Governance - 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Multi-Academy Trust

91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯

The Kemnal Academies Trust is one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the South and East of England with 45 Special, Primary, Secondary and All Through Academies in the 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Family.

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Governance

91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ is a multi-academy trust which was established on 1st September 2010.  Its constitution is set out in the Articles of Association and this is shared with individual academies via the Scheme of Delegation. 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ have, through the Scheme of Delegation, established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies.

The Members protect our Charitable and Educational objectives, including the ethos of the Trust. They appoint the Trustees to the 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board, and hold annual and extraordinary general meetings.

The 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Members are: Raymond Vooght, Matthew Wilson, Fiona Tolmie, John Acland-Hood and The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Company Limited, represented by Quentin Roper.     

For further details including Declarations of Business Interests, please select the sections below for Trustees and Members.

The 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board

The legal powers and responsibilities of the Trust are held with the 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board Trustees, who are accountable to the Department for Education.

We have a strong Board, with a healthy balance of corporate and educational professionals, who are each able to bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. As a group, the Board sets the overall strategic direction of the Trust.

They scrutinise, challenge and support our educational and operational performance data, stability and emerging risks and opportunities. The Board delegates certain powers and duties to our Local Governing Bodies.

We have a healthy balance of corporate and educational professionals who are each able to bring different perspectives and ideas to the table.

Human Resources Committee

The Human Resources Committee is a committee of the 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board.  The Board has established the Committee to support it in its responsibilities for ensuring the highest standards of corporate governance in the remuneration and succession planning of the Chief Executive (CEO) and Senior Managers of 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯, and oversee people, inclusion and culture strategies. Meetings are held four times a year. 


Members: Mrs G Bagley, Mr S Judge, Mrs K Poulton, Miss C Robins OBE, Mr Russell Hobby CBE

Audit and Risk Committee

The Audit and Risk Committee is a committee of the 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board. The Board has established the Committee to support it in the discharge of its responsibilities for financial systems, operational controls, governance and risk, including health and safety, at 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ and all its academies.

Members: Mr J Fundrey (Chair of Committee), Mrs G Bagley, Mr S Box, Mr S Judge, Mrs C Gardner

Finance and Sustainability Committee

The Finance and Sustainability Committee (previously named Finance Committee) is a Committee of the Board of 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.  The Finance Committee meet at least three times a year.   The Board has established the Committee to support it in the discharge of its responsibilities for financial scrutiny and oversight at 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ and all its academies.

Members:  Mr P Baines (Chair of Committee), Mr J Fundrey, Mrs C Gardner, Miss C Robins OBE, Mr Russell Hobby CBE

Education Committee

The Education Committee (previously named the Performance and Risk Committee) is a Committee of the Board of 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.  Meetings are held at regular intervals at least four times a year.  The Board has established the Committee to support it in the discharge of its responsibilities to provide a high standard of education and duty of care to every student in its academies within available resources.

Members:  Mr S Judge (Chair of Committee), all Trustees take part in this committee.

Link Trustees

The following Trustees have been appointed to link roles:

  • Safeguarding - Gaenor Bagley
  • Whistleblowing - Gaenor Bagley
  • SEN - Claire Robins OBE

Our Local Governing Bodies know their schools well and provide Trustees with an independent local voice. They combine a passion to make a difference, with common sense, and a unique perspective. This means their challenge and support compliments how the Board holds schools to account. They have the flexibility to structure and organise themselves in ways that best benefit their community and stakeholders.

The 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Board has delegated 4 key responsibilities to Local Governing Bodies:
  • Represent the Academy’s local community and stakeholders by ensuring that the Academy’s policies and practice meet the community’s needs. This includes ensuring appropriate and effective parent engagement and communication.
  • Ensure that the Academy’s long term vision reflects the needs of its community beyond current postholders and is in line with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯’s vision and values.
  • Support Directors of Education to improve Academy outcomes.
  • Support the school’s Senior Leadership Team to ensure staffing is efficient and effective.

The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.

Below you will find a list of all 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Academies along with links to details on their Local Governing Body.
 

