Strong governance ensures that we are held to account by all our stakeholders – representatives of the learners, colleagues and communities served by our academies. You can read more about our approach to governance in our Governance Scheme of Delegation, below.
Our Members, Trustees and local Governors are committed to our mission. We’re thankful that they volunteer their time to oversee our work and help us improve.
Our mission to transform lives is enhanced by a governance team from a diverse range of professional, social and cultural backgrounds. If you’re interested in joining our Trust as a Governor in one of our academies, you can contact our Governance team at governance@attrust.org.uk and follow us on Facebook at ATT Governors, and check out our LinkedIn Showcase page.
| Committee | Position | Name |
| Audit and Risk Committee | Chair | Mark Gill |
| Member | Alistair Milne, Geoff Stokes, Roland Gray | |
| Finance and Resources Committee | Chair | Louise Jones |
| Member | Alistair Milne, Gavin Hawkins, Steve Cooke | |
| Standards and Outcomes Committee | Chair | Patricia Beanland |
| Member | Tom Clark, Gavin Hawkins, Mark Gill | |
| Remunerations Committee | Chair | Patricia Beanland |
| Member | Patricia Beanland, Mark Gill, Louise Jones, Alistair Milne | |
| Remunerations Committee (appeals) | Chair | The Chair is elected by the committee when it convenes |
| Member | Tom Clark & one other Trustee not involved in the Remunerations Committee |
Please visit academy websites for details of governor attendance and more information about the work of our Local Governing Bodies.
| Academy | Position | Name |
| Beck Row Primary & Great Heath Primary Cluster | Chair | Vacant |
| Bristnall Hall Academy | Chair | Rick Byrnes |
| Caldmore Primary & North Walsall Primary Cluster | Chair | Rachel Paskin |
| Iceni Primary Academy | Chair | Alex Smith |
| Iceni Secondary & The Nicholas Hamond Cluster | Chair | Simon Conner |
| Jubilee Academy Mossley & Phoenix Academy Cluster | Chair | Matt Spence |
| Kingsmoor Academy | Chair | Vacant |
| Mildenhall College Academy | Chair | Steve Shore |
| Pool Hayes Academy | Chair | Neil Barnett |
| Ravens Academy | Chair | Patricia Beanland |
| Star Academy Sandyford & Sun Academy Bradwell Cluster | Chair | Vacant |
| Sutton Academy | Chair | Pete Edwards |
| The Dukeries Academy | Chair | David McLuckie |
| The Hathaway Academy | Chair | Vacant |
| The Queen Elizabeth Academy | Chair | Ann Webb |
| Westbourne Academy | - | Academy Improvement Board |
| ATT Further Education | Chair | Martin Rigley OBE |
Mark McCourt (CEO) since April 2025
Academies need a diverse, passionate range of individuals to build a strong governance structure that supports their improvement. We rely on the support of enthusiastic volunteers in our local communities to contribute to our academies’ improvement.
Joining a local governing body is a simple but effective way to support your community and make a difference in your local area. If you’re interested in education, you may find it particularly interesting and rewarding to serve as a school governor.
Our Local Governing Bodies, known as LGBs, are localised committees in each of our academies that form the base of our governance structure. These LGBs are made up of volunteers from the academy’s local area, who meet regularly to review the school’s progress.
Our LGBs are the local branches of our governance structure. They are made up of Staff, Parent and Community Governors.
One Staff Governor is elected by academy colleagues to serve on the board, which helps to represent the interest and viewpoints of colleagues in meetings. At least two Governors will be parents of children who are currently attending the academy. The rest of the board is made up of Community Governors, who we aim to recruit from a a broad range of professional backgrounds. Their range of experience helps the board to provide effective oversight of all the varied aspects of running a school.
Our local governors are accountable to ATT’s Trustees. LGB Chairs feed back to the Board of Trustees about their academy’s performance and progress. The Trustees are accountable to the Members, who provide the highest level of non-executive oversight in our Trust.
The role of a Local Governing Body (LGB) is to oversee the work that academy leadership undertake to improve the school. Individual Governors usually take on a specific area of focus, such as safeguarding or special educational needs, and work closely with the relevant school leader to learn more about the academy’s strategies to ensure success in that aspect. They report their findings back to the rest of the LGB, who ask challenging questions of leaders to establish and develop areas for improvement.
