What does the CEO of a multi-academy trust do?

What is it about?

This article focusses on the CEO of a multi-academy trust (MAT) in England. MATs are groups of schools that are independent non-fee paying schools free from local authority control. It examines the professional practices of a school leader doing leading and exercising leadership in a complex organisation that is run as a corporation. The CEO adopts certain corporate practices which are different from previous leadership practices of a public education system.

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Why is it important?

The position of the CEO in education is an emerging role signifying an important development in educational leadership practice which is under researched. It is important therefore to report on empirical evidence gathered from the field in order to offer new understandings of the role.