Sarah Cockshott

Sarah was appointed CEO of St. Chad’s Academies Trust in September 2022. She has over 25 years working experience in education, 19 years as a senior leader at all levels. For the past 12 years this work has been in Church of England schools. Prior to training as a teacher, Sarah worked in finance where she had responsibility for contracts, sales, purchase and nominal ledgers. Sarah has been a successful Executive Principal for St. Chad’s Academies Trust, working across several local authorities.
Sarah has been a school/ academy improvement advisor and has supported many schools/ academies over her time working in education. More recently, Sarah has enjoyed being a teacher fellow delivering the NPQ programmes to aspiring leaders, something she is passionate about.