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Trustees and Members

The Trustees

As a charitable Trust, the Board of The MILL Academy ensure they comply with charity and company law requirements. Two core functions of the Board are to set the strategic direction of the organisation and to ensure financial probity.

As a Multi Academy Trust, the Board is responsible for all of the schools in the Trust. Each school has a Local Committee (LC). The Board may delegate functions to the LC through the Scheme of Delegation.

Board of Trustees 2021/22

Name	Date Appointed	End of Office	Appointed by	Role	Business and Pecuniary Interests
Penny Gardner	2 May 2019	1 May 2023	Members	Vice Chair of the Board, Finance and Resources Committee	None
Wendy Hemmingsley	October 2015	n/a	By virtue as CEO	CEO, Accounting Officer, Finances and Resources Committee	Headteacher: The Henry Box School
Claire King	20 November 2018	19 November 2022	Members	Safeguarding Trustee	Trustee: Stephenson Studio School, Leicestershire
Dr Chris Laing	8 October 2019	7 October 2023	Members	Trustee	Chair of Governors (joint position held with his wife): Kings Meadow Primary School, Bicester
Colin Mitchell	22 January 2018	21 January 2022	Members	Trustee, Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee	None
Prof John West-Burnham	10 October 2018	9 October 2022	Members	Chair of the Board	Member: Olive Academy Trustee/ Chair: Asset Academy Trust GR8ASUR: Director GR8ASUR is a not for profit company operating as anti-bullying
Laverne Williams	11 March 2022	10 March 2026	Members	Trustee

Previous Trustees 2020/21

Name	Date Appointed	End of Office or Stepped Down Date
Gordon Joyner	June 2017	7 July 2021
Nigel Moore	20 Novemeber 2018	2 October 2020
Michelle Turkie	7 July 2021	31 December 2021
Janice Davison	1 December 2021	24 April 2022

Please find our Scheme of Delegation, Terms of Reference and governance related documents below.

The Members

Members are similar to a company's shareholders. Their key responsibilities include appointing the trustees and holding them to account for the successful governance of the trust.

The MILL Academy Members 2021/22

Name	Appointed by	Attendance at AGM January 2021	Pecuniary Interests and Conflict of Interests
Wilf Stephenson	Oriel College	1/1	Treasurer & Bursar: Oriel College Director of 3 subsidiary companies of Oriel College Governor and Trustee: St. Edward’s School, Oxford Member Advisory Board Charities Property Fund
David Jones	Members	1/1	Parish Councillor, Basildon Parish Council Independent Member Bracknell Forest Council
Tony Wilson Named Member: ODBE Corporate Member	ODBE	1/1	ODBE involved with 19 Multi-Academy Trusts and schools Tony Wilson is the Director of Education for ODBE Trustee: Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust Member and Trustee: Oxford Diocesan Bucks School Trust Trustee: Eynsham Partnership Academy Trust
Prof John West-Burnham	By virtue of office as Chair of Board	1/1	Member: Olive Academy Trustee/ Chair: Asset Academy Trust
Dame Patricia Collarbone	Members Appointed June 2019	1/1	Trustee: Laurel Trust Member: Creating Tomorrow Academy Trust

Downloads

Board of Trustees details including pecuniary interests and attendance	Date
Board of Trustees Meeting Attendance 2020/2021	06th Oct 2021	Download
MILL Governance roles and responsibilities	06th Oct 2021	Download
MILL Scheme of Delegation	06th Oct 2021	Download
MILL Board Terms of Reference	06th Oct 2021	Download
Board Meetings Calendar 2021/22	01st Sep 2021	Download