Leanne Bridgwood

Director of Education (Primary), Windsor Academy Trust

Leanne is a passionate and accomplished educational leader with over 20 years of experience dedicated to transforming schools and ensuring every pupil, including our most vulnerable, achieves their full academic and personal potential. With a strong focus on SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), Leanne believes deeply that inclusivity in education means creating environments where every student not only thrives academically but also feels a true sense of belonging. Throughout her career, Leanne has worked as a successful school leader, turning around schools in disadvantaged areas, and has made a significant impact on raising standards for students from all backgrounds. Currently, as Director of Primary at Windsor Academy Trust, Leanne oversees a network of primary schools, driving forward a vision of educational excellence, inclusivity, and high achievement.

1 Breakout sessions: Series one

Connected practice at scale: Strengthening school improvement through digital

This case study session explores how Windsor Academy Trust is using connected digital ecosystems to strengthen pedagogy, professional learning, and trust-wide school improvement. Through the trust’s EmpowerED digital transformation programme, contributors including will reflect on how aligned digital strategy, staff development and communities of practice can support organisational capacity-building and more consistent implementation across schools. Discussion will include links to CST’s conceptual model of school improvement, alongside practical lessons from scaling connected practice across a trust. Ideal for directors of education, school improvement leaders, digital strategy leads and trust executive leaders.