Members and Trustees

I am honoured to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Endeavour Multi Academy Trust. My career spans more than three decades, including 18 years in mainstream education and 15 years in special education, where I spent a decade as Headteacher at Two Rivers High School. Throughout this time, I have remained committed to delivering the highest quality education for every learner.

I hold a BA (Hons) in Music, a PGCE in Secondary Education, an MA in Education, and the NPQ for Executive Leadership (NPQEL), providing a strong academic foundation and extensive leadership experience. My work as an Ofsted Inspector since 2022 has further enhanced my understanding of the education system, enabling me to lead with insight and integrity.

The vision and values of Endeavour Multi Academy Trust align closely with my commitment to ethical leadership and inclusive practice. I am dedicated to fostering a culture of equity, trust, and transparency, ensuring that every student, member of staff, and community partner feels valued and empowered to achieve excellence.

As a music graduate, I am passionate about the transformative power of music, both as a tool for learning and as a means of promoting well-being. I believe that musical performance and the arts enrich educational experiences and support personal development, contributing to a holistic approach to education.

I am extremely proud to be a part of the Endeavour Multi-Academy Trust team. Our focus is always on the children and young people in our care. They are at the centre of all our plans and everything that we do. As a Trust, we never lose sight of the importance of providing children and young people with a high-quality education to prepare them for life beyond their time in school.

My entire career has been rooted in securing the best possible educational experiences and outcomes for children and young people. This has included being a teacher, a special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) and a headteacher of a mainstream primary school. For five years I was one of His Majesty’s Inspectors. The role involved leading inspections of maintained schools, independent schools, special schools and universities. I also led Area SEND inspections of local authorities. The role was further enriched through the opportunities afforded to me as one of the national trainers.

As an English graduate, there is nothing I enjoy more than curling up with a good book. In addition, exercise is a big part of my life and I thrive being outside enjoying the fresh air. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and make the most of every opportunity to be with them.

I hold degrees from both Lancaster University and Bristol University and have dedicated my career to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) since 1984. My early teaching experience focused on supporting children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, complex communication challenges, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I later completed further study at Birmingham University, specialising in curriculum design and school governance.

In 1994, I became Deputy Headteacher at a large special school in Blackburn, and two years later, I was appointed Headteacher of Rocklands School in Lichfield. Between 2012 and 2024, I served as Executive Headteacher of Two Rivers School in Tamworth, providing strategic leadership across two highly successful special schools and an additional nursery provision. This role involved driving excellence through strong leadership teams and ensuring outstanding outcomes for learners.

I now work as the Trust’s Estates Manager and Data Protection Officer (DPO), overseeing compliance with GDPR and managing the strategic development and maintenance of the Trust’s estate.

Outside of education, I’m passionate about music as a member of a rock and roll/soul band, and I’m a lifelong supporter of Manchester City.

I have dedicated my entire career to the field of education, bringing my wealth of experience to the Endeavour Multi Academy Trust. Over the years, I have had the privilege of teaching and leading in a variety of educational settings, including mainstream schools, special education schools, and advisory roles for the local authority. My extensive background has equipped me with the skills and knowledge to support and lead others in providing exceptional education for all students.

I believe passionately that children and their families should be at the heart of everything we do. I am committed to the idea that schools should serve as dedicated partners in achieving the best outcomes for every child. I value the opportunity to share my expertise and to work closely with colleagues to ensure that every student receives the support they need to thrive.

I am deeply committed to improving the lives of learners across the Trust and know that collaboration is key to achieving this goal.

Outside of my professional life, I enjoy spending time with my family, whom I hold dear. As a devoted wife and mother, I cherish moments spent at home. I am also an active member of my community, attending a local faith-based organisation, and love taking long walks with my beloved dog, Poppy.

I am a CIMA qualified accountant with almost twenty years experience in the education sector, having worked at two multinational outsourcing companies in senior Finance roles.

