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Rob McDonough

Rob McDonough is CEO of the East Midlands Education Trust (EMET), comprising over 20 schools in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.  

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Why I envy the next generation of trust leaders
A long-standing trust CEO reflects on how the trust movement has evolved and the opportunities it has offered – and why the best years are yet to come
General
26 September 2023
Why I envy the next generation of trust leaders
Why I’m convinced a trust-led system is best
Many of the benefits that come from joining a multi-academy trust can only be truly understood once you’ve made the leap, explains this trust CEO
General
23 January 2023
‘Why I am convinced a Trust-led system is best’
School funding crisis: Budgets ‘worthless’ as costs soar
The announcement of ‘unfunded’ staff pay rises, combined with spiralling costs, means that school budgets set before the holidays will have to be torn up – and job cuts are now a very real possibility, warns this academy trust leader
Finance
30 August 2022
Pouring money down the drain