Trust Governance
The purpose of governance is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance.
Our board has three core functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent
Structure of The Mead Academy Trust
The governance structure for The Mead Academy Trust is comprised of the following groups:
- The Academy Trust Members Board
- The Board of Trustees
- The Resources Committee
- The School Effectiveness Group
- An Academy Advisory Group for each school
More information about our individual schools’ Academy Advisors:
View our Trust's key documents
Members
The Board of Members comprises:

Christian Checkley (as Chair of Trustees)




Peter Finn


Jon Clarke


Tracey Wright


Tracey Wright
MemberQUALIFICATIONS:
BA(HONS) Education And Maths â...Read More


Lesley Shellard
Trustee – Chair of River Mead Academy Advisory GroupEMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Head Teacher at Southwick C...Read More


Jon Clark
MemberQUALIFICATIONS:Â
Member of The Royal Institut...Read More


Mike Haines
Trustee – School EffectivenessQUALIFICATIONS:
BA (Hons.) English, Clare Colle...Read More


Jayne Bullock (Chair of Castle Mead Advisory Group)
Trustee - Chair of Castle Mead Academy Advisory Group; Safeguarding/sen LeadQUALIFICATIONS:Â
EdExcel Level 5 BTEC, Profes...Read More


Kim Baker (Lyne) (Co-Chair of The Mead Advisory Group)
Trustee – Co-chair of The Mead Academy Advisory GroupQualifications:
Cert Ed. Cheltenham. Human Scie...Read More


Lyssy Bolton (CEO)
Trustee – Ceo/Executive Head Teacher/Accounting OfficerQUALIFICATIONS:Â
Dip HE; English & Geogra...Read More


Peter Finn
Member, TMAT Resources CommitteeQUALIFICATIONS:Â
Chartered Institute of Manag...Read More


Bob Quick (Vice Chair), OBE
Trustee; Vice Chair of Board of Trustees, Chair of Resources CommitteeQUALIFICATIONS:Â
Graduate Diploma in Aeronaut...Read More


Christian Checkley (Chair of Trustees)
Member; Chair of the board of Trustees, Tmat Resources CommitteeQUALIFICATIONS:Â
MSc (Distinction) Engineerin...Read More
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees comprises:




Christian Checkley (Chair of Trustees)



Bob Quick (Vice Chair)




Peter Finn (Resources Committee)



Lyssy Bolton (CEO)



Kim Baker (Co-Chair of The Mead Advisory Group)



Jayne Bullock (Chair of Castle Mead Advisory Group)



Mike Haines (School Improvement)


Lesley Shellard (Chair of River Mead Advisory Group)
Invited attendees (no voting rights):


Karen Austin (Headteacher, River Mead School)



Mel Jacob (Co-Chair of The Mead Advisory Group)


Kirsty Jamieson (Head of Inclusion)



Lindsay Palmer (Head of Teaching School)


Harriet Phillips (Acting Head of School, Castle Mead School)


Mark Stenton (Headteacher, The Mead)
Resources Committee MembersÂ
The Resources Committee comprises:



Bob Quick (Chair, Resources Committee)




Peter Finn




Christian Checkley


Lyssy Bolton
Those who attend Resources Committee meetings:


Sheila Pedler (Staff, School Business Manager)



Mel Jacob (Staff, School Business Manager)


Gina Shanahan (Staff, School Business Manager)


Kerry Thain (Staff, School Business Manager)
School Effectiveness Group



Lyssy Bolton



Jayne Bullock



Lindsay Palmer



Kim Baker



Mike Haines