Richard Tutt

Richard is a very experienced system leader, joining from United Learning, where he is currently a Regional Director with responsibility for ten secondary academies and the national strategic lead for Teaching and Learning and SEND. Richard was designated as a National Leader of Education (NLE) in 2017. Previously, he was an Executive Principal in United Learning, overseeing five secondary academies. As a Principal, Richard led Magna Academy since it opened in 2013 to achieve two consecutive OFSTED Outstanding judgments (2015 and 2018), accreditation as a National Teaching School and National Support School and a Progress 8 score of 1.15 (24th nationally) in 2018 and 1.16 (18th nationally) in 2019.