The Mercian Trust
Julie Leo is an experienced professional in human resources and organisational development, currently serving as the Director of People and Organisational Development at The Mercian Trust since January 2025. Prior to this role, Julie held the position of HR Consultancy Director at Altair Ltd from April 2021 to December 2024 and worked as a Human Resources Consultant at JSL Consultancy for a brief period in 2020. Julie's extensive career at Bromford spanned nearly two decades, where roles included Director of Service Delivery, Director of Customer Experience, Director of HR, Head of HR, and HR Manager. Earlier positions included Regional HR Manager at Leeds & Holbeck Building Society and Personnel Officer at Fame Computers. Julie holds postgraduate degrees in Employment Law from the University of the West of England and in Personnel & Development from the University of Wolverhampton.
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The Mercian Trust
A Multi Academy Trust of nine schools and 10,000 students in Walsall and Sandwell. Often referred to as the most diverse family of schools in the country, the Trust comprises of two selective grammar schools, five large comprehensive schools, a technical and vocational Studio School and an Alternative Provision free school for children at risk of exclusion from mainstream education. All trust schools come together around a common purpose of increasing opportunities and improving outcomes for students and a shared social mobility and social justice mission. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 🤝 A successful Trust merger creating one of the largest school trusts in the region 🏆 National recognition for the Trust’s two selective grammar schools who are the most successful in the country at increasing the number of local disadvantaged students passing the entrance test and joining the schools ✂ Opening a brand-new purpose-built campus in Walsall Town Centre including an alternative provision free school for students at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream schools alongside a forthcoming Digital Skills Hub to provide real-time connectivity between students, industry professionals and employers. 📰 National recognition for pioneering work around youth mental health, including establishing an in-house multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals delivering interventions and providing support to vulnerable students. 📅 Organising and hosting regional annual conferences on key youth issues at Villa Park 🔌 A multi-million-pound investment in the digital infrastructure of Trust schools underpinning the ongoing transformation of how staff teach, students learn, leaders lead and the whole Trust operates in readiness for the AI-supercharged careers and workplaces of the future ✅ A catalogue of successful inspections where all trust schools maintained or improved their Ofsted judgements (including two Overall Outstanding Inspection Outcomes).