City Academy Whitehawk Local Academy Board

Governance Information

Full Name	Category/ Appointing Body	Term of office	Date of appointment	Expiry	Meetings attended in 2023/24
Mrs Janis Taylor (Chair)	Chair, appointed by Trust	4 years	first appointed as co-opted LAB member 21/09/2017 chair from 01/09/2018 current term from 01/09/2022	31/08/2026	5 out of 5
Mr Russell Wood	Head of school	Ex-officio	01/09/2024		n/a
Mr Richard Benton-Stace	Co-opted, appointed by LAB	4 years	first appointed 20/09/2018 current term from 23/09/2022	22/09/2026	5 out of 5
Ms Danielle Delaney	Staff - elected by staff	4 years	29/04/2024	28/04/2028	2 out of 2
Mr Lawrence Fry	Co-opted, appointed by LAB	4 years	01/09/2017 current term from 23/09/2021	22/09/2025	3 out of 5
Mrs Katy Hampshire	Co-opted, appointed by LAB	4 years	22/10/2021	21/10/2025	5 out of 5
Mr Graham Kennedy	Co-opted, appointed by LAB	4 years	21/10/2022	20/10/2026	1 out of 5
Mrs Margaret Mansell	Co-opted	4 years	27/09/2017 - 30/11/2023 as staff LAB member Appointed 01/12/2023	30/11/2027	2 out of 5
Mr Michael Waller	Parent - elected by parents	4 years	02/10/2024	01/10/2028	n/a

LAB members who served in the past 12 months

Full name	Category / Appointing Body	Term of office	Date of appointment	Date stepped down	Meetings attended in 2023/24
Thomas McMorrin	Headteacher	Ex-officio	20/04/2020	31/08/2024	3 out of 5
Mikaela Middleton	Parent - appointed by LAB due to no election candidates	4 years	07/10/2020	23/09/2024	2 out of 5
Michelle Mainwaring	Parent - appointed by LAB due to no election candidates	4 years	21/10/2022	29/11/2024	3 out of 5

Register of interests

Full Name	Relevant business and pecuniary interests
Mrs Janis Taylor (Chair)	Governance role at Moulsecoomb Primary School, from 01/09/2022 Brighton and Hove School Partnership Advisor, from 01/09/2015
Mr Russell Wood (Headteacher)	Nil return
Mr Richard Benton-Stace	Nil return
Ms Danielle Delaney	Aurora Employee
Mr Lawrence Fry	Nil return
Mrs Katy Hampshire	Employment: Sutton Trust, from 06/03/2023
Mr Graham Kennedy	Family: Children at the school
Mrs Margaret Mansell	Aurora employee
Mr Michael Waller	Employment: Downs View Link College, from 02/06/2024 Family: Children at the school, from 01/09/2024
Retired LAB members
Ms Mikaela Middleton - resigned 23.09.2024	Family: Children at the school
Thomas McMorrin (Headteacher) - resigned 31/08/2024	Nil return
Ms Michelle Mainwaring	Family: Child at the school

To request minutes of LAB meetings, please contact the Governance Manager ruthali@auroraacademies.org

Everyone on Board 2023

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.

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