The last five years of my career has been spent working with new and converting academies. I have provided Finance Director level support to a number of Multi Academy Trusts, particularly around setting up systems and processes and ensuring compliance with the Academies Financial Handbook and requirements of the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

My role as CFOO at Endeavour Multi Academy Trust is a natural extension of all my experience to date and I’m supportive of the Trust’s positive commitment to ethical principles and its adoption of NGA guidelines. I work closely with schools and the Executive Team to report on and protect the financial position of the organisation.

I have a background in consulting for the telecommunications and ICT sectors – essentially computers, data networks and telephony – having previously run my own ICT Consultancy. Subsequent to this, I had a detour as a luxury watch and pen distributor (having created an early online retail presence to support this venture). The posts I’ve held in the ICT space have been as varied as Marketing & Strategy Consultant, Business Development and Sales Support Engineer for a multinational telecommunications company, Data-Centre Operations Manager for an international waste management company, and Computer Operations Support and Analyst-Programmer for a national heating and pump hire company.

I have a deep-seated interest in music of all forms – I am a peripatetic teacher at a local primary school – as well as having a studio on the side of my house and, until recently I cycled circa 5,000-plus miles annually, raising money for charities along the way with multi-day events to Scotland and Wales, coupled to much riding abroad. I have a hobby interest in philosophy and ethics, horology (I have written articles for watch publications and luxury goods periodicals) and am married with a daughter.

To date this has been an interesting and ever-evolving role reacting, as we do, to the near-constant flux in education and its underlying funding streams. My overriding motivation has always been to ensure the Trust helps support its member schools in securing the best outcomes for our pupils. In my opinion, this is best served by equipping our young people with as many tools as possible in order for them to successfully navigate their futures so that they have fulfilling and meaningful lives no matter what choices they make or obstacles they may face.

I have been working in the Public Sector since 2007 in various roles which exposed me to various systems and processes. I now work for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council as a Business Improvement Lead practising Systems Thinking as a Change Practitioner. I believe strategy and decision-making need to be children focused and there are some real challenges ahead in supporting every child access the education they need to thrive and reach their full potential. I have been a trustee with Endeavour Multi Academy Trust since 2017, my goal is to work collaboratively and encourage everyone’s voice to be heard whilst continuing our journey to improve and grow. I am often the person in the room asking ‘out of the box’ questions and structuring various thoughts and ambiguity into meaningful pieces of work. I am really looking forward to continuing working with everyone at the Trust.

I have been a qualified Chartered Accountant for over 25 years and bring both financial expertise and broader senior management experience to support the board in its work. Most recently I have been working in corporate turn around and recovery through my own consultancy business.

I have a strong commitment to social justice, building on my original degree discipline of Law and was attracted to Endeavour as a consequence of its engagement with the ethical leadership in education agenda.

As my own children were growing up I was involved in the governance of their Summer Playscheme and stepped in as chair when it was clear there were weaknesses in the structure that had the potential to compromise inspection outcome. This work was challenging but rewarding and served to extend my experience of the education world. In order to do this I had to work extremely closely with Warwickshire County Council’s Safeguarding Officer, and also register all the various legal and procedural documents with the relevant authorities.

Having successfully established my own business I am now in a position to be able to contribute to ‘civil society’ once again and enjoying bringing my experience to a forward thinking trust which resonates with my own values very strongly.

Roger James Bartlett. PgDip

Occupation. Retired company director. (2013)

Employed for the previous 43 years in a local fluid power manufacturing company.

Progressed from engineering draughtsman to Engineering Director/Site Leader with responsibility for P&L. During which time the company changed from private ownership into U.S global corporate ownership.
Recommended and lead the acquisition of two companies to broaden product portfolio.
Increased turnover from £6 million to £14 million.
Experienced in Strategic management, product development, sales, H.R, and customer relations.

Currently serving as a trustee of the Endeavour MAT Charitable Foundation Reg No 1199035.

I am a former secondary school Headteacher with 35 years of experience in education. I was Headteacher of a Staffordshire secondary school for 10 years having previously worked as an Acting Head, Deputy Head, Assistant Head and Head of Sixth Form in three other secondary schools.

