Ella Roberts

Speaker Summary

Ella has been in education for over 20 years and has worked in a variety of Schools across East Sussex, before joining TKAT in 2014 becoming Deputy Director of Learning in 2016 and then Director of the Teaching School in 2019. She has held a variety of senior leadership roles including Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher and Deputy Executive Regional Director as well as supporting many schools in a consultancy capacity including leadership development and coaching. She is also an EMCC Accredited Coach at Senior Practitioner level. In March 2023 Ella received a BDO nomination for her work at TKAT towards reducing the gender pay gap and striving for gender equity across the organisation.

Areas of Expertise

Coaching – Leadership and Management

Full Profile

As current Director of TKATs Learning and Development Network (LDN), Ella is committed to the development of all staff both within and beyond the trust, striving to promote a culture of continuous development by empowering colleagues to continue to learn, innovate and share knowledge. This commitment to learning and development underpins the belief that, through an ever-improving workforce, we are able to transform the lives of the children in our schools.
Ella has led the trust wide ‘women in leadership’ strategy at TKAT since September 2021 and has developed a strong network supporting female leaders and aspiring leaders to know their worth and have the confidence to dream big and strive for their goals.