Sara Wood

Director of School Improvement, The Black Pear Trust

Sara is a dynamic leader responsible for spearheading school improvement and quality assurance strategies across the trust. She plays a pivotal role, both strategically and operationally, providing support, advice, and guidance to ensure the success of each school and the consistent delivery of the BPT curriculum and values. With over a decade of senior leadership experience, Sara has previously served as a headteacher within the trust and held various leadership roles in multiple schools. Her extensive experience includes leading school-to-school support using a range of coaching and mentoring strategies, significantly impacting education across Worcestershire.

Build capability and capacity

1 Workshop series two

The 3C’s - Culture, collaboration and capacity: Why are these essential for sustainable school improvement?

Emma, Sara and Dominic of The Black Pear Trust will share their trust’s journey of school improvement both within their family of schools and externally. They will highlight their reflections on their successes, challenges, and the need to remain committed to the ‘3C’s’ while being agile to respond to changing contexts. This workshop relates to the 'build capability and capacity' strand of the conceptual model.