I now work in my own small business supporting leaders in education. I am heavily involved in the creation, maintenance and development of the SEND and Inclusion District Model in Staffordshire which seeks to support schools in their work with children and young people with SEND and inclusion needs. I also work as a coach supporting education professionals with, in particular, their leadership development and their well-being.

I began working in education in 2009 and held a variety of positions in primary, secondary, preparatory, grammar and independent special schools, before moving to further education in 2015. I now work as a Curriculum Manager for a specialist college in Leicestershire, supporting young adults as they prepare for an independent and meaningful future.

The most rewarding aspect of my career has always been to recognise the unique value of each young person I have worked with, and empower them to make aspirational progress.

Outside of work, I’m a very busy father of three young children and I enjoy listening to music, camping as often as possible and spending time with my partner.

I have worked in the education sector since 1995 after qualifying as a teacher through Warwick University, following training prior to that as an accountant with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC).

My school-based career culminated in an Assistant Headship at a school in Staffordshire, followed by a Lead Practitioner role with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, as Regional Enterprise Coordinator, managing the East and West Midlands element of the national Enterprise Education programme (a DfE contract held by SSAT).

I have worked in the further education sector since 2012 in senior leadership roles and am currently a Deputy Principal at a college in Worcestershire. I have a wide range of skills including partnership working, curriculum development, quality improvement (particularly around teaching and learning) income generation and data analysis. My strategic leadership experience includes the development of corporate vision, strategy, organisational level quality improvement plans and working with key regional stakeholders. I undertook further study into educational leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in 2019.

Between 2012 and 2020 I was a Governor of Stephenson Studio School in Leicestershire. I was also a founding Trustee of WELCOME St Georges, a small UK charity that runs summer camps in Egypt for children from the ‘garbage villages’ of Cairo, and served as the Treasurer for a number of years, giving me an overview of a range of governance structures relevant to the not for profit sector.

I have been involved with Endeavour and its founding schools since 2010 and was honoured to be appointed as Chair in 2018.

My current role is that of a Quality Governance Advisor for the Clinical Support Services Division at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; I have been in this post since December 2021, having worked for the Trust since 2012. As part of this role, I deal primarily with patient safety incident management, risk management, patient safety investigations; however, there are a whole host of other matters I cover as well.

On a personal level, I work with brain tumour charities to raise awareness and funds for them – head shave, bake sale, wear a hat days. I have been a member of the Brain Tumour Charity’s Policy Improvement Group reviewing their policies before they were published. I also assist at their Twilight Walk events by checking the walkers in before and after the race, handing them their medals and hard-earned chocolate after a 10km walk. To relax, I like to cook and bake, enjoy reading and supporting my local football team, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

I am proud to serve as a Trustee of the Endeavour Multi-Academy, bringing senior-level project management experience and more than thirty years of success in construction delivery and built-asset consultancy.

Throughout my career, I have developed skills in budget management, asset planning, and risk mitigation, and I hope this knowledge will help improve the Trust Board’s strategic planning, premises management, financial oversight, and long-term growth aspirations.

As a married father of three sons, one who teaches overseas, one at university and a youngest attending a local Staffordshire school, I am personally invested in the quality of education and believe strongly in equipping young people with the best tools to navigate their futures, aligning with the Trust’s core motivations.

As an experienced independent education consultant, I have dedicated my career to supporting and improving the quality of education. My background includes serving as an Ofsted inspector and being a former member of Birmingham’s school improvement team. These roles have equipped me with the ability to challenge and advise effectively, ensuring that educational standards are met and exceeded.

I have also served as a governor for three local authority schools and chaired the education review board for an independent special school. My extensive experience in wider system leadership, design, and implementation has given me a broad and diverse perspective on school governance and improvement.

My approach is analytical and methodical, and I am known for being hard-working and thorough. I believe in providing support and challenge based on my extensive experience, always striving to be honest and maintain a good sense of humour. Colleagues find me easy to work with, and I am committed to fostering an environment where students can achieve their best. My goal is to leverage my skills and experience to make a positive impact on the educational landscape.