Governance - Contact Us
Our Academy Council are a dedicated group of people who care deeply about Bar Hill Primary School and it’s community. They bring a range of skills together to ask questions that check Bar Hill Primary School is being the best it can be in offering high quality education and experiences to the children it serves.
Our Council Members:
Mark Squires – Chair of the Academy Council, Link Trustee
Anna Jones – Vice Chair of the Academy Council – Trust Appointed – Safeguarding & Welfare Champion
Richard Sharman – Trust Appointed – Finance and Resources Champion
Lyndsey Copeman – Trust Appointed – Curriculum and Standards Champion
Jim Stavrou – Senior Trust Colleague – Swavesey Village College Principal – Curriculum and Standards Champion
Ellie Tod – Parent Elected – SEND and Vulnerable Students Champion
Wei Hua Lan – Parent Elected – Student Experience Champion
Mike Fish – Trust Appointed – Student Experience Champion
Jo Hall – Trust Appointed – Student Experience Champion
Kate Loombe – Assistant Headteacher (Associate Member)
Charlotte Linden – Headteacher
Helen Lorimer – Executive Principal (Associate Member)
Clerk To Academy Council – Graham Whiting
The Chair or Clerk can be contacted through the school office – 01954 273305 or office@barhillprimary.org
Trust Address and Contact Details
Bar Hill Primary School is part of Meridian Trust. The Trust was formed with a simple and clear vision: ‘to ensure high quality education for all at the heart of the local communities.
The school has an Academy Council which provides local governance. It is made up of volunteers from the local community, parents/carers, Headteacher and colleagues from Meridian Trust.
The Academy Council is focused upon the individual school context, monitoring standards and achievement, and supporting and challenging school leaders to provide the best possible education for the students. The Academy Council role includes:
- Setting strategic priorities and plans
- Monitoring standards and achievement within the school
- Ensuring Trust policies are implemented
- Engaging with all stakeholders to improve outcomes
- Supporting and positively challenging school leaders.
Each Academy Councillor takes on the role of Champion for a particular area, in which they hold the Academy leadership to account by providing challenge and support within an agreed framework. The Academy Council meets as a full body six times in the year. There are no committees.
Key information about Meridian Trust, including governance structure, the scheme of delegation and key legal and financial documents can be found here – https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/key-information/governance-key-information/
More information about Meridian Trust trustees and members is on the trust website – www.meridiantrust.co.uk
Please contact governance@cmatrust.net if you would like access to approved minutes of the Academy Council or the trust board or for more information.
Meridian Trust
Company Number: 7552498
Company Address: Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RS.
Tel: 01223 491600
E-Mail: enquiries@meridiantrust.co.uk