Governance Structure: Coombe Secondary Schools Academy Trust
Members and Directors (Article 12A: The subsequent Members of the Company shall comprise the Directors,
pursuant to Article 46A)
Marion Webb
Chair
Appointed 1 April 2014
Mary Henderson
Vice Chair
Appointed 1 April 2014
Deborah Walls
Executive Headteacher
Appointed 1 April 2014
Alan Burbridge
Appointed 1 April 2014
Judith Davies
Appointed 1 April 2014
Alasdair Rennie
attends
Jackie Parrott
Appointed 1 April 2014
Linda Clemens
Appointed 1 April 2014
Diana Brotherston
attends
David Smith
Headteacher CBS
Clerk to the Board of Directors
Appointed 1 June 2015
Jackie Dutton
The Board of Directors meet every half term and this meeting has replaced the LGB termly Strategy meeting
for the Coombe Secondary Schools.
The Board of Directors has established the following committees:
Audit Committee.
Chair: Judith Davies
Pay & Conditions Committee
Chair: Mary Henderson
Local Governing Body for each School
Chair for the Coombe Secondary Schools: Marion Webb
Chair for Knollmead Primary School: Diana Brotherston
The Local Governing Bodies for the Coombe Secondary Schools & Knollmead Primary School merged the
Finance & Resources Committee from March 2015, the Personnel and Health & Safety Committees from
September 2015.
Finance & Resources Committee.
Chair: Alasdair Rennie
Personnel Committee.
Chair: Jacqueline Parrott
Health & Safety Committee
Chair: Alan Burbridge
The Local Governing Body of the Coombe Secondary Schools has established the following dedicated subcommittees: Curriculum and Pastoral.
Curriculum.
Chair: Marion Webb
Pastoral.
Chair: Linda Clemens
The Local Governing Body of Knollmead Primary School has established the following dedicated subcommittees: Strategy and Curriculum & Standards.
Strategy.
Chair: Diana Brotherston
Curriculum & Standards.
Chair: Diana Brotherston
Local Governing Bodies
The Directors of the Coombe Secondary Schools Academy Trust are also members of the Local Governing
Body for the Coombe Secondary Schools. Judith Davies is a member of the Knollmead Primary School Local
Governing Body.
Coombe Secondary Schools
Knollmead Primary School
Steve Porter
Diana Brotherston
David Wallis
Margaret Hurrell
Heather McKissack
Lynn Hayes
Catherine Fenwick
Naomi Sellayah
Chair
Lyn Waterton
staff CGS
Rhianwen Dean
staff
Hazel Mason
staff CGS
Judy Maxwell
staff
Simon Whittington
staff CBS
Lucy Philpot
parent Vice Chair
Denise Macleod
staff CBS
John Guinnard
parent
Samia Al Qadhi
parent CGS
Sharmini Vasantharuban
Clair Newton
parent CGS
Susan Murray
parent
Alasdair Rennie
parent CGS
Deborah Walls
Headteacher
Tracey Podger
parent CBS
Helen Vickers
parent CBS
John Stuart
parent CBS
Associate members may be appointed for defined projects within a pre-determined time frame.
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