Creating opportunity and success for all our pupils
|
Full Name |
Category/ Appointing Body |
Term of office |
Date of appointment |
Expiry |
Meetings attended in 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ms Dianne Ryan (Chair) |
Chair - appointed by Trust |
4 years |
01/09/2023 |
31/08/2027 |
4 out of 5 |
|
Ms Libby Barnard |
Headteacher |
Ex officio |
01/09/2024 |
5 out of 5 |
|
| Liam Berriman | Co-opted, appointed by LAB | 4 years | 29/09/2022 | 28/09/2026 | 4 out of 5 |
| Mr John Lucas | Parent, appointed by LAB due to no election candidates | 4 years | 01/12/2022 | 30/11/2026 | 4 out of 5 |
| Mr Sam Marchant | Staff, elected by staff | 4 years | 22/11/2024 | 21/11/2028 | 2 out of 4 |
| Miss Kiley Anne Wheeler | Parent, elected by parents | 4 years | 01/09/2025 | 31/08/2029 | n/a |
| Full Name | Category / Appointing Body | Term of Office | Date of Appointment | Date stepped down |
Meetings attended in 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Mary Gibson | Parent, appointed by LAB due to no election candidates | 4 years | 01/12/2022 | 22/07/2025 | 5 out of 5 |
| Full Name | Relevant business and pecuniary interests |
|---|---|
|
Ms Dianne Ryan (chair) |
Nil return |
|
Ms Libby Barnard |
Aurora Employee |
| Liam Berriman | Nil return |
| John Lucas |
Family: Parent of pupil Family: Partner of Parent helper, from 16/03/2023 |
| Sam Marchant | Nil return |
| Miss Kiley Anne Wheeler | to follow |
| Retired LAB members | |
| Eleanor Mary Gibson |
Employed by Trade Union Congress, from 05/03/2007 to 03/01/2025 Family: Parent of pupil, from 03/01/2018 Committee member of Bexhill Maritime, from 16/11/2023 Chair Bexhill and Battle Labour Party, from 14/11/2023 Vice Chair Bexhill on Sea Trades Council, from 14/11/2023 Volunteer Ambassador Little Gate Farm, from 20/06/2024 Employed by Ark Academies Trust, from 06/01/2025 |
To request minutes of LAB meetings, please contact the Governance Manager ruthali@auroraacademies.org.uk
Tackling the democratic deficit of young and diverse governors on school governing boards. Over a third of Inspiring Governance's current governor appointments are from an ethnic minority and nearly half are under 35 years old, yet there is a fast-growing divergence in the wider school system between those making and implementing decisions in our schools and those on the receiving end of those decisions.