Academy Council

GOVERNANCE AT BLACKFRIARS ACADEMY

Shaw Education Trust believe in transparency and accountability within our academies and between each Academy and the Trust. The Board will provide support and challenge as required, with the aim of enabling each Academy to work towards earned autonomy.

Local governance and accountability are secured through our system of Academy Councils, with the Trust Board retaining overall legal control of its academies in line with Department for Education and Education Funding Agency expectations. The Shaw Education Trust has put in place an Academy Council to oversee the strategic governance activities at Blackfriars Academy.

The Shaw Education Trust aims:-

“We aim to develop a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion in which all those connected to Shaw Education Trust feel proud of their identify and ablity to participate fully in school life. Across our multi-academy trust, our goverance roles are composed of approximately 85% white British, 5% minority ethnic background* and 10% wishing not to share their information”.
*Similar to pupil data, any individual who is of any origin other than white British, is defined as being of minority ethnic background.

Blackfriars Academy Council membership is as follows;

Heather Ashton

Type of Academy Councillor: Chair of Academy (Parent)
Last date of Office: 19.11.2023
Pecuniary Interests: None
Contact: heather.ashton@blackfriars.set.org

Katherine Brookes

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Co-opted)
Last date of Office: 16.03.2026
Pecuniary Interests: None

Jonathan Clay

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Parent)
Last date of Office: 03.02.2025
Pecuniary Interests: None

Joanne Gilby

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Staff)
Late date of Office: 03.02.2025
Pecuniary Interests: None

Carmel Martin

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Staff)
Last date of Office: 01.11.2024
Pecuniary Interests: None

Jakub Piaszyk

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Parent)
Last date of Office: 16.03.2026
Pecuniary Interests: None

Andrew Woolley

Type of Academy Councillor: Academy Councillor (Co-opted)
Last date of Office: 18.10.2024
Pecuniary Interests: None

Alison Parr

Type of Academy Councillor: Principal, Ex-officio
Last date of Officer: Ongoing
Pecuniary interests: Husband works at Blackfriars Academy

Governance Documents:

Blackfriars Academy has three committees. They are:

• Academy Council
• Curriculum & Standards Committee
• Finance & Resources Committee

Click the link below to view our Blackfriars Academy Council Members

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