(B.Ed, AdvDip, NPQH)
Kerry has worked in Primary Education for over 20 years and has been a senior leader for over 19 years.
Kerry graduated from the University of Cambridge with B.Ed in English Literature and has also completed an Advanced Diploma in Children’s Language and Literature. She has worked in a variety of schools, from a small village primary to two large culturally diverse inner city schools and has held various leaderships positions including; KS1 Coordinator, KS2 Coordinator, Inclusion Coordinator, Designated Safeguarding Lead and English Coordinator.

Kerry is also currently an SLE for CASSA (Cambridge and Suffolk Schools Teaching Alliance).

(BA, PGCE, MEd, NPQH)

Helena became Executive Principal of CHET and Principal of Linton Village College in January 2016. Prior to this she was Deputy Principal at the College and held senior leadership positions in two other successful Village Colleges.

Helena graduated from the University of Warwick with a BA in English Literature and qualified as a teacher at Cambridge University where she also completed a Masters in educational research. She has taught across a number of secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and Essex and was Head of English prior to progressing to senior leadership.

Her areas of expertise and interest include professional learning, school culture, collaboration and teacher wellbeing and workload. Helena is a published author and has written books, journal and press articles about English teaching, teacher-student relationships, school-university partnerships, school culture, women in leadership and teacher recruitment. She is a Specialist Leader in Education for CASSA Teaching School Alliance.

Helena is a co-founder of WomenEd, a grassroots network for existing and aspiring female leaders in education, a coach for Women Leading in Education and WomenEd Regional Lead for the Eastern region. She is also a core member of the Head teacher’s Roundtable, a national non-political think tank to influence education policy, a member of the DfE’s Planning and Resourcing workload review group and on the steering group for the Cambridgeshire Festival of Education.

My name is James Puxley and I was educated at Bristol University, before progressing to a career in retail in a number of store and area managerial positions. Having become a teacher in 2006, I have worked in a variety of senior leadership positions in various schools across Essex, Hertfordshire and now Cambridgeshire, including an acting headship in a Saffron Walden School. I have greatly enjoyed the last four years in which I have been in role as head teacher of Linton Heights Junior School. With an experienced and motivated school team, we ensure that all of our pupils achieve to the very best of their ability in a caring and supportive environment.
My school joined CHET in November 2016 and benefitted enormously from the Trust's dynamic ethos; collaborative approach and have greatly appreciated the spread of best practice between academy schools