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Local Academy Board

Governing Body Composition

The constitution for the Local Academy Board is:

Principal, 2 parent governors, 1 staff governor, 1 Trust governor and 4 co-opted governors. 

The quorum shall be 3 governors or, where greater, any one-third (rounded up) of the total number of governors of the LAB.

The Local Academy Body of Temple Mill Primary School

Each governor is responsible for the monitoring of a key area of the school. Their responsibilities are listed below.

  • Lisa Lewis (Principal)
  • Barbara Fincham (Trust Appointed - Chair of Governors)
  • Sue Lamb (Trust Appointed - Vice-Chair of Governors)
  • Kirsten Collis (Staff)
  • Paramjot Kaur Dhadwal (Trust Appointed)
  • Maria Cook (Parent)
  • Angela Paul (Trust Appointed)
  • Daniel More (Trust Appointed)
  • Karlie Jones (Staff)
  • Symon Russell (Parent)

Terms of Reference for our Local Academy Board can be found here.

For details of the Members and Directors of The Howard Academy Trust please click here.

Diversity Indicators

A link to our 2023-2024 THAT Governance Diversity Indicators can be found here.

Meets

The Local Academy Board will meet at least 3 times a year and otherwise as required.

Members of the Local Academy Board will have at least seven clear days’ notice of the meeting and its agenda, except in the case of an emergency meeting.

The agenda and minutes will be produced by the Clerk to Governors and made available to all members of the Local Academy Board via the Governor's SharePoint page.

A copy of the minutes, apart from confidential items, will be available in the school office for inspection by parent/carers and staff.

Name Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests
(including governance roles in other education institutions)
Attendance record at meetings for the academic year ('23-'24)
Mrs Lisa Lewis (Principal)
Appointed: Ongoing
None Declared 3 of 3
Barbara Fincham (Trust Appointed)
Appointed: 01/11/2023
Retired
Thames View Primary School: Chair/Trust Appointed Governor School’s forum member
Governor in the Beyond Trust
3 of 3
Sue Lamb (Trust Appointed)
Appointed: 07/06/2022
Medway Early Years Ltd
EYFS Consultant (Contracts offered to the school and Trust)
Trustee Peninsula Trust Chattenden Primary School
2 of 3
Kirsten Collis (Staff)
Appointed: 22/11/2022
Barbara Fincham - Family friend 2 of 3
Paramjot Kaur Dhadwall (Associate Member)
Appointed: 26/10/2024
Self Employed Landlord
Director - 365 Electrical Solutions (UK) Ltd, Bhansian & Sarai-Khas Ltd, Amrit Estates Ltd
Member - NRLA, MA
N/A
Maria Cook (Parent)
Appointed: 10/11/2023
None Declared     1 of 1

Angela Paul (Trust Appointed)
Appointed: 21/02/2025

St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School N/A

Daniel More (Trust Appointed)
Appointed: 12/10/2024

The Kemnal Academies Trust
Trustee - Stage Theatre Society
Governor - The Westbrook Academies Trust
N/A

Karlie Jones (Staff)
Appointed: 21/02/2025

None Declared N/A
Symon Russell (Parent)
Appointed: 21/02/2025
Executive Director: Individual Giving and Lotteries at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex
Director: Air Ambulance Promotions Limited
N/A
Past Governors
Patricia Emerick (Trust Appointed)
Appointed: 07/06/2022
Resigned: 12/06/2024
Retired
Thames View Primary School: Trust Appointed Governor
3 of 3
Daniel Smith (Parent)
(Associate Member)

Appointed: 10/11/2023
Resigned: 29/08/2024
None Declared N/A

Last Updated: 10th May 2025

All correspondence should be directed to Mrs Barbara Fincham, Chair of Governors, c/o Temple Mill Primary School