Governance

Governors volunteer their time to help ensure we are working at our best.

They also provide expertise in their particular field.

Key roles include:

Ensuring money is well spent
Ensure the school’s strategic direction
Support and ensure staff are helping children to achieve

Academy Governing Council

Trust Governance

Find out more about our Co-op Academies Trust governance on our Trust website.

How to contact our Governors

If you would like to contact our Governing Body please bring a letter to main office marked ‘Confidential for Governors’ along with your contact details.

Or post a letter marked ‘To contact the Governing Body’ to:
‘FAO Chair of Governors, Co-op Academy Woodlands, Foundry Place, Leeds, LS9 6DA

This will then be passed onto the Governing Body who will get in touch with you.

Adele Clark

Full Name	Adele Clark
Date of appointment	1 September 2020
Term of office	N/A
Category of Governor	Ex-officio
Appointed by	By virtue of appointment as Headteacher
Subcommittees	Pay Committee
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2022-2023	6/6
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2022-2023	Pay Committee: 1/1

Aneesa Akhtar

Full Name	Aneesa Akhtar
Date of appointment	4 October 2021
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Staff
Appointed by	Elected by staff
Subcommittees	N/A
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2022-2023	4/6
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2022-2023	N/A

Anthony Molloy (COG)

Full Name	Anthony Molloy
Date of appointment	16 April 2022
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Sponsor, Chair of Governors
Appointed by	Appointed by the sponsor
Subcommittees	Pay Committee
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2022-2023	6/6
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2022-2023	Pay Committee: 1/1

Ed Jones

Full Name	Ed Jones
Date of appointment	11 October 2023
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Community
Appointed by	Appointed by the Academy Governing Council
Subcommittees	N/A
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2023-2024	Awaiting information
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2023-2024	N/A

Liam Vaughan

Full Name	Liam Vaughan
Date of appointment	29 November 2023
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Community
Appointed by	Appointed by the Academy Governing Council
Subcommittees	Awaiting information
Declarations of Interest	1 January 2024 to present: Business or finance interests at West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2023-2024	Awaiting information
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2023-2024	Awaiting information

Katie Bull

Full Name	Katie Bull
Date of appointment	5 July 2022
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Sponsor
Appointed by	Appointed by the sponsor
Subcommittees	Pay Committee
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2022-2023	6/6
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2022-2023	Pay Committee: 1/1

Previous Governors

Simon Hunter

Full Name	Simon Hunter
Date Appointment	12/07/2022
Category of Governor	Sponsor
Appointed by	An employee of the Co-op appointed by the sponsor
Sub-committees	N/A
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Academy Governing Council Meetings 2023-2024	TBC
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings	N/A

Rachael Jones

Full Name	Rachael Jones
Date Appointment	07/10/20219
Category of Governor	Co-opted
Appointed by	Appointed by the AGC
Sub-committees	N/A
Declarations of Interest	5 September 2018 to present: Employee at Teach First
Attendance at Academy Governing Council Meetings 2022-2023	6/6
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings	N/A

Asif Ali

Date Appointment	01/09/2018
Category of Governor	Community
Appointed by	Academy Governing Council
Sub-committees	None
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings	2021-2022:
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings	2021-2022:

Lloyd Edwards (CoG)

Date Appointment	19/07/2018
Category of Governor	Sponsor, Chair
Appointed by	An employee of the Co-op appointed by the sponsor
Sub-committees	Finance
Declarations of Interest	None
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings	2021-2022:
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings	2021-2022:

Prince Ofori-Kuraga

Full Name	Prince Ofori-Kuraga
Date of appointment	8 October 2019
Term of office	4 years
Category of Governor	Community
Appointed by	Appointed by the Academy Governing Council
Subcommittees	Pay Committee
Declarations of Interest	26 June to resignation to present: Employee of Accenture UK
Attendance at Academy Governing Council meetings 2022-2023	5/5
Attendance at subcommittee meetings 2022-2023	Pay Committee: 1/1
Date of resignation	11 July 2023