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 (this is enacted through our Standards & Effectiveness Group)
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent (this is enacted through our Resources Committee)
Further information about our Governance Community is available on Get Information About Schools >
Our Board of Members
Christian Checkley
Peter Finn
Tracey Wright
Mike Haines
Our Board of Trustees
Christian Checkley
(Chair)
Bob Quick
(Vice-Chair)
Peter Finn
Lyssy Bolton
(CEO)



Anne Millin (Chair, Standards & Effectiveness Group)
Jayne Bullock
(Chair, Castle Mead Academy Advisor Group)



Christine Folker



Lindsay Palmer (Invited, no voting rights)
Resources Committee
Bob Quick
(Chair)
Peter Finn
Christian Checkley
Lyssy Bolton
Invited attendees:


Gina Shanahan
(School Business Manager)


Kerry Thain
(School Business Manager)


Mel Jacob
(School Business Manager)
Standards & Effectiveness Group



Anne Millin (Chair)
Lyssy Bolton



Lindsay Palmer
Jayne Bullock



Christine Folker