Anna Paige

Anna is Director of Strategy and Performance at United Learning, a large national schools group comprising both academies and independent schools. Her role includes oversight of organisational strategy and its delivery, Board and local governance, marketing and communications, and strategy and implementation relating to new joining schools.

Anna is also responsible for United Learning’s commitment to sustainability and for senior oversight of United Communities, a new community development charity that has been established as part of the United Learning group.

Prior to joining United Learning in 2017 Anna had worked for 16 years as a civil servant, mostly in the Department for Education, where her responsibilities included leading the reforms of GCSEs and A levels, policy relating to careers education, information, advice and guidance for young people, and managing the legislation to raise the participation age to 18. She is a governor of a secondary school in Lewisham.