Shane Ierston

Shane Ierston is the Chief Executive Officer of Great Schools Trust since September 2015, overseeing a network of non-selective state schools in the Northwest of England with a commitment to character and leadership development. Previously, Shane Ierston served as Principal of King's Warrington, the founding academy of the Trust, and held roles as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director at the Department for Education and inspector at Ofsted. Educational leadership experience includes positions as Vice Principal at both Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Trust and North Liverpool Academy, along with earlier roles at Woolston High School and Cowley International College. Shane Ierston holds several leadership qualifications, including CMgr FCMI and NPQH, and has a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Liverpool.