Governing Body – Director & Member information and Business Interests

REGISTER OF DIRECTOR & MEMBER BUSINESS INTERESTS

2023 – 2024


Name: Mrs Andrea Louise Tobin

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 09/12/2023 – 08/12/2027

Committees: Finance Audit & Risk Committee, Staffing Committee

Official Responsibilities: Chair of Governing Body.  Designated Director for LAC & Pupil Premium

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Miss Christine Alder

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 10/01/2023 – 09/01/2027

Committees: Staffing Committee

Official Responsibilities: Designated Director for School Ethos

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mrs Susan Beech

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 19/04/2022 – 18/04/2026

Committees: Finance Audit & Risk Committee

Official Responsibilities: Vice Chair of Governing Body.  Designated Director for Pupil Progress and Attainment

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mr Barry Morris

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 17/11/2022 – 16/11/2026

Committees: Staffing Committee (Chair)

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mr Lee Wright Doignie Williamson

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 19/09/23 – 18/09/2027

Committees: Finance Audit & Risk Committee, Staffing Committee

Official Responsibilities: 

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mrs Hayley Wardle

Category: Elected by Parents

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 10/03/2022 – 09/03/2026

Committees: Finance Audit & Risk Committee

Official Responsibilities: Designated Director for Health & Safety

Financial Interest: South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (Executive Director of Finance), South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Trust (Board Trustee), Ashay LLP (Designated Member / Director), South Tyneside Co-operative Special School Trust (Director / Co-opted Trustee), Foundation of Light (Audit Committee Independent Member), Choice Ltd (Shareholder Representative on behalf of STSFT)  

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mr Darren Robert Coombe

Category: Academy (Director)

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office:  26/10/2022 – 25/10/2026

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: Designated Director for Safeguarding

Financial Interest: DME Systems Ltd (Shareholder) and Knight Hydraulic Systems Ltd (Shareholder)

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mrs Julia May Adamson

Category: Co-opted

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 31/01/2023 – 30/01/2027

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Nicola Rogers

Category: Co-opted

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 31/01/2023 – 30/01/2027

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mrs Jane Carter

Category: Co-opted

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 01/12/2023 – 30/11/2027

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: South Tyneside Community Lane CIC (Director).

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mr John Crowe

Category: Principal

Appointing Body: By virtue of position

Terms of Office: 22/04/2019

Committees: Finance, Audit & Risk Committee and Staffing Committee (no voting rights on either)

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: None


Member

Name: Mr John James Grubb Morgan

Category: Member

Appointing Body: Foundation / Sponsor members (Diocese) – On behalf of the Bishop of Durham

Date of Appointment: 01/11/2021

Committees:  Annual General Meeting 

Financial Interest: St Brandon’s Parochial Church Council (Spouse and Parent are Trustees), Durham Diocesan Board of Finance (Employee, Company Secretary)

Non-Financial Interest: Bernicia Housing (Spouse is an employee)


Member 

Name: Venerable Robert Gerard Cooper

Category: Member

Appointing Body: Foundation / Sponsor members (Diocese) – Appointed by the Diocesan Corporate Member

Date of Appointment: 22/06/2020

Committees: Annual General Meeting 

Financial Interest: Archdeacon of Sunderland (Durham Diocese) Member of Board of Education Cleadon All Saints Academy Trust, Northern Lights Trust (Benedict Biscop), Holy Trinity CE Academy School Whitburn CE Academy; Chair Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO), Member of Durham Diocesan Board of Finance, Chair Lord Crewe Charity, Trustee Society of Sacred Mission

Non-Financial Interest: None


Member

Name: Reverend Vernon John Cuthbert

Category: Member

Appointing Body: Ex-Officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the Office they hold) -Appointed by the Diocesan Corporate Member

Date of Appointment: 14/09/2020.

Committees: Annual General Meeting

Financial Interest: Diocese of Durham (Priest Licenced by the Bishop)

Non-Financial Interest: Melrose Learning Trust (Member – since Dec 2020)


Member

Name:  Mr Nigel Wyrley-Birch

Category: Member

Appointing Body:  Foundation / Sponsor members (Diocese) – The Diocesan Corporate Member (Durham Diocesan Board of Education acting through the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance)

Date of Appointment: 10/01/2022

Committees: Annual General Meeting 

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: Northumberland Anglers Federation, Treasurer since June 2022; Northumberland Hussars Old Comrades Association (Treasurer) Board of Education Durham Diocese Bishops Council Durham Diocese Ryecroft Glenton Chartered Accountants (Consultant)


Member

Name: Mrs Andrea Louise Tobin (Ex Officio)

Business Interests shown as above


Vacancies 

There is currently 1 Parent Director vacancy on the Governing Body (correct on 26th October 2023)


Committees

Governors who are on a standing committee have been identified in the appropriate column

Governors required for any other committees are selected from the pool for complaints and pupil exclusions but they aren’t ‘elected’ to be on these


Resignations

Name: Mrs Sarah Murray  (Resigned on 25th October 2023)

Category: Elected by Parents

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: 22/11/2022 – 21/11/2026

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: Designated Director for SEN

Financial Interest: Northern Leaders Trust (Head of Year at Studio West School)

Non-Financial Interest: None


Name: Mr Timothy Mulford

Category: Co-opted

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: Staff – All -10/01/2019 to 12/01/2022 and Co-opted 13/01/2022 – 09/01/2023.  TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRED.

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest:  Nimbus DTI – Brother is a Senior Platform Engineer and work includes DfE projects


Name: Mr Nicholas Clougher

Category: Co-opted

Appointing Body: Academy Trust

Terms of Office: Staff – All 10/01/2019 to 12/01/2022 and Co-opted 13/01/2022 – 09/01/2023.  TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRED.

Committees: 

Official Responsibilities: None

Financial Interest: None

Non-Financial Interest: Pearson-Edexcel (publishing) retained as Senior Assessment Associate

Sister is Group Chief Financial Officer at Go-Ahead Group plc – Transport