Local Governing Boards
BMAT understands the important role that local governors play. They know the communities and the schools in which they serve and are the best equipped people to support school leaders to secure the best educational provision for the pupils within them. We have exceptional people on our governing bodies.
BMAT local governing bodies have two main roles:
- They hold senior leaders to account, ensuring that the provide the best education for the pupils. Ensuring that the curriculum, the quality of teaching and the outcomes are outstanding.
- They also provide advice to the Trust Board about the strategic direction of the school and how to make best use of the resources the school has available to them.
BMAT Trustees are committed to ensuring that they have highly skilled governing body in all their schools and train them regularly to enable them to fulfil their important function.
We are always looking to recruit new governors, with the right motivation and skill set. If interested in joining one of our LGBs please contact us.
Register of Interests
(Members, Trustees & Executive Leaders)
2024-2025
| Name | Role | Date appointed |
Relevant business and |
Trusteeships and |
Personal relationships with the trust employees or other Members, Trustees or Govs. |
Date interest declared |
| Ffion Griffith | Member | 01/09/2020 | Director: Nexus Plc | Chair of Relate | None | October 2024 |
| Nicholas Tesseyman | Member | 01/09/2020 | None |
The British & Foreign Schools Society ------------------------------ The Bell Foundation |
None | October 2024 |
| Paul Bogle | Member | 12/07/2022 | See below | See below | See below | October 2024 |
|
Chelmsford Diocesan Educational Trust |
Organisational Member | 01/08/2017 | ||||
| Paul Drayton | Trustee Chair of Trustees Chair of Standards Chair of GovCom |
14/10/2017 | Retired | None | None | October 2024 |
| Helena C Mills CBE | CEO & Accounting Officer | 14/11/2011 | None | Trustee - Inspiration Trust | Amy Mills (Daughter) Burnt Mill Academy |
October 2024 |
| Paul Bogle | Trustee | 17/12/2018 | University Secretary & Clerk, Anglia Ruskin University |
All linked to ARU - UCP, COWA, LCA Ltd, BHP, ARD, ARE, HSHS Ltd, RLP Ltd | None | October 2024 |
| James R Cooke | Trustee (Vice Chair) (Chair of OR&PMC) |
24/06/2019 | Employed: Discovery Communications Director: Discovery Communications Europe Ltd |
None | None | October 2024 |
| Nicholas Brann | Trustee (Chair of Finance) |
15/05/2022 | Director: Lumos Products Limited | None | None | October 2024 |
| Victoria Marrow | Trustee | 01/06/2022 | Connected Party as a Director: Embrace Architects Ltd |
Trustee: The Learning Partnership Trust Governor Hatfield Heath Primary Takeley Primary Roseacres Primary |
None | October 2024 |
| Kumar Gaurav | Trustee | 01/10/2023 | None | None | None | October 2024 |
| Andrew Overton | Trustee | 01/09/2024 | None | Chair of Governors – Burnt Mill Academy and Royal Docks Academy | None | October 2024 |
| Dr Jeffery Quaye | Trustee |
01/09/2024 |
National Director of Education and Standards, Aspirations Academies Trust | Trustee - Wentworth Primary School; Executive Governor - Aspirations Academies Trust; Governor - Royal Docks Academy | None | October 2024 |
| Name | Role in the Trust | Date appointed | Relevant business and pecuniary interests | Trusteeships and governorships at other educational bodies and charities | Personal relationships with the trust employees or other Members, Trustees or Govs. | Date interest declared |
| Nigel TREVALLION | Chief Finance Officer & Company Secretary | None | None | None | October 2024 | |
|
Marios SOLOMONIDES |
Director of SEND | None | None | October 2024 | ||
| Nicola CARROLL | Director of Pupil Welfare | None | None | None | October 2024 | |
| Neil STIRRAT | Director of Primary Standards | None | None | None | October 2024 | |
| Charlotte Kelly | Director of Governance, Compliance & Data Management. Secretary to Trustees |
01/09/2024 | None | None | None | October 2024 |