91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Primary Academies

  Chair: Asim Hussain
Chair: Vanessa Ray
Chair: Roger Silk
Chair: Mike Jeffers
Chair: Mia Payne
Chair: Sarah Madden
Chair: Chris Westall
Chair: Helen Scothern
Chair: Natalie Willbourn
Chair:  David Churchill
Chair: Matthew Childs
Chair:  Georgina Glover
Chair:  Jack Packman
Chair:  Rachel Martin (interim)
Chair:  Helen Seear
Chair: Sharon Simpson
Chair: Julian van Kan
Chair:  Susan Manzi
Chair: Vanessa Ray (interim)
Chair:  Andrew Jenkins
Chair:  Kim Medhurst
Chair: Janine Wooster
Chair: Claire Summers
Chair: Emmanuel Omorayewa
Chair:  Andrew Jenkins
Chair: Richard Fraser

Co Chair:  Senlika Steulet

Co Chair:  Naiha Bij

Chair:  Ryan Sallows
Chair:  Latha Parvataneni
Chair:  Sharon Finegold

91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Secondary Academies

Chair:  Sven Latham
Chair:  Emma Bryant
Chair: Andy Thompson
Chair: Sundeep Hothi
Chair: Dallas Alexandrou
Chair:  Debbie Hick
Chair:  Peter Travis

Chair: Andrew Wignall (interim)

Chair: Helen Chalkley
Chair: Sian Brown
Chair:  Georgia Jaddoo
Chair:  Kathy Moon
Chair:  Simon Foster
Chair:  James Mackay
Chair:  Kim Morgan
 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Russell Hobby CBE
Start: 01/09/25

Trustee

CEO

Appointed as a Trustee by Members

Board
Education Committee
Finance Committee

HR Committee

N/A



 

 

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025: 

- Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, since May 2023.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯

- Non-Executive Director of ImpactEd, since August 2023.  Transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ took place prior to RH's appointment to the Trust.  Resigned wef 30/9/25

-  Non-Executive Director of TEP Services Ltd.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.  Resigned wef 30/9/25.

- Director of RVHB Ltd (property management), since January 2020.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯

- Director of 5 Lewes Crescent Management Company Ltd, since August 1999.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯

- Wife, Victoria Barlow, Slack Communications Ltd (trading as Agenda), since April 2022. No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Gaenor Bagley

Current term:
16/03/25 to 15/03/29

Start: 16/03/17

Trustee

Appointed by Trustees

Chair of Trustees

Board
Education Committee
Audit Committee
HR Committee

 

100%
100%
100%
100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Non Executive Director of Zopa Bank Ltd since December 2019, no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
  • Deputy Chair of Council, Cambridge University, since January 2020.
  • Non Executive Director of the National Audit Office, from January 2021, no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯
  • Non Executive Director of Octopus Titan VCT PLC (Investment trust) since June 2021, no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Peter Baines

Current term:
16/03/25 to 15/03/29

Start: 16/03/17

Trustee

Appointed by Trustees

Vice Chair of Trustees

Board

Education

Finance Committee (Chair)

 

100%

83.3%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Director/Chair of Action Tutoring, a Tutoring charity, since September 2015
  • Wife, Madeleine Baines, is a Physics Teach at Kings College, since September 2016
 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Simon Judge

Current term:
13/10/24 to 12/10/28

Start: 13/10/2020

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Audit

HR

Education

100%

100%

100%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Trustee of London Diocese Board for Schools since January 2019
  • Trustee of Volunteering Matters, since February 2020
  • No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
 

Name

Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Claire Robins OBE

Current term:
13/10/24 to 12/10/28

Start: 13/10/2020

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Education

Finance

HR (Chair)

60%

83%

60%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • CEO of Scholars Education Trust since September 2012
  • Director of Alban Teaching School Alliance since July 2013
  • Trustee of Ambition Education Trust since September 2024
  • No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Karen Poulton

Current term:
5/12/23 to 4/12/27

Start: 5/12/2023

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Education

HR

80%

83.3%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • None
 
Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Jonathan Fundrey

Current term:
12/11/24 to 11/11/28

Start: 12/11/2024

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Education

Audit (Chair)

Finance

100%

80%

100%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

-  Member of Audit and Risk Committee, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, since August 2022.  

-  Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, NEBOSH, since November 2022.

