As Trust Leader for Cornwall Education Trust (CELT), Lisa is responsible for nearly 10,000 students and over 1000 staff. CELT educates students from age 2 to 18, across some of Cornwall’s poorest areas.
Lisa became a teacher at 30. At that time she was a single parent and the first in her family to experience the privilege of a university education.
Teaching has given her the opportunity to help young people achieve, whilst in both the classroom and leadership roles. Working with young people is a role that she has always relished and finds a privilege, and she is excited to come to work every day.
However, it was not until her period as Regional Schools Commissioner for the SouthWest that she fully appreciated the desperate need for everyone to understand and acknowledge what it is to be a disadvantaged young person in the South-West. How from the earliest point, you will be falling behind your non disadvantaged peers in your life chances and the opportunities available to you. We don’t talk enough about the fact that it is still persistently the case that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds in the SouthWest are outperformed academically by peers in urban areas facing a similar level of deprivation.
The South-West is a great place to live – for some, but not all. Only when everyone has the same opportunities to succeed will it be a truly great place to live, work and contribute to society
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