Chief Executive Officer
Tom is Chief Executive Officer, responsible for leading the organisation and working with our National Leadership Group and Board of Trustees to deliver Ormiston’s mission and strategy.
He is currently the co-chair of the DfE’s Expert Panel for National Inclusion Standards and Specialist Provision Packages.
Before joining Ormiston in 2023, Tom was Executive Director at Ambition Institute, where he led professional development programmes for over 50,000 teachers nationally. Prior to that, he was a headteacher for ten years and education director of a multi-academy trust.
Tom has worked in different advisory roles to the government in the past, including as chair of the Expert Advisory Group for Inclusion. He has served on sector reference groups, including the Headteacher Standards Review Group, and has been a member of the Regional Schools Commissioner’s Headteacher Board. He has also held several trusteeships.