About Engage Enrich Excel Academies

Engage Enrich Excel Academies (EEEA) was established on 1^st December 2014. Our trust consists of 8 primary schools based in Surrey and Hampshire. As a family of schools, we collaborate to enable our schools to have great capacity and to ensure our children have a deep sense of belonging.

Our mission is to nurture possibilities and grow stronger together.

Our vision is Inspire belonging through respectful collaboration, empowering all to achieve excellence.

We recognise that every school has a key role to play and that our School Leaders should be highly focused on providing consistently high quality pedagogy and innovation in order to maximise pupil progress.

Our values enable us to build strong individuals and communities who stand for what is right and wrong and can challenge, with confidence, what is not right.

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David is a National Leader of Education (NLE) with over 25 years of senior leadership experience across various educational settings. He has completed the NPQH and the Professional Qualification for Schools Inspectors.

David has served as a Headteacher in two schools, successfully leading one from special measures to a good rating with outstanding features. He collaborates with school leaders to empower them and drive positive change.

As an NLE, David and his team have worked with over 100 schools locally and nationally, improving outcomes and building leadership capacity. His last school received an outstanding grade, with his leadership described as ‘innovative’, ‘passionate’, and ‘inspirational’.

Outside of his professional work, David is an avid runner, having completed marathons including the London Marathon, and enjoys watching and coaching rugby.

As the CEO of Engage Enrich Excel Academies (EEEA), he collaborates with the board to build a trust founded on positive collaboration, support, and corporate responsibility. David is dedicated to empowering leaders to help communities grow stronger together. His passion for education is evident in his commitment to improving the hopes and dreams of every child, employee, and family connected with EEEA.