Sarah is the Chief Executive of the ACE Schools Trust, the largest provider of Alternative Provision in the south west. ACE provides education for children who have been permanently excluded, and/or have special educational needs. Prior to setting up ACE, Sarah worked in pupil referral units and high-risk residential settings for over 20 years. As CEO of ACE, she has been instrumental in implementing an ethos of never turning a child away, never permanently excluding, and never giving up, that has seen many children being given access to the high-quality appropriate education that they may have otherwise been denied.