Governance

Current Trustees

Vacancy (Parent Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
None

David Avis (Parent Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 18/11/2023
Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Employment: AND Digital Professional Services Provider
Wife, Heather Avis is a member of Friends of Stramongate School (FOSS)Largely this has involved fund raising, obtaining employer matched funding but this does also involve incidental spending (purchasing event food, withdrawing cash floats, etc) and being part of the forum that approves funding requests from the school.

Matthew Beresford (Staff Governor)

Appointed by: Members
Date Appointed: 07/09/2020
Term of Office: N/A Ex. Officio

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Trustee of Stramongate Nursery
Member of the NASUWT

Stephen Lester (Community Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 22/03/2021
Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Employment: SKL Education Consultancy, Chair of Trustees, Institute of School Business Leadership. ESFA - Member of Academies Finance & Assurance Steering Group & Chair of Working Group 1.
Chair of Cumbria Association of School Business & Administration Management. DfE Chief Financial Officer. School Partnership Alliance.
Mentor, DfE School Resource Management Advisor

Victoria Pimblett (Parent Trustee (Co-Chair))

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 09/07/2018 (reappointed 04/07/2022)
Term of Office: 4 years + 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Employment: Teacher Queen Elizabeth School

Helen Watson (Community Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body (Co- Chair)
Date Appointed: 04/07/2022
Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare.

Robert Timms (Parent Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 19/11/2018 (reappointed 19/11/2022)
Term of Office: 4 years + 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Employment: Harbour Hotels Ltd - Rothay Garden by Harbour Hotels (from May 2024). Merewood Country House Hotel (Cragwood International) (until May 2024)

Retired Trustees

Sharron Butler (Staff Governor)

Appointed by: Members
Date Appointed: 25/03/2019
Term of Office: 4 years
Date Stepped Down: January 2024

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Teacher at Stramongate School. James Mason (son-in-law)
Stables Thompson and Briscoe

Jenny Mason (Staff Governor)

Appointed by: Members
Date Appointed: 23/03/2020
Term of Office: 4 years
Date Stepped Down: 23-03-24

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Teacher at Stramongate School

Clive Nattrass (Community Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 09/09/2019
Term of Office: 4 years
Date Stepped Down: 17/09/2024

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Employment: Carbon and Energy Fund Employment. Trusteeships of Stramongate Nursery and Merston CIC

Paul Atherton (Parent Trustee)

Appointed by: Governing Body
Date Appointed: 01/11/2020
Term of Office: 4 years
Date Stepped Down: 30/10/2023

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Employment: Felldale Retail Ltd and Purepay Retail Ltd

Members

Jean Radley

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Retired but working voluntarily
Clerk in Holy Orders (Priest)

Michael Donnelly

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Employment: Cumbria Education Trust, Trust Director (from Dec 2020) Penny Bridge Academy, Trust Director (from June 2020)

Gary Tully

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare