Governance

As per our Sycamore Church of England Multi-Academy Trust Articles of Association and Scheme of Delegation, each school within the Sycamore Church of England Multi-Academy Trust has its own Local Academy Committee (LAC), which must have a minimum of 2 parent partners in its membership.

Local Academy Committee's have powers and responsibility delegated to them by the Trust Board of Directors and from the Chief Executive Officer, so that those people closest to a school have the prerogative to work in partnership effectively.

We strongly believe that excellent schools have excellent leadership and management from within.

The Trust has a duty to ensure that it enables excellent leadership in each of our schools through empowerment and support.

The Sycamore Church of England Multi-Academy Trust Governance Handbook includes the terms of reference for Local Academy Committees and outlines the code of conduct for partners at all levels.

St John’s Local Academy Committee

Current Members

Previous Members

Name	Member Type	Appointed By	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Pecuniary Interests	Resignation Date (if applicable)
Maria Boyle (Chair)	Foundation	Appointed by Trustees	01/03/24	01/03/24 - 29/02/28	No	N/A
Elizabeth Cook	Headteacher	Ex-Officio	01/01/22	01/01/22 -	No	N/A
Rev Adele McKie	Foundation	Appointed by Trustees	13/12/23	13/12/23 - 12/12/27	No	N/A
Phil Chapman	Community	Appointed by Trustees	19/12/22	19/12/22 - 18/12/26	No	N/A
Memunat Balogun	Parent	Elected by Parents	18/03/24	18/03/24 - 17/03/28	No	N/A
Lisa Fleming	Parent	Elected by Parents	05/10/21	05/10/21 - 04/10/25	No	N/A
Dianne Ellithorn	Staff	Deputy Headteacher (Observer)	08/01/24	08/01/24	No	N/A
Bob Hunter	Staff	Elected by Staff	31/01/24	31/01/24 - 30/01/28	No	N/A

Name	Member Type	Appointed Board	Term of Office	Resignation Date	Pecuniary Interests
Reverend J Clawson	Foundation	Appointed by Trustees	07/12/20 - 06/12/23	06/12/23	No
Liz Cope	Staff	Elected by Staff	01/02/21-31/01/24	31/01/24	No
Mary Hayes	Parent	Elected by Parents	19/03/20-21/03/24	21/03/24	No

LAC Attendance at Meetings

Attendance 2022-2023

Name	Appointed By	Term of Office	Membership	Full Voting Rights	Pecuniary Interests	LAC 17/11/22	LAC 16/03/23	LAC 29/06/23
Maria Boyle (chair)	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/21-29/02/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Phil Chapman	Trustees (Foundation)	17/12/22-17/12/26	Full	Yes	None	Apologies	Present	Present
Elizabeth Cook	Ex-Officio	01/01/22-	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Lisa Fleming	Parent	05/10/21-04/10/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Mary Hayes	Parent	22/03/21-21/03/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Apologies	Present
Elizabeth O'Rourke	Staff	01/02/21-31/01/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present

Attendance 2021 - 2022

Name	Appointed By	Term of Office	Membership	Full Voting Rights	Pecuniary Interests	LAC 18/11/21	LAC 15/03/22	LAC 30/06/22
Maria Boyle (Chair)	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/21 - 29/02/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Phil Chapman	Trustees (Foundation)	18/12/19 - 17/12/22	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Rev Jeffrey Clawson	Trustees (Foundation)	07/12/20 - 06/12/23	Full	Yes	None	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies
Elizabeth Cook	Ex-Officio	01/01/22 -	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present (Virtually)	Present
Lisa Fleming	Parent	05/10/21 - 04/10/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Mary Hayes	Parent	22/03/21 - 21/03/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Apologies	Present
Elizabeth O'Rourke	Staff	01/02/21 - 31/01/24	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present

Attendance 2019 - 2020

Name	Appointed By	Term of Office	Membership	Full Voting Rights	Pecuniary Interests	07/11/19
Maria Boyle (Chair)	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present
Elizabeth Binns	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Apologies
Heather Birkett-Rothwell	Staff	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present
Lisa Fleming	Parent	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present
Jenny Smith	Parent	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present
Anna Claire Withey	Ex-Officio	n/a	Full	Yes	None	Present
Alistair Finneron	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 02/11/19	Full	Yes	None	n/a

Attendance 2018 - 2019

Name	Appointed By	Term of Office	Membership	Full Voting Rights	Pecuniary Interests	05/11/18	18/03/19	20/06/19
Elizbaeth Binns	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Apologies	Apologies	Present
Heather Birkett-Rothwell	Staff	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Maria Boyle	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Alistair Finneron (Chair)	Trustees (Foundation)	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Lisa Fleming	Parent	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Jenny Smith	Parent	01/03/18 - 28/02/21	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present
Anna Claire Withey	Ex-Officio	n/a	Full	Yes	None	Present	Present	Present

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