Today’s school leaders are faced with the challenge of school improvement in times of tight budgets. Warrington head Jon Wright shares his approach to this issue with Liam Donnison

Financial management – and balancing this with school improvement – is something that Jon Wright has significant experience of. His first headship saw him lead his secondary school out of category and deficit and to outstanding within five years.

After 15 years in Lancaster Mr Wright was appointed executive head at Great Sankey High School, an 11 to 18 academy in Warrington, Cheshire, with almost 2,000 students. He became CEO of the Omega multi-academy trust, consisting of Great Sankey and four primary schools, in January.

Mr Wright says that balancing the books and school improvement are inextricably linked: “It’s rare that you will get school improvement without the financial efficiencies to be able to create money to drive that agenda.”

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