Vicki Shelley

Chief Executive Officer

Vicki has worked in education for 25 years, 19 of those in Coventry, 8 as Headteacher of a large, over-subscribed, successful secondary school and four as part of the Inspire Education Trust as an Executive Leader working across their primary and secondary schools.  Over the course of her career she has worked in three multi academy trusts and taught and held leadership roles in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry. She is a National Leader of Education and in this role she has supported a number of schools in a wide variety of contexts. She was the Chair of the Coventry Secondary Education Partnership for 4 years and worked strategically with schools and local authority colleagues. She has taught Key Stage 3, GCSE and A level in a variety of 11-18 schools. As well as school improvement, she has been involved in school governance for 15 years and is currently a governor at a Solihull primary school and most recently a director at a Coventry Multi Academy Trust. She has a Masters in Educational Leadership and has completed her National Professional Qualification in Executive Leadership.

Vicky Rudge

Executive PA and Governance Professional 

With over 25 years of experience in administration, Vicky brings a wealth of expertise in key areas of business administration. She has experience in marketing, customer services and operations. Throughout her career, she has held pivotal roles contributing to the success of various teams and projects. Since joining DoWMAT in 2020, Vicky has been a crucial part of the central team, serving as PA to the CEO. Vicky supports executive leadership, ensures efficient day-to-day operations, and actively contributes to the strategic direction of the trust.

Academy Improvement

Maggie Spence

Director of Education

Maggie Spence has been a successful Headteacher and Executive Headteacher for over a decade in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. She has been working for the Diocese of Worcester Multi Academy Trust since 2022 and has greatly valued the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across the MAT as a School Improvement Advisor. Maggie leads the DoWMAT Academy Improvement Team; supporting academy leaders in ensuring all DoWMAT pupils receive a high standard of education.

Prior to this, Maggie was a School Improvement Advisor working for the Hackney Learning Trust. In this role she worked strategically and operationally across Hackney supporting leadership and teaching and learning. She delivered countywide professional development. She was a lead teacher for mathematics and English and an Advanced Skills Teacher for Islington.  She supported teaching and learning across the Local Authority and schools in Islington. She has extensive experience in leading organisations through change and school improvement. Maggie has worked in a wide variety of schools including schools with a high percentage of children with English as an additional language, special needs and disadvantage. She has led on behaviour, safeguarding and inclusion. Maggie is a trained coach and an Ofsted inspector.

Clare Stockford

SENDCo

Clare has been a teacher for over 24 years and has worked with children with additional needs for over 10 years. She has worked in a Primary Pupil Referral Unit and a specialist children's home as well as at a Steiner school. Clare joined DoWMAT in 2023 and has worked across the Trust as SENDCo and with specific schools to support with educational and behavioural needs.  

Finance

Becky Dutton

Head of Finance

Interim CFO

Sarah Nesbitt

Finance Manager

Operations

Farzana Ali

Business Support Officer