Members, Trustees, LAB and Statutory Finance

Accordia Academies Trust Membership  and Trustees 2022-2023

School Trustees have an important strategic role and play a key part in developing and monitoring school life.

Trustees of Barrs Court School

Ex-officio Trustees:

Mrs. Lisa Appleton – Executive Headteacher  

APPOINTED BY: Accordia Academies Trust Members

DATE APPOINTED: 01/01/2015

Clerk to the Trustees:

Ms. Linda Watkins

Barrs Court School Local Advisory Board

Judy Balderson  - Chair of LAB

APPOINTED BY: Accordia Academies Trust Members

DATE APPOINTED: 01/07/2021

TERM OF OFFICE: 4 years

Dr. Neil Fraser 

APPOINTED BY: Accordia Academies Trust Members

DATE APPOINTED: 01/09/2021

TERM OF OFFICE: 4 years

Felix Smithson

APPOINTED BY: Trustees

DATE APPOINTED: 11/03/22

TERM OF OFFICE: 4 years

Dr Margy Whalley CBE

APPOINTED BY: Trustees

DATE APPOINTED: 11/03/22 Resigned 03/10/23

Gilly Voelcker

APPOINTED BY: Parents

DATE APPOINTED: 01/09/2021

TERM OF OFFICE: 4 years

Kevin Braybrook

APPOINTED BY: Parents

DATE APPOINTED: 01/09/2021

TERM OF OFFICE: 4 years (Term ceases 31/08/2025)

Staff Governors

Staff Governors are nominated and elected by staff to serve on the Local Advisory Boards (the governing bodies set up for each individual school in the Trust).  Staff Governors are not representatives of staff or to be held to account by the Board.  Staff Governors should express their personal views and have an equal voice on the Local Advisory Board with their peers.

Mrs Bev Rodgerson – Teaching Assistant at Beacon College

APPOINTED BY: Staff

DATE APPOINTED: 01/03/2023

TERM OF OFFICE: Term ceases 31/08/2026

Tina Deooray - Teacher Barrs Court School

APPOINTED BY: Staff

DATE APPOINTED: 01/03/2023

TERM OF OFFICE: Term ceases 31/08/2026

Minutes of Governors Meetings - Please contact Sharon Williams, Chief Finance Officer