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Governance and Accounts

Welcome to the Governors' section!

Meet the Trustees

We are a Stand-alone Academy Trust.

Ashperton's governors are proud to be part of this fantastic school! We support the pupils, staff and parents in making it even better. The full governing body meets four times a year, and subcommittees deal in greater detail with particular areas.

Our Governance Professional is Clare O'Grady, who may be contacted via the school.

Our Accounting Office is Caroline Bullock, who is also a serving Trustee, included in the table below.

Trustees

Our Trustees 2025-2026
Name	Occupied Position	Date of Appointment (all terms of office are 4 years unless otherwise specified)	Appointing Body	Relevant business & Pecuniary Interests	Material Interests with Trust or Trust staff (school employment/relationships etc)	Trustee's roles in any other educational settings or institutions	Committees currently serving	Attendance at GB meetings throughout previous academic years (24-25)
Caroline Bullock	Accounting Officer / Acting Headteacher	Apr 2018	Position ex-officio	None	Employed by Trust	None	Full / Curriculum / Finance & Resources	4 out of a possible 4
Geraint Jenkins	Chair	Nov 2020	Members	None	Related to Employee of trust	None	Full / Curriculum / Finance & Resources	4 out of a possible 4
Alan Bowyer	Vice Chair	Sept 2022	Members	None	Related to Child of trust	None	Full / Finance & Resource / Building Task & Finish Group	3 out of a possible 4
Judy Balderson		May 2025	Members	None	None	Three Counties Academy Trust & Accordia Academies Trust	Full / Curriculum, Finance & Resources	1 out of a possible 1
Phillip Duggan	Chair of Building Task & Finish Group	May 2025	Members	None	None	None	Full / Finance & Resources / Building Task & Finish Group	1 out of a possible 1
Victoria Simcock		May 2025	Members	None	None	None	Full /Finance & Resources	1 out of a possible 1
David Margetts		Mar 2025	Members	None	Related to Employee of trust	Leominster Baptist Church	Full / Finance & Resources / Building Task & Finish Group	1 out of a possible 1
Jon Nicklin	Chair of Curriculum	Sept 2016	Members	None	Related to Child of trust	None	Full / Curriculum	4 out of a possible 4
Emma Marriage	Acting Deputy Head	Jun 2025	Staff	None	Employed by Trust	None	Full / Curriculum, Finance & Resources	1 out of a possible 1
Julia Baird		Jul 2022	Staff	None	Employed by Trust	None	Full / Finance & Resources / Building Task & Finish Group	4 out of a possible 4
Sam Baker		Jul 2025	Parents	None	Related to Child of trust	None	Full / Curriculum	0 out of a possible 0
Rachel Hassan		Jul 2025	Parents	None	Related to Child of trust	None	Full / Curriculum	0 out of a possible 0

Those Trustees leaving office within the past twelve months
Name	Recorded Term of Office	Appointing Body	Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests during office	Material interests with school or staff (school employment/relationships etc) during office	Trustee Roles in any other educational settings or institutions whilst in this office	Committees served during this office	Attendance at GB meetings throughout previous academic year (24-25)
Paul Mess	Mar 21 - Jul 25	Co-opted	None	Family relationship to HT (previous HT who resigned May 25)	Related to a child of a trustee, and indirect family connection to headteacher (previous)	Full, Curriculum, Finance & Resources	2 out of a possible 3
Louise Lawrence	Mar 25 - Jul 25	Appointed by the Board of Trustees (in lieu of election)	None	None	Related to Child of trust	Full, Curriculum	1 out of a possible 1
David Pealing	Jan 25 - Jun 25	Members	None	None	None	Full, Curriculum, Finance & Resources	2 out of a possible 2
Dawn Lashbrook	Jun 24 - Apr 25	Members	None	None	None	Full, Curriculum	3 out of a possible 3

Members

We are activlty looking for another 2 members, so that we can have a total of 5 members. Please contact our clerk if you're interested.

The Trust's Members' Board 2025 - 2026
Name	Office	Date of appointment	Appointing Body	Relevant business & pecuniary interests	Material Interests with school or staff	Governance roles in any other educational settings or institutions
Geraint Jenkins		September 2023 (Nov 2022)	Members	None	Related to Employee of trust	None
Phil Hagger	Chair	March 2022 (previous Governor since July 2018)	Members	None	Related to Child of trust	None
Isobel Gibbons		February 2026	Members	None	None	None