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Julie Deville

Julie is CEO of Extol Trust a six school Trust based in the North East of England. She is passionate about the school led system and  formed Extol Trust to further enhance system leadership in the North East She has significant experience of effective school improvement.

Julie currently sits on TeachFirst’s North East Strategic Board and has supported their development of the Early Careers Teaching programme.

As CEO, Julie has developed a different professional skillset than that of a Headteacher. She has gained insight into project management, managing change, talent strategy, financial predicting and metrics around financial sustainability within a complex organisation of a Trust, thus creating a sustainable community of improvement.