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Meet Stuart Ramsey –the School’s Director of Finance and Operations
We enjoyed catching up with Stuart recently and hearing about his career, his role at Nottingham High School and how his plans for the future shape the school’s working environment. As a significant leader of change, Stuart balances business and strategic objectives alongside the values of the school.
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tuart is responsible for all things non-academic build a school for the local children. Stuart was and non-pastoral and currently sits across six one of 15 employees chosen to take part in a team committees of a 20-strong team of governors. which fundraised enough money to cover their own As Clerk to the governors, he ensures that accurate expenses, the building of the school, a well (the information is provided well in nearest one being one mile advance of all meetings, something away) and an orchard. All he believes makes the best use monies raised were matchof governor time in meetings and funded by their employer allows for good debate and informed which formed part of a decision-making. strategic operation to build Since qualifying in 1989 as a a sustainable approach Chartered Accountant with Peat through their Corporate Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) Social Responsibility Stuart has held various senior programme. positions including Managing Since the school was built, Director and Chief Executive, locals have been skills spending 21 years in private trained in construction industry before joining Nottingham and surveying, creating High School in January 2016. opportunities for the During that time, he remembers community to obtain jobs in an emotional trip to Zambia to the city and further develop Stuart Ramsey with the School’s Charter 8 | Nottingham High School