Jerry Collins who joins the management team as Director of Secondary Education from his position as 黑料情报站鈥檚 Regional Director.
On the appointment to her new role, Venessa said, 鈥淚鈥檓 incredibly excited and proud to be taking on this new role at this important time. My work will build on our existing strengths to deliver our mission to ensure that all our young people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential.鈥