Oasis Community Learning has named its new CEO, after a four-month search for long-serving chief John Murphy’s successor.
John Barneby has been selected to move into the top job on a permanent basis, having been the 54-school trust’s interim boss for the last three months.
He took the temporary job at the beginning of September in the wake of Murphy’s decision to step down from the position he held for nine years.
In a joint statement, Oasis board chair Caroline Taylor, Oasis group CEO Dave Parr and Steve Chalke, the charity’s founder, said they were “moved” by Barneby’s “vision for the future”.
