School-to-school support

Professor Toby Salt, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director

Toby Salt, Deputy Chief Executive and Strategic Director of School Leadership

Toby is the executive director for school-to-school support, including teaching schools, system leadership and regional strategy.

As well as leading the College's programme of activities in leadership development and school improvement he has also led effective and direct communication with ministers and senior officials to inform national policy. He is a regular key note speaker for both domestic and international audiences and a member of various government groups, including the Cabinet Office Innovator's Council. Toby was a founder member of the College's governing council. In 2011, Toby accepted the post of visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton.

Toby has held a variety of leadership roles within social care and education. His previous job was executive headteacher of a federation involving three schools and formerly he was director at the Department for Education's innovation unit. Here he led and supported entrepreneurial and innovative projects across policy teams offering brokerage, challenge and advice to senior officials and school and local authority leaders. He also contributes to, and is on the editorial board of, a range of national and international professional journals and publications.

Toby is also a school governor and governor of Chichester College. He has a BEd (Hons) and a Masters in Education and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Directors

Kate Campion - Regional Strategy
Di Barnes - System Leadership
Andy Buck - Teaching Schools
John Stephens - School Improvement