• Governance

Governance

Current Trustees

Vacancy

Vacancy (Parent Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
None


David Avis

David Avis (Parent Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 18/11/2023
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
AND Digital Professional Services Provider
Wife, Heather Avis is a member of Friends of Stramongate School (FOSS)Largely this has involved fund raising, obtaining employer matched funding but this does also involve incidental spending (purchasing event food, withdrawing cash floats, etc) and being part of the forum that approves funding requests from the school.


Matthew Beresford

Matthew Beresford (Staff Governor)

  • Appointed by: Members
  • Date Appointed: 07/09/2020
  • Term of Office: N/A Ex. Officio

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Trustee of Stramongate Nursery
Member of the NASUWT


Stephen Lester

Stephen Lester (Community Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 22/03/2021
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
SKL Education Consultancy, Chair of Trustees, Institute of School Business Leadership. ESFA - Member of Academies Finance & Assurance Steering Group & Chair of Working Group 1.
Chair of Cumbria Association of School Business & Administration Management. DfE Chief Financial Officer
Mentor, DfE School Resource Management Advisor


Jenny Mason

Jenny Mason (Staff Governor)

  • Appointed by: Members
  • Date Appointed: 23/03/2020
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Nothing to declare. Teacher at Stramongate School


Clive Nattrass

Clive Nattrass (Community Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 08/09/2023
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Partner/Director/Proprietor of The Carbon Energy Fund Ltd, Responsible Engineering Services Ltd, Attest Ltd, CEF Projects Ltd, CEF LA, Healthcare Solutions Ltd, CEF Ireland Ltd, Rusell Court, Becker Court.
Trustee of Stramongate Nursery
Trustee of Merston CIC
OTHER: Direct Family members are also Directors of Responsible Engineering Services Ltd, CEF, Attest and CEFP


Victoria Pimblett

Victoria Pimblett (Parent Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 09/07/2018 (reappointed 04/07/2022)
  • Term of Office: 4 years + 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
No extra declared. Employer: Teacher Queen Elizabeth School


Helen Watson

Helen Watson (Community Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 04/07/2022
  • Term of Office: 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
No extras declared. Employer: Cisco International Ltd


Robert Timms

Robert Timms (Parent Trustee)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Appointed: 19/11/2018 (reappointed 19/11/2022)
  • Term of Office: 4 years + 4 years

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
No extra declared. Employer: Merewood Country House Hotel (Cragwood International)


Retired Trustees

Sharron Butler

Sharron Butler (Staff Governor)

  • Appointed by: Members
  • Date Appointed: 25/03/2019
  • Term of Office: 4 years
  • Date Stepped Down: January 2024

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Teacher at Stramongate School. James Mason (son-in-law)
Stables Thompson and Briscoe


Kate Skellern

Kate Skellern (Staff Governor)

  • Appointed by: Governing Body
  • Date Stepped Down: 04/07/2022

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
None


Members

Jean Radley

Jean Radley

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Retired but working voluntarily
Clerk in Holy Orders (Priest)


Michael Donnelly

Michael Donnelly

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
Cumbria Education Trust, Trust Director (from Dec 2020)
Penny Bridge Academy, Trust Director (from June 2020)


Gary Tully

Gary Tully

Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests:
None


Governance Documents