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King Offa Primary Academy Local Academy Board

Governance Information

Full Name 

Category/

Appointing Body

Term of office

Date of appointment

Expiry

Meetings attended in 2023/24

Mr Stephen Richard Etherington

(Chair)

Chair, appointed by Trust

4 years

14/11/2017

As chair

01/09/2028

31/08/2028

5 out of 5

Mrs Laylee Pocock

Headteacher

Ex officio

26/10/2024

  n/a
Clare Akehurst Parent, elected by parents 4 years 22/03/2024 21/03/2028 2 out of 2
Ms Charlotte Daniels Staff, elected by staff 4 years 03/12/2022 02/12/2026 2 out of 2
Mrs Pamela Doodes Co-opted, appointed by LAB 4 years 27/03/2024 26/03/2028 5 out of 5
Cherrie Joy Co-opted, appointed by LAB 4 years 22/10/2024 21/10/2028 n/a
Gina Potter Co-opted, appointed by LAB 4 years 26/09/2022 25/09/2026 5 out of 5
Gemma Smith Parent, elected by parents 4 years 22/03/2024 23/03/2028 2 out of 2

LAB members who served in the past 12 months

Full Name 

Category/

Appointing

Body

Term of office

Date of appointment

Date stepped down

Mrs Anne McWilliams chair, appointed by trust board 4 years

11/07/2018

chair from 11/07/2022

31/08/2024
Natasha Baker Headteacher ex-officio 23/01/2021 25/10/2024

Register of Interests - current members

Full Name 

Relevant business and pecuniary interests

Mr Steven Richard Etherington

(Chair)

Nil return

Laylee Pocock (Executive Headteacher)

Nil return

Clare Akehurst

Family:  Child at the school

Employed at East Sussex County Council

Ms Charlotte Daniels AAT Employee
Mrs Pamela Doodes Nil return
Cherrie Joy Family:  Child at the school, from 01/09/2020
Gina Potter Nil return
Gemma Smith

Family:  Child at the school

Employed at Hastings Borough Council

Register of Interests - members who served in the last 12 months

Full Name

Relevant business and pecuniary interests

Mrs Anne McWilliams

Chair of Oakwood Primary Academy LAB, from 01/01/2023

Ms Natasha Baker (Headteacher)

Parent of pupil

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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