Rachel Barrett is a Business Services Director and Head of Academies at Duncan & Toplis.
Since joining in 2007, she has helped build a specialist education team that supports academies, multi-academy trusts and independent schools.
Rachel focuses on team leadership, service quality, and continuous improvement, ensuring timely, high-quality support for clients. She works closely with her team to develop talent and foster a collaborative culture.
Rachel also supports owner-managed businesses and brings first-hand experience of running a family company, having helped establish and grow a successful hair salon.
Alongside her role, Rachel is active in the education sector as a trustee and Chair of Finance at a standalone secondary academy trust and Vice Chair of the local governing body at a primary school. She also serves as a trustee of The Duncan & Toplis Foundation.
Each week, DfE publishes information for academies on the GOV.UK website outlining the latest developments, required actions and reminders of previous communication.
Financial pressure is nothing new for the education sector. For academy trusts, which are responsible for managing their own finances, this challenge […]
The education sector continues to operate in a fast-changing and uncertain environment. For academy trusts, a combination of evolving regulatory expectations and […]
The growth of multi-academy trusts (MATs) in the UK has accelerated in recent years, fuelled by cashflow difficulties of standalone academies, financial […]
