Academy Committee

Term of office is 4 years.

2022 - 2023

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 
Gareth Stevens Chair of the Academy Committee

CEO & Accounting Officer, Inspiration Trust 

Trustee, Inspiration Trust 

Trustee, Star Academies

Director, Inspiration Services Ltd. (Dormant)

  18/12/21 - Trust Board  

John Stephens 

Academy Committee Member

Director, JS Music Services Ltd

Director of Music, Inspiration Trust 

Chairman, Great Yarmouth Twinning Association

Trustee, Cliff Park community church

1/9/17

-

Trust Board

  

Ben Milner 

Academy Committee Member

 Chair of University Technical College Norfolk governing body and Governor, Great Yarmouth Grammar Foundation

1/10/19

-

Trust Board

  

Paul Shanks

Academy Committee Member

CEO, Eastern Multi-Academy Trust

Secretary, Docking Angling Club

17/11/20

-

Trust Board

  
Kerrie Nichols Parent Academy Committee Member Teacher, Great Yarmouth Charter Academy 26/11/20 - Elected by parents  
Rebecca Bullough  Parent Academy Committee Member   27/4/21 - Elected by parents  
Alison Hughes Academy Committee Member Primary Director, Inspiration Trust   2/11/21 - Trust Board  
Richard Dolding Academy Committee Member Regional Director, Ormiston Academies Trust 17/3/22   Trust Board  
Richard Champeney Academy Committee Member Director of Careers and Outreach, Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form  26/04/22   Trust Board  
Michael Boon Academy Committee Member Chair, The Great Yarmouth Grammar School Foundation 25/10/22   Trust Board  
Arthur Hollis Academy Committee Member Trustee, The Great Yarmouth Grammar School Foundation 25/10/22   Trust Board  

2021 - 2022

Full Name 

AC role 

Interests

Date of Apt

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by: 

Meeting Attendance 
Gareth Stevens Chair of the Academy Committee

CEO & Accounting Officer, Inspiration Trust 

Trustee, Inspiration Trust 

Trustee, Star Academies

Director, HOLSC

Director, Inspiration Services Ltd. (Dormant)

  18/12/21 - Trust Board 2 of 2

Iain Macdonald

Chair of the Academy Committee

  

1/9/17 

17/12/21

Trustee

 1 of 1

John Stephens 

Academy Committee Member

 Director, JS Music Services Ltd and Director of Music, Inspiration Trust 

1/9/17

-

Trustee

 3 of 3

Ben Milner 

Academy Committee Member

 Chair of University Technical College Norfolk governing body and Governor, Great Yarmouth Grammar Foundation

1/10/19

-

Trustee

 2 of 3

Paul Shanks

Academy Committee Member

CEO, EMAT

 17/11/20

-

Trustee

 2 of 2
Kerrie Nichols Academy Committee Member Teacher at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy 26/11/20 - Trustee 3 of 3
Pete Bloomfield Academy Committee Member Director of Education, Inspiration Trust 5/11/20 01/04/22 Trustee 1 of 2
Lord Theodore Agnew Academy Committee Member

Minister in the Cabinet Office, Her Majesty's Government 

Trustee, Public Interest Foundation

 12/2/21 18/1/22 Trustee 0 of 1
Rebecca Bullough  Parent Academy Committee Member   27/4/21 - Trust Board 2 of 3
Alison Hughes Academy Committee Member Primary Director, Inspiration Trust   2/11/21 - Trust Board 2 of 2
Richard Dolding Academy Committee Member Principal, East Point Academy 17/3/22   Trust Board 1 of 1
Richard Champeney Academy Committee Member Director of Careers and Outreach, Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form  26/04/22   Trust Board 0 of 0

 

The Academy Committee is part of a wider governance structure within the Inspiration Trust. Further details of roles and responsibilities can be found in the governance section of the Inspiration Trust website. 

Find out more about the Inspiration Trust's approach to governance