The Governing Body
The Local Governing Body (LGB) is made up of volunteers who commit their time to work alongside the leadership team of the school to play an important part in raising school standards.
The LGB has a strong focus on three core strategic functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding the principal to account for the educational performance of the academy and its pupils; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the academy and making sure its money is well spent.
The LGB meets regularly to meet these functions and other responsibilities. The governors also visit the school to ensure they understand what is happening and to monitor and evaluate the impact of actions. Governors can be contacted through the school.
Local Governing Board meeting dates 2022-2023 commencing at 17:00
Tuesday 6 September 2022 - Full Governing Body meeting (Teams or Lancaster Academy)
Tuesday 22 November 2022 - Full Governing Body meeting (Teams or Lancaster Academy)
Tuesday 7 March 2023- Full Governing Body meeting (Teams or Lancaster Academy)
Tuesday 13 June 2023- Full Governing Body meeting (Teams or Lancaster Academy)
Governors register of interests 2022/23
Governors meeting attendance record 2022/23
| Name of governor
| Appointment type
| Appointed by
| Responsibilities
| Term of office start | Term of office end |
| Hilary Slocombe | Chair | LGB | - Achievement - Curriculum - Expressive Arts - READY for the future stakeholder/careers - Pupil Premium - Behaviour - SEND and LAC | 15/11/2019 | 14/11/2023 |
| Darren Alexander | Vice Chair | LGB | - Personal Development - Curriculum - Achievement - Computer Science and Business | ||
| Anna | Principal | Ex-officio by virtue of office as Principal | - Achievement | 01/04/2017 |
|
| Tom | Staff | LGB | - Achievement | 01/04/2017 | 31/08/2022 |
| Chris | Co-opted | LGB | - English, Media and communication | 01/09/2018 | 31/08/2022 |
| Michael Burgess | Community | Trust appointee | - Marketing | 28/04/2021 | 27/04/2025 |
| Bansi Saujani | Community | LGB | - Safeguarding | 2022 | |
| Michael Lewis | Community | Co-opted | - Literacy | ||
| Mohamed Elsaadani | Parent Governor | LGB | - Health & Safety - Science | January 2022 | |
| Jonathan Sherwin | Co-opted | LGB | - Humanities | ||
| Historic (left within the last 12 months) | |||||
| Suzanne Cooper | Community | Trustee | - Chair of LGB - Science and Design & Technology - Achievement data - Curriculum - Finance | 17/03/2021 | 16/02/2022 |
| Hiren Punjani | Community | Trust Appointee | - Computer science and business studies - Maths - Personal development/ health and wellbeing - Behaviour and Attitudes | 30/10/2020 | 29/10/2024 |
| Gail | Community | LGB | - Humanities - Special Educational Needs - Looked After Children | 01/01/2020 | 31/12/2024 |
About the Governors
| Your Name: Governor Type: Date Appointed: Term of Office: Appointment Ceases: | Relevant information about me: Other Business Interests None |
| Your Name: Governor Type: Date Appointed: Term of Office: Appointment Ceases: | Relevant information about me I became Principal at The Lancaster Academy in 2016. Prior to this I was Vice Principal at Babington and part of a very exciting journey and team taking the school to an ‘outstanding’ Ofsted judgement. Previously to working at Babington I worked in three secondary schools across three different counties. Lancaster is a diverse community and I relish the opportunity that this role presents to make a real difference. We are like the world under one roof. Other Business Interests None |
| Your Name: Governor Type: Date Appointed: Term of Office: Appointment Ceases: | Tom has over 30 years’ experience in education, having taught in 5 different secondary schools. His subject specialisms include Science, especially Physics, and Computer Science. Having gained a BSc. (Hons) in Physics with Computing and undertaken a PGCE, Tom taught secondary science for 5 years before returning to study himself to gain an MSc. in Information Technology. With an updated and renewed enthusiasm for computing, Tom then returned to the teaching profession and moved up the career ladder from Head of Physics to Head of Science then to Assistant Principal and finally Vice Principal in two different schools. In addition, Tom successfully completed the NPQH along the way. Tom has always had a passion for the development of teaching, learning and assessment and ensuring that the curriculum provided meets the needs of all students, preparing them to progress either on to further/higher education or training. Tom’s interests include travel, popular science, using technology and the internet to enhance teaching and learning and socialising with friends and family. Other Business Interests None |
| Your Name: Governor Type: Date Appointed: Term of Office: Appointment Ceases: | Relevant information about me: My commitment to local community involvement extends beyond my working hours; as well as being parent governor at Lancaster I am a community governor for a local primary school and serve on the Board of Members of a local Multi-Academy Trust – and in a rather different context I have been a Leader of a local Scout Group for the past 8 years (spanning the full age range from Beavers, through Cubs and to Scouts). What little spare time is left I spend either walking in the countryside, (semi-skilled) gardening or trying to maintain some physical fitness in the gym. Other Business Interests Community Governor, Avenue Primary School Board Member, The Mead Educational Trust |
