The role of the Governing Body is to help the School to provide the best possible education for its students by:

  • Setting the school’s vision and strategic aims and agreeing plans and policies, making the best use of available resources.
  • Monitoring and evaluating performance and acting as a ‘critical friend’ to the school.
  • Ensuring the school is accountable to the students and parents it serves and to its local community.

Our Governors have a major responsibility in the management of the curriculum, finance, staffing, facilities and communication.

The Chair of Governors, Revd A Meadowcroft, can be contacted care of the school address.

Mr Julian Nicholls, Ex-officio Head

Responsibilities and committees
Head – Admissions, Curriculum, Finance and Resources, Pastoral and Ethos, Pay and Standing Committees.

Prof Erinma Bell, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Chair of Pastoral and Ethos Committee.

Ms Simone Burton, Staff

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Curriculum Committee.

Ms Alexandra Galbraith, Staff

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Pastoral and Ethos Committee.

Mrs Alexa Good-Jacomb, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Curriculum Committee.

Mr Peter Hilton, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Audit and Risk, Finance and Resources, and Pay Committees.

Mr Robert Jones, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Vice Chair of Governors, Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee, Chair of the Pay Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee and Standing Committee.

Dr Adanna Lazz-Onyenobi, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Admissions and Curriculum Committee.

Ms Hyacinth Lightbourne, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Pastoral and Ethos Committee.

Revd Ann Meadowcroft, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Chair of Governors, Chair of Admissions and Standing Committees. Also a member of the Finance and Resources Committee.

Mr Nicholas Meretakis, Parent

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Finance and Resources and Audit and Risk Committees.

Ms Esther Oketola, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. Also, member of the Standing Committee and Finance and Resources Committee.

Revd Prof Peter Scott, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Chair of Curriculum Committee. Also, member of the Standing Committee.

Revd Nick Watson, Foundation

Responsibilities and committees
Member of Admissions and Pastoral and Ethos Committee.

Ms Irene Ng, Staff

Responsibilities and committees
Member of the Curriculum Committee.

Ms Michelle Burridge, Parent

Responsibilities and committees
Pastoral and Ethos Committee.

Additional Information:
Terms of Office for FGB - 2024-25
Governor meeting record of attendance for 2023-24
Appointment Date for Full Governing Body members
Structure, Remits and Monitoring Roles of committees - 2024-25
Statutory Information from the Academy Trust Handbook
Declarations of Interest
Governors and Members who have resigned in the last 12 months

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