Gail Brown

CEO, Ebor Academy Trust

Gail Brown has extensive experience in primary education and leadership. Prior to her current trust CEO role, Gail was a successful headteacher in a number of schools in a range of contexts, an Early Years regional adviser, Local Authority education consultant and a primary teacher across all three primary phases. Gail is a great advocate for Early Years and is also proud to represent Ebor Academy Trust at local, regional and national level on various education and health, trust, leadership and CEO exec boards.

Early Years

1 Breakout sessions: Series one

Place-based connections: Working together to set expectations of school readiness

Demonstrating the value of civic collaboration, this session highlights a cross-sector initiative in York to increase the number of children who are toilet trained when they start school. Drawing on research and guidance from Kindred Squared, Ebor Academy Trust teamed up with York Children's Services and the Healthy Child Service to deliver a city-wide communications and support programme for families. The leaders who came together to make it happen will share their journey from issuing the offer letters to welcoming children in September, and what they've learned for next year's campaign. Chaired by Felicity Gillespie of Kindred Squared, this session shows the power of low-resource, high value partnerships to deliver meaningful change.