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    Governing Body Structure & Register of Interests

     Register of Interests and Governing Body Structure

    LEAP Governing Body 2026 - 2027 (at 30 September 2026)

    * in office until first meeting of 2027-28 school year

    Governor

    Role

    App’d by

    Gov/  Assoc

    Date of App’t

    Term ends

    Term  Yrs

    Attend   2025_26

    Declared interest

    Louise Nichols

    Exec HT

    ex-officio

    G

    ex-officio

    ex-officio

     ex-officio

    3/4

    Director Hackney School of Food 

    Winnie Cox

    Staff

    Elected

    G

    07 02 26

    06 02 30

    4

    1/2

     

    Erin Boreham

    Parent

    Elected

    G

    07 10 25

    06 10 29

    4

    3/3

    nil

    Sarah Fox

    Parent

    Elected

    G

    07 10 25

    06 10 29

    4 

    3/3

    nil

    to be appointed LA Gov GB G          

    Rosalyn Berrisford

    Co-vice chair*

    Co-opted

     

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    3/4

    nil

    Ian Quest

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    3/4

    nil

    Sami Tatar

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    2/4

    nil

    Khadija Adewusi

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    3/4

    nil

    Koen Van Lieshout

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    3/4

    nil

    Shanielle Shrouder

    Chair*

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    4/4

    nil

    Lizzie Thorne

    Co-vice chair*

    Co-opted

     

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4 

    4/4

    nil

    Dylan Aupetit Co-opted GB G 27 01 26 26 01 30 4 1/3

    Company donates workshops to Mandeville

    vacancy Co-opted                
    vacancy Co-opted              
                     

    Karen Pedro

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4 

    4/4

    nil

    Evelyn Deeney

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4 

    3/4

    nil

    Marc Thompson

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4 

    4/4

     nil

    Jacqueline Thornton

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    4/4

    nil

    Edyta Ballantyne

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

     

    Jatin Shamji

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

    SBM at Blosssom Federation. Millfields School/HTSA  - wife  is Head  of school. Consultancy SBM services to LEAP  via Blossom

    Mel Burrows

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    4/4

     
    Parveen Razzaque

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    4/4

     

    The following were Governors  in  the previous school year:

    Co-opted: Gill Brady  (Co-Chair) - resigned 31.08.2026

    Co-opted: Ben Bignal - resigned 31.08.26    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Instrument of Government 

    (Please see uploaded PDF of Instrument of Government full document at bottom of page)

    LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

    The LEAP Federation 

    Instrument of Government

    1. The name of the federation is The LEAP Federation.
    2. The LEAP Federation is made up of four maintained primary schools.
    3. The names of the governing body is "The governing body of The LEAP Federation".                                          The names and categories of the schools in the federation are:
    • Gayhurst Primary School 
    • Grasmere Primary School
    • Kingsmead Primary School 
    • Mandeville Primary School

         4. The governing body shall consist of:

    Category of governor

    Number

    Parent governors

    2

    LA governor

    1

    Staff governor

    1

    Head Teacher

    1

    Co-opted governors

    10

    1. The total number of governors will be 15.
    2. The term of office of all categories of governor is four years.
    3. This instrument of government comes into effect on 5 September 2025.
    4. A copy of the instrument must be supplied free of charge to every member of the governor body (and the executive head teacher if not a governor).
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