Governors

The current Governing Body at Woodlands Academy of Learning for 2023 – 2024 is as follows:

Community Governors

Mr R Lawrence (Chair)
Miss K Glanville
Mrs S Spriggs

LA Governor

Mrs M McGrath

Co-opted Governor

Mr S Simpson (Vice Chair)
Mrs D Sims
Mr J Whitehouse

Parent Governors

Mrs E Bate
Miss C Bate

Staff Governors

Mrs T Newton (Headteacher)
Mrs J Jackson (Assistant Headteacher)
Mrs J Graham (Pastoral Team and Safeguarding)

Members

Mrs Lowe
Mr D Wills
Mr M Reid
Mr R Eynon
Mr I Whitehouse

Governance Structure

Trustee Registers of Business & Pecuniary Interest 2023/2024

Trustees Name	Appointment Date & term of Office	Type of Trustee	Appointed by	Business Interest & Date	Charity Trustee Details & Date	Trustee/Gov at Other Establishments & Date	Member of professional body, organisation or Public body & Date	Contractual Link to Academy or Other Education Setting & Date	Relationship to staff / pupils / trustees	Signed	Date
Christine Bate	26/01/24 - 25/01/28	Parent Trustee	Parents	N/A	N/A	N/A	None	None	Parent of Registered Pupil	-	-
Ellena Bate	14/10/22 – 13/10/26	Parent Trustee	Parents	N/A	N/A	N/A	None	None	Parent of registered pupils	Yes	10/01/2023
Russell Eynon	December 2022	Member	Members	Company director Breakwells Paints Ltd and Arcs & Sparks	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	30/09/2021
Kate Glanville	06/07/23 - 05/07/27	Community Trustee	Board of Trustees	Head of Dept – BCU Sept 2013	N/A	N/A	Member of Geographical Association	Woodlands provide Teacher Training for BCU students via School Direct	None	Yes	26/09/2022
Jayne Graham	19/10/21 – 18/10/25	Staff Trustee	Staff	None	N/A	N/A	None	Pastoral & Safeguarding Team Sept 2010	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Julia Jackson	25/09/18 – 24/09/26	Staff Trustee	Staff	None	N/a	N/A	None	Assistant Head Sept 2009	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Robert Lawrence	11/10/20 – 10/10/24	Chair Community Trustee	Board of Trustees	None	1. Dunston with Coppenhall PCC – April 2019 2. Hyde Lea & Coppenhall Village Hall July 2010	LGB member at Haughton St. Giles CE Primary Academy Dec 2019 – Dec 2023	None	None	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Lesley Lowe	July 2012	Member	Members	None	N/A	N/A	None	Bloxwich Academy	None	Yes	23/09/2021
Mary B McGrath	17/03/2022 – 16/03/2026	LA Governor	Board of Trustees	None	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Tamsin Newton	Accounting Officer	Headteacher	Board of Trustees	None	NAHT 2020	N/A	None	Headteacher Sept 2015	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Matthew Reid	December 2021	Member	Members	None	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	13/10/2022
Sam Simpson	02/12/21 – 01/12/25	Vice Chair Co-opted Governor	Board of Trustees	Relationship Director, HSBC Bank April 2022	N/A	N/A	None	None	Parent of a registered pupil Related to T Alves (Staff Member)	Yes	22/09/2022
Diane Sims	17/03/2022 – 16/03/2026	Co-opted Governor	Board of Trustees	None	N/A	N/A	Member of – The Rotary Club, Willenhall 2004	None	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Susan Spriggs	05/07/2022 – 04/07/2026	Community Trustee	Board of Trustees	None	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	22/09/2022
Ian Whitehouse	September 2023	Member	Members	Staffordshire Police	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	01/12/2022
Joshua Whitehouse	23/03/23 - 22/03/27	Community Trustee	Board of Trustees		N/A	N/A	None	None	None
David Wills	July 2012	Member	Members	None	N/A	N/A	None	None	None	Yes	30/09/2022

Committee Members & Attendance 2022/2023 – 2023/2024

Full Board Meetings
Dates:	22/09/22	01/12/22	23/03/23	06/07/23	21/09/23	07/12/23	21/03/24	04/07/24
Christine Bate	-	-	-	-	-	-	P	P
Ellena Bate	-	P	P	P	A	P	P	A
Russell Eynon	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kate Glanville	A	P	A	P	P	A	A	A
Jayne Graham	P	A	P	P	A	A	P	P
Julia Jackson	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Robert Lawrence	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Lesley Lowe	A	X	X	-	-	-	-	-
MaryB Mcgrath	P	P	P	P	A	P	P	A
Tamsin Newton	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Sam Simpson	P	P	P	P	P	P	A	P
Diane Sims	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	A
Susan Spriggs	P	P	P	A	P	P	P	P
Ian Whitehouse	P	P	P	P	-	-	-	-
Joshua Whitehouse	-	-	P	A	P	P	P	A

Key: P = Present, A = Absent (Apologies), X = Absent (No Apologies), – = Attendance not Required

Finance, Staffing & Buildings Committee
Dates:	17/11/22	02/02/23	09/05/23	29/06/23	23/11/23	22/02/24	27/06/24
Russell Eynon	X	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Lawrence	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tamsin Newton	P	A	P	P	P	P	P
Sam Simpson	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Diane Sims	P	P	A	P	P	P	P
Ian Whitehouse	A	P	P	A	-	-	-
Joshua Whitehouse	-	-	P	P	P	A	A

Curriculum & Standards Committee
Dates:	20/10/22	02/03/23	18/05/23	19/10/23	07/03/24	23/05/24
Christine Bate	-	-	-	-	P	P
Ellena Bate	-	P	A	P	P	P
Kate Glanville	A	P	A	P	A	A
Jayne Graham	P	P	P	P	P	P
Julia Jackson	P	A	A	P	P	P
Robert Lawrence	P	P	P	P	P	P
MaryB McGrath	X	A	A	P	A	A
Tamsin Newton	P	P	P	P	P	P
Susan Spriggs	P	P	P	A	P	P

Governors

Community Governors

LA Governor

Co-opted Governor

Parent Governors

Staff Governors

Members

Governance Structure

Committee Members & Attendance 2022/2023 – 2023/2024

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