For the past 10 years, Steve has been the CEO of Cabot Learning Federation (CLF), a Multi-Academy Trust of now over 35 entities, serving the educational needs of 18,000 children and young people aged 2 to 19. Since its inception in 2009 the CLF has grown to serve children across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, and Gloucestershire employing over 3,000 people in a range of roles designed to help children to be successful in their lives. The CLF is a founding partner of the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and, via its CLF Institute, runs the CLF SCITT (soon to be Five Counties SCITT), as well as the Boolean Maths Hub, two Behaviour Hubs, and an Attendance Hub.
Steve and his colleagues at CLF participate actively in a range of local, regional and national networks that are designed to support the broader development of the education sector for the benefit of all children. Steve is currently Chair of the Board of The Queen Street Group, an organisation of 45 multi-academy trusts and holds governance roles across the education sector. In 2015 he was appointed as a National Leader in Education. He is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and a trained Lead Inspector for Ofsted.
