ACADEMY COMMITTEE

Oakhurst Community Primary School is part a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) called Grove Learning Trust (GLT). Please click the link below to visit the GLT website:

Grove Learning Trust

As an academy that is part of Grove Learning trust, Oakhurst Community Primary School has an academy committee made up of staff, parents and people from the community which is overseen by the trust's members and trustees.

Academy Committee governors are expected to champion and hold the leadership team to account for its performance through effective support and challenge. They operate as one body, as a committee of the Board of Trustees, which is the trust's legal governing body. Each Academy Committee is accountable to the Board of Trustees through the Board's committees - Resources, Audit and Risk (RAR) and Standards & Performance (S&P). Governors are appointed by the Academy Committee after appropriate elections or recruitment processes.

The governors at academy committee level champion and hold the academy leadership team to account for the performance of the academy. They operate as one body, as a committee of the Board of Directors, which is the trust's Governing Body. Each Academy Committee is accountable to the Board of Directors via the Board of Directors’ committees - Resources, Audit and Risk (RAR) and Standards & Performance (S&P). Governors are appointed by the Board of Directors after appropriate elections or recruitment processes that will be run by the relevant academy committee.

The Academy Committee Members

Type of Governor	Name	End of Term
Head Teacher	Lizzie Christopher	N/A
Chair of Governors	Jonathan Howard	07.11.27
Staff Elected	Eve Reynolds	31.08.27
Co-Opted Governor	Lucy Vine	04.11.27
Co-Opted Governor	Rachel Loxston	10.10.26
Clerk to the Governors	Heather Large	N/A