Under the terms of the Education Funding Agency’s Academy Trust Handbook, we are required to publish information about the local governing body and attendance of the governors from the meetings held on behalf of the Academy Trust.

With effect from 1 September 2020, Link Primary School and Link Secondary School operate a joint Local Governing Body.

Julia James (Chair)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at September 2018:

• Employed by the Trust
• Trustee of Bromley Family Link
• Spouse is also Trustee of Bromley Family Liveability; FE College for 19-25 year olds
• Trustee, Advocacy for All
• Trustee, Liveability

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Jane Gibbs (Vice-Chair)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at January 2019

• Nil

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Sandy Turner (Principal, Ex-officio)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by:  Trust
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at September 2020:

• Nil.

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Dilma de Araujo

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at September 2021:

• Governor, St George the Martyr Primary School (since September 2021).

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Jan Loughborough (Governor)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at October 2019:

• Employed by Octavo Partnership to deliver clerking and business support

Present at 2/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Lesley Nicolas 

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at July 2020:

• Nil

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

David Murphy (Parent Governor, Primary)

Term of office:10.12.2021 to 09.12.2024 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at November 2021:

• Partner, Elborne Mitchell LLP

Anita Clay (Staff Governor, Primary)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests / other relevant appointments as at November 2019:

• Nil.

Present at 3/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Karen Hayward (Staff Governor, Secondary)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 31.08.2023 (3 year term)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at September 2021:

• Nil

Present at 2/3 LGB meetings in 2020-21.

Governors who have stepped down in the last 12 months:

Sameera Saleem (Parent Governor, Secondary)

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 25.03.2022 (resigned)
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at September 2021:

• Nil

Present at 2/2 LGB meetings in 2021-22.

Avanti Patel 

Term of office:10.12.2021 to 21.03.2022
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at November 2021:

• Nil.

Jenny Sutcliffe

Term of office: 01.09.2020 to 09.12.2021
Appointed by: Trust
Declaration of Interests/other relevant appointments as at July 2020:

• Nil.

Present at 1/1 LGB meetings in 2021-22.