Colin Booth’s 40-year career has taken him from teaching anything anybody would pay him for, whilst living homeless in his Ford Cortina, to becoming chief executive of one of the largest college groups and a national leader of further education.
But recent months have been the toughest of all with his Luminate Education Group facing investigation following multiple complaints from the same person – complaints that Booth fiercely denies as “vexatious”.
Following internal and external investigations and a complete relationship breakdown last year between the leaders of Luminate and White Rose, its four-school academy trust, Luminate relinquished its direct management of the trust. It will sever its ties completely when White Rose joins another MAT.
Recent investigations by external bodies that include Ofsted, Leeds City Council and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have taken their toll.
