Brooke Weston Academy Assistant Principal, Jonathan Browne, joined nine other leaders from across the Secondary and Primary Schools in the Brooke Weston Trust (BWT) to celebrate completing the BWT Leadership Academy programme.

The Leadership Academy programme is a unique opportunity only available to BWT staff and was the first of its kind in the country. It develops the skills of our leaders and enables them to become a successful future leader of BWT.

The Leadership Academy Steering Group works with the CEO of the Trust to put together a programme of training for staff at all levels who are showing they have high potential to be future leaders within the Trust. The Leadership Academy’s training offer includes bespoke training events, personal coaching and career planning advice as well as opportunities to shadow senior leaders via secondments to other Trust schools in different contexts.

Jane MacDonald, Chair of the Leadership Academy Steering Group, said, ‘We’re incredibly proud of our leaders graduating from the Leadership Academy programme today. They have all shown that their leadership skills and knowledge have developed considerably since they joined the Leadership Academy, and we can’t wait to see what they go on to achieve.’