A National Leader of Education, she brings extensive expertise and a strong commitment to driving excellence across our schools, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning, and leadership. Alison Wilshaw plays a pivotal role in shaping educational excellence across our schools and has formerly worked across counties completing School Improvement work and is passionate about helping schools, staff, and pupils thrive through strong leadership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. A former Head Teacher of an outstanding school in Bedford for many years, her commitment to education has helped drive high standards for young people across our trust and beyond. Alison also serves as a Governor in two of our Trust schools, and Chairs the Enigma Maths Hub Strategy Group.

Email: awilshaw@bestacademies.org.uk

I ensure we have a strong suite of CPD and qualification routes available for both teaching and support staff. This includes creating and sourcing high quality evidence informed programmes that can be utilised by both our trust schools and those in the surrounding area. I work with school leaders to provide support and personalised development routes for their staff as well as mentoring and coaching to support teaching and learning. With significant experience across school and trust leadership roles, alongside completing qualifications such as the NPQLTD, NPQH and MBA in Strategic Leadership, I am committed to supporting the development of staff in order to strive for continual improvement. Alongside my role I serve as a governor in multiple schools, a trustee for a local MAT and advising on several national professional development boards including the DfE and Best Practice Network.

Email: chargraves@bestacademies.org.uk

I support SENCOs, DSLs and other leaders in school to make sure that we are being the best we can be.  This involves regular meetings with leaders to ensure that children and young people are getting all the support that they need to enable our pupils to get the very best outcomes possible.  I also help with identifying need and developing provision across our schools.  I work alongside local authorities as well to help influence local policy and decision making.  We offer a lots of training for SEND and Safeguarding that are open to Trust staff and beyond. 

Email: trowell@bestacademies.org.uk

I bring expertise across multiple phases alongside a strong passion for leadership and professional development. I am an accredited PD lead with the NCETM and hold a NPQH qualification, and through my experience as Chair of Governors at a local school I have developed a strong whole-school perspective on improvement. I support maths leadership across the local area by facilitating primary and secondary subject leadership groups for BEST, Bedford Borough, and the Enigma Maths Hub. Within our schools, I work closely with leaders to help them bring their departmental vision to life, while also developing teachers through coaching, mentoring, and team teaching.  I support with designing curriculum, assessment and individual lesson planning whilst ensuring student analysis and feedback systems within schools are developed.  This work ensures that every student within BEST has access to a consistently high-quality maths education, regardless of school or phase.

Email: astupple@bestacademies.org.uk

I work closely with leaders and teachers to strengthen curriculum design, assessment, and classroom practice from Early Years through to Key Stage 5. My role is centred on raising standards, developing staff expertise, and ensuring that every pupil benefits from a diverse, ambitious English education. I am passionate about building a strong Trust-wide English community where collaboration, creativity, and high expectations drive excellence and enrich the experience of every pupil. Alongside this, I have successfully completed both the NPQSL and NPQH qualifications, served as Interim Head of School in two BEST schools, and, over the past six years, have been a governor at three schools across the Trust.

Email: amorris@bestacademies.org.uk

I oversee and monitor the quality of science education across our entire trust, ensuring a joined-up, engaging curriculum that spans from early years nurseries all the way through to Key Stage 5. Drawing on my extensive experience in school leadership and having completed my NPQH, I work closely with executive teams and heads of school to drive whole-school improvement, further raise teaching standards, and promote a culture of academic excellence. My strategic perspective is further sharpened by my active involvement in school governance; I sit on multiple governing bodies and currently chair one board, giving me deep insight into the structural and operational frameworks that make schools thrive. Ultimately, my role is about connecting the dots between big-picture strategy and classroom impact, ensuring every student across our trust develops a lifelong curiosity and a strong foundation in science.

Email: jboniface@bestacademies.org.uk