Gavin Smith - CEO
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.