Nick Cross
Chief Executive Officer,
King’s Academy Trust
Nick is CEO of King’s Group Academies, a fifteen school multi-academy trust. Nick has worked in three MATs and has experience of building capacity and developing high performing teams across organisations. He has introduced systems and procedures which have had a direct impact on outcomes, simultaneously developing the trust’s leadership capacity. He has led the co-construction of the Trust vision, Opportunity and Success on a Global Stage, alongside its core values, Honesty, Faith and Courage. These have been embedded consistently across KGA and are now a powerful shared language that guides culture, behaviour and decision-making. During his tenure, the Trust has expanded rapidly from 9 to 15 academies in 2024, doubling pupil numbers.
Sessions
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Future proofing the executive team: Succession, resilience and leadership pipelines02 Oct 2026Main Room