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Safeguarding

Our Academy Committee

Academy Committee

Our Role

As part of Excel Learning Trust’s governance structures, our trust schools have Academy Committees, which are committees of the Trust Board. Our ACs and committee members play an important role by providing support and challenge to our schools, as well as holding a shared vision which is clear, understood and well communicated to all stakeholders and reflects the fundamental values and objectives of the Trust. Our committee members come from a variety of backgrounds and are advocates for the school and for the Trust.

For further information regarding the governance of our Trust and the roles and responsibilities of committee members, trustees and members, please see our Scheme of Delegation, available on our website here.

The Chair of the Academy Committee can be contacted via the school (see Contact Us).

Our Committee Members

All General committee members are appointed by Excel Learning Trust.

Parent committee members are elected via a parental ballot.

Staff committee members are elected via a staff ballot.

Mrs Kavina Rothenburg

Position: Principal

Appointed: Ex Officio

Ms Janet Edgar - Chair

Position/category

General 

Term of office

18/10/2023 – 17/10/2027

Biography

Janet is an experienced governance professional who has worked in education throughout her career, mostly in management positions in Higher Education, and more recently working with schools as a Governance Advisor for City of York Council. She has a particular interest in literacy and is Safeguarding Champion and a reading coach with Read Easy Leeds, a charity dedicated to teaching adults to acquire basic reading skills. Other volunteering roles include being a befriender/companion with Age UK and Marie Curie.

Emily Dowkes

Position/Category:

General

Term of office:

03/11/2025 – 02/11/2029

Danil Sawalhi-Leckenby

Position/Category:

General

Term of office:

09/02/2026 – 08/02/2030

Abigail Gaines

Position/Category:

Parent 

Term of office:

01/07/2024 – 30/06/2028

James Else

Position/Category:

Parent 

Term of office:

15/07/2024 – 14/07/2028

James is currently head of postgraduate programmes at an arts conservatoire, works in TV production and is an active composer.  He has two children, one in primary school and one in secondary at Millthorpe.  James is passionate about creating inclusive learning environments, the transformative power of the arts, promoting trauma-informed approaches to education and championing best practice in relation to special educational needs.
 

David O'Brien

Position/Category:

General 

Term of office:

23/02/2026 – 22/02/2030

Lauren Braid

Position/Category:

Staff

Term of office:

01/12/2025 – 30/11/2029

Jordan Wright

Position/Category:

Staff

Term of office:

01/12/2025 – 30/11/2029

Business interests

Register of Business Interests 2025-26

Register of Business Interests 2024-25

Interested in becoming a committee member?

If you would like to be a parent committee member, please contact us.

 

 

2024-25 Governor Attendance

2025-26 Governor Attendance

Agendas and Minutes

Committee minutes are available below: 

2026

LGB Minutes – 3rd March 2026

LGB Minutes – 5th May 2026

2025

LGB Minutes – 9th December 2025

LGB Minutes – 16th October 2025

LGB Minutes – 19th June 2025

LGB Minutes – 8th May 2025

LGB Minutes – 4th March 2025

2024

LGB Minutes – 22th October 2024

LGB Minutes – 20th June 2024

LGB Minutes – 2nd May 2024

LGB Minutes – 5th March 2024

2023

LGB Minutes – 23 February 2023

LGB Minutes – 16 March 2023

LGB Minutes – 11 May 2023

LGB Minutes – 21 June 2023

LGB Minutes – 24 October 2023

LGB Minutes – 12 December 2023

2022

LGB minutes – 13 January 2022

LGB minutes – 9 February 2022

LGB minutes – 16 March 2022

LGB minutes – 12 May 2022

LGB minutes – 13 June 2022

LGB minutes – 6 July 2022

LGB minutes – 20 October 2022

LGB minutes – 30 November 2022

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