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Local Governance
The Kemnal Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust with 45 special, primary, secondary and all through academies.
The Kemnal Board of Trustees ensure their accountability for the provision, standards and outcomes in every academy via the senior executive team and the Directors of Education.
Our Directors of Education play the lead role in supporting, challenging and holding to account our Headteachers and their school teams.
The Kemnal Board has established local governing bodies to help Directors of Education in their role, to support their local school and local community, and to provide local knowledge and insight.
Please visit our Trust website for more information about our governance.
Please click here for the Governor Impact Statment 2024/2025
Membership
We currently have 7 governors:
- 1 Headteacher
- 1 Staff Governor
- 1 Parent Governors
- 4 Appointed Governors
- Chair of Governors: Latha Parvataneni - an appointed Governor
- Vice Chair: Serena Baker
Structure
Our Local Governing Body meets six times a year. There is also a Resources Committee, which usually meets once a term.
Governing Body membership and responsibilities for the 2025/26 academic year
| Name (Date first appointed) | Role (Appointed by) | Term of office | Declaration of interests including transactions until August 2025 | Meetings Attended 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Latha Parvataneni (01.07.24) |
Chair of Governors as appointed by TKAT |
01.07.24-30.06.28 |
Director of Ennodia Ltd (01.02.19-present) Director of Shree Ghanpathy Temple (01.12.20 - present) Governor at Aerodrom Primary 01.04.25- present Trustee for The Millenium Healthcare Bursary 01.12.20- present |
84 % |
| Serena Baker (17.03.16) |
Appointed Governor (Governing Body) Vice-Chair 1.07.24 - present Curriculum, Sfaeguarding/CLA |
18.03.24-17.03.28 | None | 84 % |
| Carol Herbert (12.12.19) | Parent Governor (Parents) SEND, Pupil Premium |
01.12.23-30.11.27 | None | 84 % |
| Karen Cloete (23.03.23) | Appointed Governor (Governing Body) Wellbeing, GDPR |
23.03.23-22.03.27 | Internal audit and SAP programme management at Oxford University Press from 19.06.2023 | 84 % |
| Tonya Shred (13.12.17) | Staff Governor (Staff) | 28.01.22-27.01.26 | None | 84 % |
| Cheryl Walsh (01.09.25) | Headteacher | 01.09.25 - | None | Na |
| Louise Whymark (08.12.23) | Appointed Governor (Governing body) | 08.12.23-07.12.27 | Head of Technical Food Safety at Caterlinik (09.01.23-present) | 100 % |
Meeting dates 2025/26 Academic year
Governor Resignations in past 12 months
| Name (Date first appointed) | Role (Appointed by) | Term of office | Declaration of interests, including transactions to Aug '25 | Meetings Attended 24/25 | Date of Resignation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Houzego (03.11.17) |
Parent Governor (Parents)
Finance, Sustainability, Pay committee |
19.11.21-18.11.25 | Spouse, Justine Houzego, has a contract of employment at Weyfield, since January 2019- ended in August 2025 | 67 % | 18.11.25 |
| Janette McClintock (01.01.19) | Headteacher | Ex Officio | None | 100% | 31.08.25 |
| General Documents |
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| Role description |
| Governor meetings |
