Jenn Plews OBE

Jenn Plews OBE is a proud mum, practising artist-printmaker and committed environmentalist, and leads Northern Star Academies Trust, a 15-school partnership serving 7,000 children across North and West Yorkshire. With over 30 years in secondary education, her career spans six local authorities, including headship, a decade leading a SCITT and a Teaching School Alliance. She champions collaboration, continuous improvement, and children’s voices, with sustainability and climate change education central to the Trust’s work.