Aim High Academy Trust

Governance/Legal

The Local Governing Body is focused upon the individual school contexts, monitoring standards and achievement and their local community needs and aspirations.
Helping in setting strategic priorities and plans
Role in monitoring standards and achievement within the school
Ensuring Trust policies are implemented
Engaging with all stakeholders to improve outcomes
Supporting and positively challenging practices within the school
Level of delegation to the Local Governing Body will vary according to whether the school is performing well or not
Can put in place sub-committees

NEWBOTTLE LOCAL GOVERNING COMMITTEE

Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings 2020-2021
Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings Attended	Out of Possible
Patricia Dutton (Chair)	03 October 2016 (Co-opted Governor)	11 October 2024	Self-employed Education consultant	None	3	4
Claire Shield (Headteacher)	03 October 2016	01 October 2030	None	None	3	4
Shaun Van-Lindon (Co-opted Governor)	03 October 2016	11 October 2024	Kepier Academy	None	3	4
Lesley Lee-Shield (Staff Governor)	15 December 2015	13 December 2023	None	None	3	4
Philip Gilmore (Parent Governor)	14 November 2016	17 October 2022	None	None	3	4
Christopher Hall (Co-opted Governor)	14 May 2018	13 May 2022	TASFL	None	2	4
Emma Burnip (Parent Governor)	15 October 2018	14 October 2022	Academy 360 & Fast Feet Football Academy	None	2	4
Dee Bloomfield (Parent Governor)	15 October 2018	14 October 2022	Director of Deemo, design & photography	None	2	4
Louise Hindmarch (Parent Governor)	27 November 2020	26 November 2024			2	3

Local Governors who resigned during 2020-2021: None

DUBMIRE LOCAL GOVERNING COMMITTEE

Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings 2020-2021
Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings Attended	Out of Possible
Emma Jarvis (Headteacher)	01 September 2019	31 August 2029	None	None	4	4
Peter Brown (Chair)	10 March 2016 (Co-opted)	09 March 2024	HMRC	Wife – TA/HLTA	4	4
Sue Wides (Vice Chair)	03 October 2016 (Co-opted)	02 October 2024	None	None	1	4
Kristofer Bushell (Co-opted Governor)	14 December 2018	13 December 2022			1	4
Christopher Milburn (Parent Governor)	26 February 2018	25 February 2022			1	4
Alison Miller (Staff Governor)	25 January 2016	24 January 2024	None	Sister – Cleaner	1	4
Shaun Van-Lindon (Co-opted Governor)	26 June 2017	25 June 2021			1	4
Chris Cowie(Co-opted Governor)	05 February 2019	04 February 2023	None	None	3	4

Local Governors who resigned during 2020-2021:

Vicki Edwards (parent governor) resigned September 2020

GILLAS LANE LOCAL GOVERNING COMMITTEE

Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings 2020-2021
Name (and Category)	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Meetings Attended	Out of Possible
Emma Monaghan (Head Teacher)	01 September 2017	31 August 2027	None	None	4	4
Julie Milner (Chair)	01 September 2013 (Co-opted)	02 October 2024	None	None	4	4
Susan McCoy (Staff Governor)	25 March 2014	05 October 2021	None	None	4	4
Victoria Baker (Parent Governor)	03 October 2014	18 December 2023	None	None	4	5
Jill Harrison (Parent Governor)	13 October 2017	12 October 2021	None	None	4	4
Ian Blair (Co-opted Governor)	11 July 2018	10 October 2022	None	None	0	4
Lucy Sexton (Co-opted Governor)	25 September 2018	24 September 2022			1	4
Kevin Stoker (Parent Governor)	20 November 2020	19 November 2024			1	3

Local Governors who resigned during 2020-2021: None

MEMBERS

Name	Date of First Appointment	Term Ends	Business / Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation
Patricia Dutton (Chair of Trust)	01 February 2014	02 October 2024	Self-employed Education Consultant	None
Susan Edgar	16 May 2016	15 May 2024	University of Sunderland	None
Joanne Turnbull	04 April 2019	03 April 2023	None	None
Rachel Orr	17 September 2019	16 September 2023	Teach First Charity	None
Christopher Campbell	05 October 2020	04 October 2024	Self-employed Education Consultant	None

Previous Members:

Graig Gill - resigned February 2018
Ian Green - resigned December 2018
Neil MacKnight - resigned July 2019
James Crawford Westwater - resigned June 2020

TRUSTEES

Name	Date Of Appointment	End of Term	Business/ Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Member of Following Committees	Meetings 2020-2021
Name	Date Of Appointment	End of Term	Business/ Pecuniary Interests	Relationships within Organisation	Member of Following Committees	Meeting Attended	Out of Possible
Graham Stephenson CEO (Ex-Officio)	01 February 2014	Ongoing	None declared	None declared	CEO Attends all Committees	13	13
Patricia Dutton (Chair of Trust)	01 February 2014	02 October 2024	Self-employed Education Consultant	None declared	Board of Trustees, Finance, Audit & General Purposes, Challenge Standards, Personnel & Performance Management	17	17
Julie Milner (Vice Chair of Trust)	13 June 2016	04 October 2024	None declared	None declared	Board of Trustees, Challenge Standards, Personnel & Performance Management, Finance, Audit & General Purposes	18	18
Janet Foster (Appointed)	22 May 2018	21 May 2022	None declared	None declared	Board of Trustees, Finance, Audit & General Purposes	11	12
Neil Macknight (Appointed)	16 July 2019	15 July 2023	Elected member of Sunderland City Council	None declared	Board of Trustees	7	12
Andrew Wake (Appointed)	16 July 2019	15 July 2023			Board of Trustees	3	5
Clare Seccombe (Appointed)	09 December 2020	08 December 2024	Ideas Education Ltd and member of Primary Languages SIG Council	None Declared	Board of Trustees	4	5

The Following are no longer Trustees:

Dawn Shearsmith (Appointed) – resigned October 2017
Craig Gill (Parent) – resigned February 2018
Jackie Moran (Staff) – resigned January 2018
Sarah Morrison (Staff) – resigned January 2018
John Thompson (Appointed) – resigned January 2018
Susan Morgan (Appointed) – resigned February 2018
John Walvin (Appointed) – resigned November 2018
James Crawford Westwater (Appointed) – resigned June 2020

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Members & Trustees.pdf	Download
Dubmire Local Governing Committee 2019-2020.pdf	Download
Newbottle Local Governing Committee 2019-2020.pdf	Download
Gillas Lane Local Governing Committee 2019-2020.pdf	Download
terms-of-reference-finance-2021-22 under review.pdf	Download
terms-of-reference---local-governing-committee-2021-22 under review.pdf	Download

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Governance/Legal

AIM HIGH ACADEMY TRUST IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Academy Trust Members

Governance Structure

THE DIRECTORS

The Local Governing Body