-  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Caroline Gardner

Current term:
07/11/2024 to 06/11/28

Start: 07/11/2024

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Education

Audit

Finance

100%

100%

66.7%

75%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Employed as Deputy CFO at The Travel Corporation from 25/11/24
  • Director of Project Horizon Holdco UK limited, from 24/3/25.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯
  • Director of Project Horizon Bidco Limited, from 24/3/25. No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯
Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Raymond Vooght

Start: 17/08/2010

Member

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2024:
None
 


 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust

represented by Quentin Roper

Start: 19/12/2012

Diocesan Member

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

For Quentin Roper:

  • Director of The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Company Ltd since September 2012
  • Governor of St Edmunds School, Canterbury, since 17 March 2016
  • All have had no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
  • Director of Ethos School Improvement Ltd since 2 March 2012, transactions totalling £270.00 Sept 24 to Aug 25

The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Company Ltd (DCACL) is represented within the following educational institutions, none of which have transacted with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

  • The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust, since 12.05.2014 (One Corporate Member)
  • Tenterden Schools’ Trust, since 01.12.2016 (One Corporate Member, appoints two others, always in the majority)
  • Stour Academy Trust Education, since 14.08.2012 (One Corporate Member, appoints two others, always in the majority)
  • Christ Church CE Academy Trust, Folkestone, since 04.01.2013 (One Corporate Member)
  • St, Mary’s CE Academy Trust, Folkestone, since 08.01.2013 (One Corporate Member)
  • St. Eanswythe’s CE Academy, Folkestone, since 08.01.2013 (One Corporate Member)
  • St. John’s CE Academy, Maidstone, since 12.10.2011 (One Corporate Member)
  • Christ Church CE Junior, Ramsgate, since 18.06.2013 (One Corporate Member)
  • Our Community Multi-Academy Trust, since 29.06.2017 (One Corporate Member, nominates two others, always in the majority)
  • Deal Education Alliance for Learning Trust, since 19.10.2018 (One Corporate Member, appoints one other, always in the majority)
 

 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Matthew Wilson

Start: 26/2/2022

Member

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Managing Director of HS Advisors Ltd, a management consultancy to finance sector businesses, since January 2022
  • Director of DeaconCapital Ltd, wealth management, since January 2022
  • Director of DeaconCapital Club 1 Ltd, wealth management, since January 2022
  • Director of DeaconCapital  Holding UK Ltd, wealth management, since January 2022
  • Director of DeaconCapital International Ltd, wealth management, since June 2023
  • None of the above transacted with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ or its academies.

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

John Acland-Hood

Start: 7/11/2024

Member

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Chair of Trustees at Fairfield Charitable Trust, since March 2011. No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.  

   

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Fiona Tolmie

Start: 7/11/2024

Member

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • None
Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Claire Lee

Start: 21/09/2015

Company Secretary

 

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Kevin Lee (Husband) Owner of K&C Books and Gifts since September 2002. No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
  • Clerk to Governors at Rainham Girls, since September 2002.
 

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 23/24)

Karen Roberts
Start: 01/09/13

End: 31/08/25

Trustee

CEO

Appointed as a Trustee by Members

Board
Education Committee
Finance Committee

HR Committee

100%
100%
100%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2024:
Ms Diane Roberts (Sister) – Contract of employment at Rainham School for Girls since 26.11.2012

Member of Summit Learning Trust since 29th September 2020. no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯

Associate Non-Executive Director of Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust (NHS) since 9th December 2024, no transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

 

Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 23/24)

Mark Swyny

Current term:
13/10/24 to 31/10/24

Start: 13/10/2020

End: 31/10/2024

Trustee

Appointed by Members

Board

Education

Audit (Chair)

Finance

100%

100%

100%

100%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2024:

  • Director/owner of Bramblewood Solutions Ltd (Business Consultancy) since March 2019.
  • Director of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, since July 2021
  • Non Exec Director of Supply Chain Co-ordination Ltd (NHS Health care), since 1st January 2023.
  • No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
Name Type Responsibility Attendance %
(AC Year 24/25)

Stephen Box

Current term:
14/11/23 to 13/11/27

Start: 14/11/2023

End:  25/9/2025

Trustee

Appointed by Trustees 

Board

Education

Audit

80%

100%

75%

Declarations of Interest including transactions to 31st August 2025:

  • Vice Chair of Governors (since Sept 2020) and Trustee (since Sept 2019) for Waddesdon School.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.
  • Trustee (since Sept 2016) and member (since Sept 2019) for Insignis Academy Trust. No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

  • Trustee of Vache Baroque (Promotion of understanding of Baroque music) since June 22, resigned Oct 2024.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.

  • Trustee and Treasurer of IHolmer Green Baptist Church since Sept 2023.  No transactions with 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯.