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THE AURORA MISSION
Creating opportunity and success for all our pupils
Oakwood Primary Academy Local Academy Board
Governance Information
|
Full Name |
Category/ Appointing Body |
Term of office |
Date of appointment |
Expiry |
Meetings attended in 2022/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anne McWilliams |
Chair - appointed by Trust |
4 years |
01/01/2023 |
31/08/2027 |
5 out of 5 |
| David Sharp | Acting Head of School | Ex-officio | 01/09/2024 | n/a | |
| Ms Elizabeth Fitzpatrick | Co-opted - appointed by LAB | 4 years | 28/09/2023 | 27/09/2027 | 5 out of 5 |
| Ellen Ludford | Parent - elected by parents | 4 years | 06/02/2023 | 05/02/2027 | 4 out of 5 |
| Kirsty O'Connell | Staff - elected by staff | 4 years | 12/10/2023 | 11/10/2027 | 3 out of 5 |
| Kimberley Westgate | Parent - elected by parents | 4 years | 06/02/2023 | 05/02/2027 | 3 out of 5 |
Governance Information - members who served in the last 12 months
|
Full Name |
Category/ Appointing Body |
Term of office |
Date of appointment |
Date stepped down | Meetings attended in 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Laker | Headteacher | ex-officio | 01/01/2023 | 31/08/2024 | 4 out of 5 |
Register of Interests
|
Full Name |
Relevant business and pecuniary interests |
|---|---|
|
Anne McWilliams |
LAB Chair at King Offa, from 11/07/2022 to 31/08/2024 |
| David Sharp (Headteacher) | Nil return |
| Ms Elizabeth Fitzpatrick |
Employment: Atkins, from 03/09/2017 Member: International Council Systems Engineering UK, from 01/11/2017 Visiting Fellow Loughborough University, from 01/11/2022 Member: Institute of Physics, from 01/10/2020 |
| Ellen Ludford |
Employment: Willingdon Trees Community Centre Family: Parent of Pupil Friend: Is lunchtime worker at the school Co-chair Oakwood PTFA, from 07/08/2023 |
| Kirsty O'Connell |
Aurora Employee Two children attend OPA |
| Kimberley Westgate |
Employment: Curant Care, until September 2023 Family: Child at the school Business or Finance: Rosey's Redecorating, from 01/09/2023
|
| Retired LAB members | |
| Ryan Laker (Headteacher) - resigned 31/08/2024 | Nil return |
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.
Co-opted LAB member vacancy
