Academy Committee

2021- 2022

 

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date
Stepped
Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 

Lady Kay Fisher

Chair of Academy Committee 

Relative, Kilverstone Trust

Patron, Thetford Grammar School

Governor, E-MAT

2/2/18

-

Trustee

  

Roy Brame 

Academy Committee Member

Vice Chairman of Breckland District Council

3/6/19

-

Trustee

  

Darren Hollingsworth 

 Academy Committee Member

Principal, Cromer Academy

1/9/19

      

Gary Lee 

 Academy Committee Member

Director, Indigo Waste Services Ltd

1/9/19

      

Ian Soden 

Academy Committee Member

Director, Soden Education Ltd and Treasurer, Cambridge Handel Opera Co. 

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

-

Trustee

  

Lisa Long

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

-

Trustee

  

Carlos Ribeiro

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

20/01/22

Trustee

  

Richard Smith 

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

-

Trustee 

  

Linda Steeds

Academy Committee Member

 Employee, Thetford Grammar School 

16/3/21

14/3/22

Trustee 

  
Glen Allott AcademY Committee Memver Principal, Wayland Academy 17/03/22   Trust Board  
Tanya Blake Academy Committee Member Principal, Stradbroke Academy 17/03/22   Trust Board  

2020 - 2021

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date
Stepped
Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 

Lady Kay Fisher

Chair of the Academy Committee 

Relative, Kilverstone Trust

Patron, Thetford Grammar School

Governor, E-MAT

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

-

Trustee

4 of 4 

Roy Brame 

Academy Committee Member

Vice Chairman of Breckland District Council

3/6/19

-

Trustee

0 of 4 

Mike Gibbins 

Academy Committee Member

Director, Zerorange Ltd

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

15/7/21

Trustee

4 of 4 

Darren Hollingsworth 

 Academy Committee Member

Principal, Cromer Academy

1/9/19

    

3 of 4 

Gary Lee 

 Academy Committee Member

Director, Indigo Waste Services Ltd

1/9/19

    

3 of 4 

Ian Soden 

Academy Committee Member 

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

3 of 4 

Lisa Long

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

-

Trustee

-

Carlos Ribeiro

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

-

Trustee

-

Richard Smith

Academy Committee Member

  

15/6/21

-

Trustee 

- 

Linda Steeds

Academy Committee Member

  

16/3/21

-

Trustee 

2 of 2 

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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