Usha Devi is Education Director at Summit Learning Trust. She joined us in April 2018 as School Improvement Director; Primary and now provides support and challenge to all phases across our Trust. Prior to joining Summit, Usha had a number of local and national roles. Usha was one of Her Majesty’s inspectors for Ofsted and during this time led inspections and monitoring visits in both primary and secondary schools. Prior to joining Ofsted, Usha gained extensive leadership experience in schools and was a successful headteacher in the West Midlands. Usha has also held a number of additional roles, including working as an educational consultant, an advisor to the Department of Education, a member of the General Teaching Council, a community governor, and a visiting lecturer at a university.

Helen Glass joined Summit Learning Trust as Consultant Executive Lead in August 2018 and took up the position of Education Director in September 2019. Prior to joining the Trust, Helen worked as a teacher and leader in the Secondary sector for over 28 years and gained a wide range of leadership experience with two Headships over a period of eleven years and also held the positions of Secondary and Regional Director.

Helen served as the ASCL branch Secretary for Haringey for three years and has provided coaching for colleagues across Primary and Secondary phases.

Steve Ralph is the Director of Finance. He is a Fellow of the ICAEW and has responsibility over the finance function at Summit Learning Trust. He spent 18 years working in audit services before joining the Trust in 2014.

Clare Sutton leads the Procurement Team for the Trust. Clare joined the Trust to implement and extend best practice in procurement across our academies. Her aim is to secure the maximum quality and quantity of resources for our pupils whilst eliminating any waste and inefficiency in buying the Trust’s goods and services. Clare was previously  Finance Director at Solihull Sixth Form College