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    Governing Body Structure & Register of Interests

     Register of Interests and Governing Body Structure

    LEAP Governing Body 2025 - 2026 (at 1 March 2026)

    * School Year 2024-25

     

    Governor

    Role

    App’d by

    Gov/  Assoc

    Date of App’t

    Term ends

    Term  Yrs

    Attend* Gov Body

    Declared interest

    1

    Louise Nichols

    Exec HT

    ex-officio

    G

    ex-officio

    ex-officio

     ex-officio

    4/4

    Director Hackney School of Food  (2024-25)

    2

    Winnie Cox

    Staff

    Elected

    G

    06 02 26

    05 02 30

    4

    N/A

     

    3

    Erin Boreham

    Parent

    Elected

    G

    07 10 25

    06 10 29

    4

    N/A

    nil

    4

    Sarah Fox

    Parent

    Elected

    G

    07 10 25

    06 10 29

    N/A

    nil

    5 to be appointed LA Gov GB G          

    6

    Gillian Brady 

    Co-opted 

     

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4/4

    Governor Primary Advantage + Governor Berger Primary School 

    7

    Rosalyn Berrisford

    Co-opted

     

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    N/A

    nil

    8

    Ben Bignall

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    N/A

    Vice Principal - Mossbourne Riverside 

    9

    Ian Quest

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    N/A

     

    10

    Sami Tatar

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    2/4

    nil

    11

    Khadija Adewusi

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    3/4

    nil

    12

    Koen Van Lieshout

    Co-opted

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4/4

    nil

    13

    Shanielle Shrouder

    Co-opted 

    GB

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4/4

    nil

    14

    Lizzie Thorne

    Co-opted

     

    G

    01 09 25

    31 08 29

    4/4

    nil

    15 Dylan Aupetit Co-opted  GB G 27 01 26 26 01 30 4 N/A

    Mandeville - Community Outreach & STEM Initiative through employer + Central London Carer Hub - Volunteer as a School Enterprise Advisor (Career Readiness & STEM) + St Mattthes Academy (Lewisham) -  School Enterprise Advisor

                       
     

    Karen Pedro

    Associate

    GB

    A

    01 10 24

    30 09 28

    4/4

    nil

     

    Evelyn Deeney

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    3/4

    nil

     

    Marc Thompson

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4/4

     nil

     

    Jacqueline Thornton

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

    nil

     

    Jatin Shamji

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

    Federation SBM at Blosssom Federation
     

    Mel Burrows

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

     
      Parveen Razzaque

    Associate

    GB

    A

    23 09 25

    22 09 29

    4

    N/A

     

              

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    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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