neighbouring Anglican dioceses have linked up to appoint a director of education to take charge of a combined department.
Ripon and Leeds and the diocese of Bradford have announced that Clive Sedgewick, assistant education director of Oxford diocese, will head a team of specialists with responsibility for more than 150 church schools across North and West Yorkshire. The team will be based in Harrogate.
The joint approach is designed to create a stronger educational team with a wide range of skills.
Mr Sedgewick, 46, is married with two children and was educated at Nottingham High School and Loughborough University.
He has worked in education throughout his career, first as a teacher then a primary school headteacher in East Anglia, before becoming schools' advisor to Oxford Diocesan Board of Education.
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