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Chief Executive Offi cer, University Schools Trust
Required for January 2020 (earlier if possible)
£126,000 to £135,000 pa
Full time | All Year Round
Th e University Schools Trust is a unique partnership of six world-leading universities and four
sector-leading bodies who are working together to deliver a shared vision of inclusive, high-quality
and transformational education delivered by schools which are deeply rooted in the communities they
serve. Th e Trust is exceptionally aspirational for the young people it currently serves and we are deeply
committed to extending our work in order to have an even greater impact on educational outcomes for
young people. Established in September 2016, the University Schools Trust currently has two member
schools located in two London Boroughs: St Paul’s Way Trust School, an Outstanding all-through school
(Foundation to Sixth Form) in Tower Hamlets - and Royal Greenwich Trust School, a former UTC which is
now a successful Sixth-Form College and in the process of becoming a mainstream secondary school
by admitting the third cohort of Year 7 students in September 2019.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and inspirational leader who can demonstrate outstanding
skills, knowledge and achievement directly relevant to this post.
Leading the Executive Team, the CEO will be able to defi ne and deliver the vision, values and ethos
of and for the Trust, which they will need to articulate at a strategic level and be able to inspire and
empower others to share in achieving it. Th e role will build on the strengths of all the schools within
the Trust. Th e CEO will ensure the growth of the Trust in terms of member schools, including the
development of the School of Education as a trading arm of the Trust.
Details on how to apply and further details about this role, can be found under “Work with Us” on
http://www.ust.london Please note we do not accept CV’s alone.
To arrange a visit or an informal and confi dential discussion about the role with Christine Whatford,
Interim CEO, please email Lynne Gemba at [email protected] or 020 3405 9340.
Closing Date: 5 pm, Monday 9th September 2019
Shortlisting : Friday 14th September 2019
Interviews: Th ursday 19th and Friday 20th September 2019
Candidates are provisionally asked to hold both dates for interview.
Th e University Schools Trust, East London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS Check.
▼ Scarborough is one of 100 UK towns
that could receive cash from the fund,
which is designed to boost high streets
PHOTOGRAPH: IAN FORSYTH/GETTY
More towns to benefi t
as fund for struggling
high streets hits £1bn
Zoe Wood
The government has increased the pot
of money available to struggling high
streets to £1bn, a move that promises
to pump cash into 100 towns including
Blackpool, Scarborough and Clacton.
Last year, the then chancellor, Philip
Hammond, announced a £675m fund
as part of a wider package of measures
designed to tackle the high street crisis
in which one in 10 shops in UK town
centres lie empty. Yesterday the Min-
istry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government (MHCLG) said an
additional £325m would increase the
size of the fund to £1bn.
A group of 50 towns had already
been shortlisted to receive cash from
the fund after submitting the outline
for projects – such as new bus services
or the conversion of empty retail units
into homes – that local leaders think
will help revitalise their centres.
Now that “shortlist” has doubled in
length, with another 50 towns added,
including Dover, Grimsby and Carlisle,
in what is the latest in a series of elec-
tion-friendly policy announcements
from the government. All the towns
are eligible to receive up to £150,000
to develop more detailed proposals.
Boris Johnson said the enlarged
fund would help unlock growth. “Our
high streets are right at the heart of
our communities and I will do every-
thing I can to make sure they remain
vibrant places where people want to
go, meet and spend their money,” the
prime minister said. “This scheme is
going to re-energise and transform
even more of our high streets – help-
ing them to attract new businesses,
boost local growth and create new
infrastructure and jobs.”
The fund is part of a wider govern-
ment plan to regenerate town centres
as retail sales move online. Other initi-
atives include £900m in business rates
relief for small retailers and a taskforce
of experts to assist local offi cials in
developing “innovative strategies to
help high streets evolve”.
The document that sets out how the
fund will work says there is “no guar-
antee” shortlisted towns will receive
the money they want at the end of the
application process, and that the fi nal
decision will be based on the strength
of their business plan. The maximum
award under the scheme is £25m but
most projects are expected to be in the
region of £5m-£10m. The government
wants projects to be co-funded by the
local authority or private fi rms.
In February, an inquiry by MPs
concluded that the fund was not big
enough to meet the scale of the chal-
lenge faced by Britain’s high streets.
Retailers want the government to
reform the business rates system that
they argue penalises chains with large
store networks at a time when retail
sales are moving online.
Zoe Wood
KFC is changing the chicken-based
menu that made it famous by off ering
nuggets made from plants – which, it
vows, will still be “fi nger-lickin’ good”.
The fast food chain said it was work-
ing with the rapidly growing US meat
substitute company Beyond Meat
on a one-day trial which, if success-
ful, would lead to plant-based faux
chicken nuggets and wings appear-
ing on its US menu.
KFC was known as Kentucky Fried
Chicken until 1991. It is owned by Yum!
Brands, listed on the New York Stock
Exchange , and has more than 23,000
restaurants around the world.
The product is called Beyond Fried
Chicken and is said to be “a Kentucky
fried miracle”. The nugge ts come in
green rather than red containers and
carry the promise that what’s inside
is “still fi nger-lickin’ good”. Free sam-
ples will be given out during the trial.
Kevin Hochman of KFC US claimed
customers would “fi nd it diffi cult to
tell” the nuggets were plant-based.
Shares in Beyond Meat jumped by
4% after the trial was announced, with
shares in Yum! rising by 1.3%.
KFC is the latest in a long line of food
companies that are trying to appeal
to those following diets that are fl ex-
itarian – where meat is eaten rarely
- or completely plant-based. Beyond
Meat’s main competitor, Impossible
Foods, has launched a meatless Whop-
per at Burger King.
Menus are changing in the UK too ,
where the number of vegans increased
from 150,000 in 2014 to 600,000 in
2018, according to the Vegan Society.
Manufacturers, supermarkets and
restaurants are scrambling to cash in
on the expanding market, with the
consumer goods giant Unilever buy-
ing the Vegetarian Butcher , a meat
substitute company, and Sainsbury’s
opening a pop-up meat-free butcher.
Last week Greggs said it was
working on vegan versions of all its
bestselling products, from steak bakes
to pasties and doughnuts, after the
success of its vegan sausage roll.
The strength of consumer demand
for meat alternatives has encouraged
investors to pour money into com-
panies that look likely to prosper.
Beyond Meat’s shares have rock-
eted since its fl otation in May. Having
debuted at $25 (£20), they now change
hands for more than $150, with the
company valued at close to $9bn.
Beyond Meat – based in El Segundo ,
California – was founded a decade ago
by technology entrepreneur Ethan
Brown , and its early backers included
the Microsoft founder Bill Gates and
actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Its fi rst product was chicken-free
chicken strips, which were later dis-
continued. Its website says it has been
working on a “better, tastier version”
but it is unclear if this new recipe is the
basis for the KFC products.
More recently, Beyond Meat’s prod-
ucts, made from plant protein, have
been pitched as alternatives to burg-
ers, sausages and mince, and last year
British supermarkets started selling its
burger that “bleeds” (beetroot juice).
First the vegan
sausage roll – now
KFC to test out
meat-free nuggets
£25m
The maximum possible award under
the scheme, with most projects
expected to receive £5m-£10mThe vegan nugg ets ‘will
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