New leadership will strive to make Ormiston academy '˜exceptional'

In a statement it said the appointment of co-principals Pat Walters CBE and Alan Westerman is set to ‘build on the excellent improvements’ made under principal Umbar Sharif, who is set to leave the academy at the end of the academic year to take up a new post.

Pat, who spent time at Six Villages as education adviser for Ormiston Academies Trust, said she is ‘honoured’ to be joining the team.