Committee Membership
The Board of Trustees reviews the committee membership annually.
The membership below is effective from 1st September 2021
Board of Trustees
Mr K. Mogford – Chair
Mrs. N. Dunn – Vice Chair
Mr. M. Farmer – CEO
Mr. S. Chamberlain
Mr. M. Fitzsimmons-Taylor
Mr. S. Moore
Mrs. C. Root
Mr. C. Todd
Mr. T. Woollard
In Attendance
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Clerk to the Trust
Academic Standards Committee
Mr. S. Chamberlain – Chair
Mrs. N. Dunn
Mr. M. Farmer
Mr. K. Mogford
In Attendance
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Primary Director of Education
Clerk to the Trust
Audit and Risk Committee
Mr. T. Woollard – Chair
Mrs. N. Dunn
Mr. M. Fitzsimmons-Taylor
Vacancy
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Compliance and Operations Director
Chair of the Trust
External Auditor
Clerk to the Trust
Finance and Estates Committee
Mr. K. Mogford – Chair
Mr. M. Farmer – CEO
Mr. S. Chamberlain
Mrs. C. Root
Mr. C. Todd
In Attendance
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Finance Director
Clerk to the Trust
Pay & Personnel Committee
Mrs. N. Dunn – Chair
Mr. S. Moore
Mr. T. Woollard
Vacancy
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
HR Manager
Clerk to the Trust
Policy Review Committee
Mr. S. Moore – Chair
Mr. M. Fitzsimmons-Taylor
Mr. C. Todd
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Compliance and Operations Director
Clerk to the Trust
CEO PMR
Mr. K. Mogford – Chair
Mr. S. Chamberlain
Mrs. C. Root
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Clerk to the Trust
Local Governing Committees (LGC):
Acorn Academy
Mrs. G. Ford – Chair
Mrs. C. Jaques – Headteacher
Mrs. J. Terry – Vice Chair
Mrs. L. Boroughs
Miss. E. Daniels
Mrs. E. Francis
Mrs. S. McKenzie
Mr. B. Smith
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Chipping Ongar Primary School
Mrs. L. Portman – Chair
Mrs. H. Russell – Headteacher
Mr. B. Payne – Vice Chair
Mrs. H. Griffiths – Staff Governor
Mrs. J. Roberts
Mr. P. Speller
Mrs. M. Payne
Mrs. L. Mason
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
High Ongar Primary School
Mrs. D. Howlett – Co-Chair
Mrs. W. Pike – Co-Chair
Mrs. J. Evans – Headteacher
Mrs. A. De-Dominics
Mr. C. Gallicchio
Fr. S. Gibbs
Mr. R. Lee – Staff Governor
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Mildmay Infant and Nursery School
Mr. W. Stephenson – Co-Chair
Mrs. S. Taylor – Co-Chair
Mrs. M. Bradford – Headteacher
Mrs. C. Redmill – Vice Chair
Mrs. G. Burton – Staff Governor
Mr. S. Cochrane
Mrs. G. Eva
Mrs. K. Hammett
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Mildmay Junior School
Mrs. C. Futter – Chair
Mr. D. Mulholland – Headteacher
Mrs. S. Murphy - Staff Governor
Mrs. E. Sreetheran - Staff Governor
Mr. J. Bell
Mrs. T. Rowlands
Mrs. E. Toms
Mrs. R. Uddin
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Moulsham High School
Mrs. T. Price – Chair
Mrs. J. Mead – Headteacher
Mrs. T. Green – Staff Governor
Mrs. A. Brider-Thomas
Mrs. N. Hales – Staff Governor
Mr. J. Maxted
Mrs. L. Pearce
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Mr. R. James – Executive Headteacher
Mrs. C. Hooks – Chair
Mr. M. Ager
Mr. N. Bridgewater – Staff Governor
Mrs. H. Cole
Mrs. N. Goodwin
Mrs. A. Jezzard – Staff Governor
Mr. T. Parrott
Mr. P. Redhead
Mrs. S. Sanctuary – Vice Chair
Mr. K. Yap
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Oaklands Infant School
Ms. N. Murphy – Chair
Mr. M. Varrow – Vice Chair
Mrs. C. Williams – Headteacher
Mrs. L. Borella
Mrs. H. Craig
Miss. G. Cranstone – Staff Governor
Mrs. L. Hawkridge
Mrs. L. Stainsbury – Staff Governor
Mr. D. Moore
Mrs. P. Jones
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
Ongar Primary School
Mrs. B. Hockley – Chair
Mrs. D. Attridge – Headteacher
Ms. K. Dale – Vice Chair
Mr. P. Arnold
Mrs. I. Dincu
Mr. E. Glickman
Mrs. J. Gregory
Miss. J. Greenstead
Miss. C. Love
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
The Ramsey Academy
Mr. R. James – Headteacher
Mr. M. Bailey – Chair
Mr. H. Conway
Mrs. T. De Bruyne
Mr. A. Harris
Mr. J. Sinclair
Mr. R. Taylor
Mr. S. Whitley – Staff Governor
Mrs. A. Williams – Staff Governor
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk
The Ongar Academy
Mrs. A. Wallbank – Chair
Mrs. M. Steadman – Headteacher
Ms. D. Taylor – Staff Governor
Mr. P. Marchant
Mr. G. Read
Mr. B. Payne
Mr. D. Sykes
In Attendance
Chief Executive Officer (as Accounting Officer)
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
Chair of the Trust
Governance Professional
LGC Clerk