Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community

Regional Leadership

The Oasis Community Learning (OCL) family of academies are split into five regions of England – London and the South East, the South Coast, the Midlands, the South West and the North.

Each Academy ensures local governance through a Hub Council, whilst national governance is delivered through the OCL National Office, and Regional Directors (RDs).

Each region is supported by at least one RD who is accountable to the CEO of OCL, and accountable for the Principals of Academies in their region.

The job of a Regional Director is to:

  • Oversee regional delivery of education, including standards and leadership as well as performance outcomes
  • Ensure professional governance across all Academies in their region
  • Monitor Academy budgets and escalations
  • Monitor and escalate high risk HR cases, IT services issues, property and estates, new business and capital project issues
  • Monitor, audit and intervene on safeguarding issues and health and safety issues

The Regional Director for academies within the North West region is Emma Johnson. 

Emma has been part of the Oasis family for a number of years as Principal of Oasis Academy Foundry in Birmingham, and most recently Executive Principal of Oasis Academy Foundry and Oasis Academy Woodview. Emma's academies have always had a key focus on inclusion and diversity, often winning awards for their community and child safeguarding practices. 

To read more about the governance structure, please click here.