WREN ACADEMY - Key Persons
Ertunc joined Wren Academy Finchley in 2014 and took a leading role in creating the highly successful Sixth Form. He was then appointed to the Academy Leadership Team with the responsibility of student progress. In September 2020 Ertunc became Vice Principal of the newly opened Wren Academy Enfield and was then appointed Interim Principal in February 2023.
Ertunc joined Wren Academy having been a successful teacher of Mathematics and part of the Leadership Team at Broomfield School.
Gavin joined the Wren Academies Trust in January 2008 as part of the team which launched the opening of the Finchley school in the following September. In April 2015 he then became Secondary Principal of Wren Academy Finchley before being appointed Executive Principal of the Trust in September 2017. In 2020 he opened Wren Academy Enfield with a first cohort of Year 7 students and has successfully overseen the continued growth of the school and relocation into new permanent accommodation on the Chase Farm Hospital site. In February 2023 Gavin was seconded to become the Executive Principal of St Mary's and St John's (SMSJ) school so that he could provide interim leadership at a time of transition for the ‘All Through School' based in Hendon. In addition to his responsibilities at SMSJ he remains Executive Principal of the Wren Academies Trust.
Before joining Wren, Gavin worked as an Assistant Headteacher at East Barnet School having been a subject and pastoral leader at schools in South London.
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- Director
- Chairman of Directors )
John was one of the pioneer team of teachers who opened Wren Academy Finchley in September 2008. He was responsible for the teaching and learning of the school and was quickly promoted to the Academy Leadership Team. John became Principal of Wren Finchley in May 2020. Prior to joining Wren, John had taught successfully in Barnet and Haringey schools.
Louisa joined the Trust in May 2015 in preparation for the opening of the Primary Phase and the arrival of the first 60 children in the first Reception class. Since then, she has successfully grown the Primary Phase up to Year 6 and has overseen the first cohort of students into the Secondary Phase in 2022. In February 2023 Louisa was seconded to also become the Executive Headteacher of St Mary's and St John's (SMSJ) so that she could provide interim leadership for the primary phase at a time of transition. Before joining Wren, Louisa had a strong track record of teaching in primary schools in Ealing and Croydon having started her career in special schools in South London.
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- Multi Academy Trust ( MAT ) School Business Manager
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- Director
- Chief Operating Officer of Rugby School
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- Director
- Principal of Berkhamsted Schools Group
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- Multi Academy Trust ( MAT ) ICT Systems Lead
Shahriar joined Wren Academy in March 2008 as a key member of the original team who set the school up with a first cohort of Year 7 students. A class of 96 Computer Science graduate with 9 years of IT management experience has enabled him to play a leading role in driving the Trust's ICT vision and achieving high quality provision.
Shahriar has expanded and modernised the trust's ICT systems continuously by always staying a step or two ahead of the traditional IT set up found in most schools. This has resulted in the extensive use of tablets in teaching and learning as well as Wren becoming one of the pioneering leaders in embracing cloud computing. Shahriar continues to ensure that Wren breaks barriers in the way ICT is used, managed and supported, to provide an excellent education to all students.
Born and educated in the North East of England, I read Theology as an undergraduate and graduate at the University of Oxford, before training and practising as a corporate and financing solicitor at Slaughter and May and latterly Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, in the City of London.
In 2014 I was ordained in the Church of England and served for nine and a half years in parishes in Winchmore Hill and Grange Park. In 2023 I moved to Central London and became Priest in Charge of the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair.
I am passionate about the opportunities Church of England schools offer, and I believe strongly in the relationship between such schools and their local churches and also the wider community. I am a trustee of the London Diocesan Board for Schools where I serve as Chair of the Governance Committee. During my time in North London I was a Governor of St Paul's School in Winchmore Hill, and I am now on the clergy team at St George's School, Hanover Square.
I have a particular interest in ecclesiastical law: I am a member of the academic staff in the Cardiff University School of Law and Politics, where I am reading for a part time PhD. I am also a trustee of the Ecclesiastical Law Society and practice as a part time ecclesiastical solicitor at Birketts LLP
Since 2020 I have been a director of the Wren Academies Trust and chair of the Local Governing Body at Wren Enfield.
Job Titles:
- Multi Academy Trust ( MAT ) Finance Manager