Tom is Chief Executive of Ormiston Academies Trust, one of England’s oldest and largest school trusts, serving 35,000 children across 42 schools.

Tom was previously executive director at Ambition Institute, where he led professional development programmes for over 50,000 teachers nationally.

Tom was a headteacher for ten years and education director of a medium-sized multi-academy trust. He has served on various reference groups including the Headteacher Standards review group, was a member of the Regional School Commissioner’s headteacher board and has held several trusteeships.