Katie Paxton is a specialist in education governance and compliance.

Dual-qualified as a Solicitor and Chartered Company Secretary, Katie has significant experience in providing specialist governance support to schools and academy trusts. Katie is currently the Governance and Admissions Adviser at the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education.

She regularly writes and speaks on governance issues and is the author of ‘How to Run an Academy Trust’, ‘ICSA Certificate in Academy Governance’ and ‘Handbook of Academy Governance’.

Katie is currently pursuing a Doctorate researching internal governance structures and schemes of delegation in multi-academy trusts.