The Primary Governing Board (PGB) for Cooks Spinney & Freshwaters Primary Academies was previously known as the Local Governing Board/s.

The Primary Governing Board (PGB) for Cooks Spinney & Freshwaters Primary Academies aim to continue to improve communication and links between Board members, staff, parents and children and it hopes that part of this aim will be met through regular news updates providing information on Board membership and activities.

The PGB is actively involved in all aspects of school life. It has a responsibility to ensure that all members of the school communities are safe and have equality of opportunity and it works with school staff to support schools’ improvement and monitor the impact.

Additionally, its key areas of governance responsibilities are:

1. Achievement of Pupils
2. Behaviour & Safety
3. Leadership & Management
4. Quality of Teaching

PGB members are all volunteers and give up their skills, experience, and time for free, in order to help and support the schools. A large proportion are parents and can regularly be seen on school runs. Please feel free to stop any one of them in the playgrounds (or anywhere else for that matter!) with any question you might have about the respective schools. You may also write to the PGB via BMAT Governance – governance@bmatrust.org.uk.

The list below gives a quick run-down of who's who on the new Primary Governing Board.

Name	Role
Christopher Laws	Community Governor (Chair)
Neil Stirrat	Director of Primary Standards (BMAT)
Amber Wade	Head of School (CSA)
Jackie Diggle	Headteacher (FWA)
Kerry Hester	Community Governor
Lauren Stilton	Community Governor
Michael Saunders	Community Governor
Tracey Haggerty	Staff Governor
Jess Farrell	Acting Head of School (CSA)

 

Register of Interests

		Interests
Name and appointment	Confirmed	Organisation	Type of interest	Notes	From	To
Name: Jackie Diggle Appointment: academy headteacher Term of office start: - Term of office end: -  Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 11/11/2024	Freshwaters Primary Academy	Headteacher	-	-	-
Name: Jess Farrell Appointment: ex-officio Term of office start: -  Term of office end: -  Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Tracey Haggerty Appointment: staff Term of office start: 01/09/2023 Term of office end: 31/05/2028 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Kerry Hester Appointment: community Term of office start: 01/06/2024 Term of office end: 31/05/2028 Appointed by: -	Confirmed: 13/09/2024	-	Other governance role	-	-	-
Name: Christopher Laws Appointment: community Term of office start: 24/04/2021 Term of office end: 23/04/2025 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 28/05/2024	-	-	-	-
Name: Michael Saunders Appointment: community Term of office start: 26/04/2021 Term of office end: 25/04/2025 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Lauren Stilton Appointment: community Term of office start: 24/04/2021 Term of office end: 23/04/2025 Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Neil Stirrat Appointment: ex-officio Term of office start: - Term of office end: -  Appointed by: -	Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Jason Thorpe Appointment: parent Term of office start: 26/04/2021 Term of office end: 25/04/2025 Appointed by: -	Nothing to declare: 11/11/2024	-	-	-	-	-
Name: Amber Wade Appointment: academy headteacher Term of office start: - Term of office end: -  Appointed by: -	Not Confirmed	-	-	-	-	-