Academy Committee

2020-21

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 

Lady Kay Fisher

Chair of Governors

Relative, Kilverstone Trust

Patron, Thetford Grammar School

Governor, E-MAT

1/2/15 (term renewed 1/2/19)

-

Trustee

  

Roy Brame 

Governor

Vice Chairman of Breckland District Council

3/6/19

-

Trustee

  

Mike Gibbins 

Governor

Director, Zerorange Ltd

1/12/14 (term renewed 1/12/18)

-

Trustee

  

Darren Hollingsworth 

  

Principal, Cromer Academy

1/9/19

      

Gary Lee 

  

Director, Indigo Waste Services Ltd

1/9/19

      

Ian Soden 

Governor 

Director, Soden Education Ltd

Mrs L Soden: board member of Gabrieli consort and Cambridge Handel Opera Co., consultant director of East Midlands Academy Trust, board member of Danes Educational Trust, governor at BRIT School, governor at Bryanston School

1/12/15 (term renewed 1/12/19)

-

Trustee

  
Linda Steeds Governor Employee at Thetford Grammar since 1/9/2012 16/3/21      
Lisa Long Governor - 17/6/21      
Richard Smith Governor - 17/6/21      

 

2019-20: Wayland Academy joined the Thetford Academy Committee in April 2020. 

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 

Lady Kay Fisher

Chair of Governors

Relative, Kilverstone Trust

Patron, Thetford Grammar School

Governor, E-MAT

1/2/15 (term renewed 1/2/19)

-

Trustee

IIII

Roy Brame 

Governor

Vice Chairman of Breckland District Council

3/6/19

-

Trustee

III

Mike Gibbins 

Governor

Director, Zerorange Ltd

1/12/14 (term renewed 1/12/18)

-

Trustee

IIII

Darren Hollingsworth 

  

Principal, Cromer Academy

1/9/19

    

III

Gary Lee 

  

Director, Indigo Waste Services Ltd

1/9/19

    

III

Ian Soden 

Governor 

Director, Soden Education Ltd

Mrs L Soden: board member of Gabrieli consort and Cambridge Handel Opera Co., consultant director of East Midlands Academy Trust, board member of Danes Educational Trust, governor at BRIT School, governor at Bryanston School

1/12/15 (term renewed 1/12/19)

-

Trustee

III

Dame Rachel de Souza 

Governor

Chief Executive, Inspiration Trust Director, Parents and Teachers for Excellence Trustee, Ambition Institute

1/9/17

-

Trustee

III

The Academy Committee is part of a wider governance structure within the Inspiration Trust. Further details of roles and responsibilities can be found in the governance section of the Inspiration Trust website. 

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