Lee started his career teaching science and PE at Chipping Campden school in Gloucestershire. He had four years supported by excellent colleagues who understood the value of strong relationships and coaching. He became an Advanced Skills Teacher for science in 2002 before spending five years working overseas at International Schools in Thailand and Monaco. It was overseas where he learnt that there are different ways of approaching education and the value of strong curriculum values to help children learn. He saw how valuable effective school communities could be in supporting an organisation’s vision.

Lee returned to the UK in 2008 and spent six years working at Tudor Grange, Solihull in roles ranging from Head of Science to Director of Teaching School. He learnt a great deal in these roles and gained the confidence and belief that he could lead an organisation and impact on a school and local community.

In 2014, Lee was appointed as Headteacher of Studley High School.

I will not pretend that this was an easy transition, as being a headteacher is a very challenging role. However, the strength of staff community and the shared desire to help pupils to achieve all they can meant we all moved forward together. Studley was awarded Teaching School status in 2015 and I became a National Leader in Education. Many staff from Studley High have been involved in supporting schools facing challenging circumstances and Studley has gone from strength to strength in the past 8 years.

Lee became CEO/Principal of The Shires MAT when it formed in Sept 2020 with three local schools. Since then, a further three schools have joined our family of schools. Lee is excited about future growth and development of our MAT.'

..as our Trust and team grows we are ever improving our offer in a caring but high quality environment where we all do the best we can for the communities we serve.