Local Governing Board

The Local Governing Board (LGB) of Magna Carta Primary Academy aims to continue to improve communication and links between Board members, staff, parents and children and it hopes that part of this aim will be met through regular news updates providing information on Board membership and activities.

The LGB is actively involved in all aspects of school life. It has a responsibility to ensure that all members of the school communities are safe and have equality of opportunity and it works with school staff to support schools’ improvement and monitor the impact.

Additionally, its key areas of governance responsibilities are:

1. Achievement of Pupils
2. Behaviour & Safety
3. Effectiveness of Early Years
4. Leadership & Management
5. Quality of Teaching

LGB members are all volunteers and give up their skills, experience, and time for free, in order to help and support the schools. Some of our governors are parents and can regularly be seen on school runs. Please feel free to stop any one of them in the playgrounds (or anywhere else for that matter!) with any question you might have about the respective schools. You may also write to the LGB via BMAT Governance – governance@bmatrust.org.uk.

All requests relating to the Local Governing Board (incl for copies of its meetings’ minutes, etc) should be sent to the email address above.

The list below gives a quick run-down of who's who on the Local Governing Board.

Name	Role
Iris Evans	Chair of Governors
Jennifer Pearce	Headteacher
Neil Stirrat	Director of Primary Standards, BMAT Education
Vacant	Community Governor (Vice Chair)
Amber Cope	Parent Governor
Elliot Bright	Parent Governor
Teresa Avey	Staff Governor
Vacant	Trust Governor
Vacant	Trust Governor

 

	Interests
Name and appointment	Confirmed	Organisation	Type of interest	Notes	From	To
Name: Teresa Avey Appointment: staff Term of office start: 20/09/2024 Term of office end: 19/09/2028 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Elliot Bright Appointment: parent Term of office start: 17/10/2022 Term of office end: 19/09/2028 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Amber Cope Appointment: parent Term of office start: 24/03/2022 Term of office end: 23/03/2026 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Iris Evans Appointment: community Term of office start: 12/11/2024 Term of office end: 23/03/2026 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 11/11/2024	-	Governor	-	21/09/2024	21/07/2024
Name: Jade Law Appointment: community Term of office start: 12/11/2024 Term of office end: 11/11/2028 Appointed by: -	Not Confirmed	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Jennifer Pearce Appointment: academy headteacher Term of office start: - Term of office end: - Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Neil Stirrat Appointment: ex-officio Term of office start: -  Term of office end: - Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-