Local governance is through Aspirations’ South Coast Regional Board and therefore the Acting Chair of the Regional Board, Paula Kenning, is the Academy’s Chair of Governors (paulakenning@aspirationsacademies.org).
The table for Board Governors for South Coast Region (below) was last updated May 2021. The members of the South Coast Regional Board are:
Name/Details | Term of office (end date) |
Chair | |
David Herbert – Regional CEO South Coast & South West | For duration of employment in this post |
Parent Governors | |
Charlotte Sheen – Parent Governor (Primary) | 31/03/2024 |
Leanne Fitzmaurice – Parent Governor (Secondary) | 31/10/2023 |
Co-opted Governors | |
Mark Brocklehurst – Co-opted Community/Business Link Governor | 15/12/2023 |
Vacancy – Co-opted Community/Business Link Governor | |
Trustee Link Governor | |
Kelly Keating | 31/03/2024 |
Executive Governors | |
Steve Kenning – Managing Director | For duration of employment in this post |
Paula Kenning – Deputy Managing Director | For duration of employment in this post |
Mandy Lancy – Trust Safeguarding Lead, Regional CEO West London & South Central | For duration of employment in this post |
Dr Jeffery Quaye – National Director of Education and Standards | For duration of employment in this post |
John Reece – Director of HR and Compliance | For duration of employment in this post |
Regional Principals/Heads of School | |
Kimberly Elms – Principal, Livingstone Academy | For duration of employment in this post |
Jo Quarrie – Principal, Ocean Academy | For duration of employment in this post |
Natasha Ullah – Principal, Magna Academy | For duration of employment in this post |
Alex Waddington – Principal, Jewell Academy | For duration of employment in this post |
The Regional Board operates as part of a broader framework of governance within the Trust and further details of this are available here.