Wessex Learning Trust

The Wessex Learning Trust (formerly The Kings of Wessex Academy Trust) is a British general secondary education conglomerate, controlling eight schools in the Cheddar Valley area of Somerset. It comprises six schools accommodating students between the ages of 2 and 9, one middle school accommodating students between the ages of 9 and 13, and one upper school catering for students between the ages of 13 and 18, including a sixth form.^[1]

History[]

The Wessex Learning Trust was founded as The Kings of Wessex Academy Trust, and registered at Companies House on 17 August 2010 by Christopher Murray Richardson. Richardson was the then-headteacher of The Kings of Wessex Academy in Cheddar, Somerset and created the trust with eight schools from the local area joining imminently. On 9 May 2016 it was renamed the Wessex Learning Trust and on 1 September 2017, Gavin Ball (the former headteacher of Frome College) was appointed as Executive Headteacher, succeeding Richardson. This followed Richardson's departure a day earlier.^[2]

Governanace[]

The trust members are Martin Davey, Brian Kirkup, the Reverend Richard Neill of St Mary's Church, Wedmore, and Richard Oliver. Below them, on the board of directors, are Gavin Ball, the Reverend John Angle of St Andrew's Church, Cheddar, James Colquhoun, Alan Davies, Sheridan Flavin, Marie Getheridge, Paul Jacobs, Brian Kirkup, Susan Moreman, Gareth Smith, Kevin Walke and Gareth Woodcock.^[3]

Schools[]

As of January 2021, the trust has compromised the following schools:^[4]

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