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.

Vince Green is Education Director at Summit Learning Trust. He joined us in January 2021 and provides support and challenge for our secondary and Post 16 phases. Prior to joining Summit, Vince was Regional Education Director and Executive Principal at a large multi-academy trust. Before this he was the Principal of Bristnall Hall Academy for five years, the highest performing secondary provider within its local authority and trust. Vince started his teaching career in Sendai, Japan and has held a variety of leadership roles in the West Midlands in rapidly improving schools.

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 

Kate Purchase is the Executive Assistant to the CEO. She has worked for the Trust since August 2015 having previously worked as a Conference & Event Organiser. Kate offers broad and effective support to the CEO and Executive Team and leads on Trust-wide events such as conferences and awards evenings. Kate is also Company Secretary.