Leadership Team
Julie Slater
Julie Slater is a Chief Executive Principal, Secondary for Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and a National Leader of Education. She has a proven track record of leading an ‘Outstanding’ school as Principal at Outwood Grange Academy and has consider...
Martyn Oliver
Martyn Oliver is the Chief Executive Officer of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT). Martyn is the Accounting Officer and a National Leader of Education for OGAT and is an experienced Executive Principal having led a number of the Outwood a...
Sabiha Laher
Sabiha Laher is an Associate Executive Principal who has responsibility for Outwood Grange Academy and Outwood Academies Carlton and Shafton. She has been at Outwood Grange Academy since 2001 and worked closely with Sir Michael and Martyn Oliver o...
Senior Leadership Team
Richard Larder
Associate Vice Principal – Deep Learning I started my teaching career as a peripatetic music teacher working in Wakefield and Barnsley before moving into classroom teaching at Edward Sheerien School in Barnsley in 2005. I moved through middle l...
Christina Woods
Christina Woods - Associate Assistant Principal. I started working at Outwood Grange Academy in 2012 as a Learning Support Assistant. The following year I was appointed as a Cover Supervisor and gained a lot of whole school experience. I have alwa...
Lauren Bligh-McCann
Director of Post 16 Assistant Principal. I love to teach but I also have an underlying passion to work with young people to enhance their wellbeing and to promote a positive and happy life. I am extremely privileged to work with post 16 studen...
Lee Woods
Associate Assistant Principal. In 2014 I started teacher training and completed my first placement at Outwood Grange Academy. I was then employed by Outwood Grange Academy in 2014 as an English Teacher, responsible for teaching all key stages....
Nicola Thomas
Vice Principal - Deep Learning. I have been teaching within the Outwood Grange Academies trust for 13 years and I now have the privilege of leading on teaching and learning as a Vice Principal. I am responsible for ensuring that the learning ex...
Paul Benson
Assistant Principal - Deep Support. I have worked in a number of schools since starting my teaching career as a Physical Education Teacher. I have always enjoyed the challenge of working with children and in particular I have been driven by a n...
