Primary Governing Board

The Primary Governing Board (PGB) for Cooks Spinney Academy (CSA) & Freshwaters Primary Academy (FWA) was previously known as the Local Governing Board/s. The PGB aims to continue to improve communication and links between Board members, staff, parents and children and it hopes that part of this aim will be met through regular news updates providing information on Board membership and activities. The PGB is actively involved in all aspects of school life. It has a responsibility to ensure that all members of the school communities are safe and have equality of opportunity and it works with school staff to support schools’ improvement and monitor the impact of:

• Achievement of Pupils
• Effectiveness of Early Years
• Behaviour & Safety
• Leadership & Management
• Quality of Teaching

PGB members are all volunteers and give up their skills, experience, and time for free, in order to help and support the schools. A large proportion are parents and can regularly be seen on school runs. Please feel free to stop any one of them in the playgrounds (or anywhere else for that matter!) with any question you might have about the respective schools.

Contact: governance@bmatrust.org.uk

Primary Governing Board Documents

Register of Interests

Governor Meeting Attendance 2024/2025

Record of LGB Meetings 2023/2024

Confirmation of Compliance

Governor Role Information

Governor Vacancy Information

Terms of Reference for Local Governing Boards

Local Governing Board Members

Andrew Bond - Parent Governor (Cooks Spinney)

Christopher Laws - Community Governor (Chair 24/26)

Kerry Hester - Community Governor

Faye Stokes - Community Governor (Vice Chair 25/26)

Belle Debrah-Nkansah - Community Governors

Tracey Haggerty - Staff Governor (Freshwaters)

Anneli Monkhouse - Staff Governor (Cooks Spinney)

Jackie Diggle - Headteacher (Freshwaters)

Nadia Wilkie - Headteacher (Cooks Spinney)

Neil Stirrat - Director of Primary Standards

Luke Wildig - Director of Primary Standards