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Westvale Park 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 Andy Wright

(Chair)

Chair – appointed by Trust

4 years

first appointed as parent LAB member 10/11/2020

Term as chair 01/09/2022

31/08/2026

4 out of 4

Mrs Susan Kelly

Headteacher

Ex officio

10/11/2020

 

5 out of 5

Nikinder Baller Parent - elected by parents 4 years 01/12/2023 30/11/2027 4 out of 4
Ms Catherine Collins Parent - elected by parents 4 years 10/11/2024 09/11/2028 n/a
Mr Ryan Farrant Staff - elected by staff 4 years 02/11/2023 01/11/2027 4 out of 4

Mr Philip Smith

Co-opted – appointed by LAB

4 years

22/02/2022

21/02/2026

4 out of 5

Ms Ushma Olaitan

Co-opted – appointed by LAB

4 years

14/06/2022

13/06/2026

4 out of 5

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
  Mr Mark Siddle   Parent - elected by parents 4 years 10/11/2020 09/11/2024 4 out of 5

Register of Interests

Full Name

Relevant business and pecuniary interests

Mr Andy Wright

(Chair)

Family: Child at the school, from 04/11/2022

Family: Wife staff member at the school, from 07/06/2022

Mrs Susan Kelly (Headteacher)

Family: Child at the school, from 01/09/2023

Nikinder Baller

Family: Children at the school, from 01/09/2020

Employment: Praxis Advisory LLP, from 01/01/2023

Member of Institute of chartered accountants

Self-employed business - Sweet and Slice Bakes, from 01/07/2020

Catherine Collins

Family:  Two children at the school, from 07/05/2021

Employment:  Quietroom Ltd, from 03/10/2022

Ryan Farrant Employed by Aurora Academies Trust

Mr Mark Siddle (term of office expired 09/11/204)

Family: Child at the school, from 01/09/2022

Mr Philip Smith

Nil return

Ms Ushma Olaitan

Business Interest: Manor Avenue Consulting Ltd, from 03/10/2021

Governance role: Burstow Primary School, from 01/09/2022

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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