Name of Member/Trustee

Role and appointment date

(Trustees’ term of office is 4 years)

Appointed by

Positions of responsibility/
Committee Membership

Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest (including whether a governor at another school)
Date interest began/ceased

Personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g. spouse, partner, relative

Chelmsford Diocese Educational Trust (CDET) 

Corporate Member

Appointed: 07/03/2018

Founding Schools

n/a

CDET is a Member at all MATs which include a Diocese of Chelmsford school 

None

Mr David Kennedy

Member 
Appointed:

07/03/2018

Founding schools

n/a

Member of Council of Brunel University and Chair of the Audit Committee of the University (from 2022)

 Member of the Board of Bedford Giving (from 2023)

 Member of Board and Chair of Audit of LFBF (London Foundation for Banking and Finance) (from 2024)

FCCT (Fellow of Chartered College of Teaching)

None

Mr Peter Tidmarsh

Member

Appointed:

01/09/2024

Members

n/a

None

None

Mr Christopher White

Member
Appointed (by virtue of post of Chair of Trustees):
14/07/2023

Trustee 
Appointed: 27/04/2022

Members

Chair of Trustees

Education and Standards Committee

Finance Committee

None

None

Mrs Brenda Jarvis

Member
Appointed: 07/03/2022

Members

n/a

None

None

Mrs Denise Broom

Trustee
(First) Appointed: 18/03/2020

Reappointed: 18/03/2024

Members

Audit and Risk Committee (Chair)

Finance Committee

None

None

Mrs Lesley Duffin

Trustee
(First) Appointed: 07/03/2018

Reappointed: 07/03/2022

Members

HR Committee (Chair)

Education and Standards Committee

Safeguarding Trustee

Chair of Governors at Lambourne Primary School, Abridge (Governor since September 2016; Chair since 2018)

Chair of Governors at Chigwell Row Infant School since September 2024

None

Mrs Susan Sunderland

Trustee
(First) Appointed: 07/03/2018

Reappointed: 07/03/2022

Chelmsford Diocese Educational Trust

Vice-Chair of Trustees

HR Committee

Audit and Risk Committee

Foundation Governor and Chair of Governors at
St John’s Primary School, Buckhurst Hill since December 2017

None

Mr James Wood

Trustee
(First) Appointed: 07/03/2018

Reappointed: 07/03/2022

Members

Finance Committee (Chair)

Audit and Risk Committee

Partner at Herbert Smith
Freehills LLP

None

Mr George Yerosimou

Trustee: Appointed 02/02/2021

Trustees

Education and Standards Committee (Chair)

HR Committee

Governor (Co-Chair) at Oak View Special School since September 2020

Governor at The Open Box Education Centre Epping (Alternative Education) since September 2019

Granddaughter at White Bridge Primary, Year 1

Mrs Vivienne Hole

Trustee: Appointed 
21/04/2022

Trustees

HR Committee

Audit and Risk Committee

Education and Standards Committee

SEND Trustee 

Director of The Donkey Sanctuary from September 2023

None

Mr Danny Cohen

Trustee: Appointed 27/04/2022

Members

Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

Finance Committee

None

None

Members and Trustees who have resigned in the past 12 months

Mr Peter Tidmarsh

CEO/Trustee
(ex-officio)
Accounting Officer

Resigned:
31/08/2024

Founding Schools

CEO

Accounting Officer

All Trust Committees

CEO
Member of the Hoddesdon School Trust
(from October 2019 to October 2023)

None

Mr Peter Nicholson 

Member

Appointed:

07/03/2018

Resigned:
31/08/2024

Founding Schools

n/a

Trustee of Ursuline Prep School, Ilford from April 2008

Governor at Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill since March 2019

Chair of Governors at Wickhambrook Primary, Suffolk since January 2020

None