Meet Our Governors
The Board of Governors is responsible to the Department of Education and Ofsted for the oversight and strategic management of the Academy. Any enquiries, issues or concerns relating to Bede Academy should be raised with the Principals or members of staff in the first instance; however, parents are free to write to the Chair of Governors, if they so wish. If parents would like to contact any of the Governors, please choose one of the following:
- 01670 545111 – option 2
- enquiries@bedeacademy.org.uk
- C/O Christine Taylor, Company Secretary, Trinity House, Sixth Avenue, Blyth, NE24 2SY
Mrs Bethan Harding
Mr A Thelwell
Mr D Warburton
Miss C Taylor
The Governing Body
Dr Richard Harris
Parent Governor
Date of Appointment: 04/07/2009
Responsibility:
Stakeholder/community engagement
Parental/student engagement
Extra-curricular
Dr Beverley Kenny
Local Governor
Date of Appointment: 01/10/2014
Responsibility:
Personnel
Sixthform/careers
Mr Alun Ebenezer
Date of Appointment: 11/07/2018
Responsibility:
Quality of Education - curriculum & assessment
Mrs Patricia Cox
Date of Appointment: 27/11/2018
Responsibility:
SEND, safeguarding, behaviour, attitudes
& personal development
Mrs Lucy Cooke
Date of Appointment: 27/11/2018
Responsibility:
Ethos/B.V, EYFS/Primary,
Quality of Education-curriculum & Assessment - Primary, Parental/Student engagement &
Extra-curricular
Dr Clare Hussey
Date of Appointment: 18/09/2019
Mr dave Swan
Date of Appointment: 26/3/2020
Responsibility:
Health and Safety
Rev. Ian Flintoft
Date of Appointment: 25/11/2020
Responsibility:
Ethos – Secondary/sixth form
Mr Steven Grant
Date of Appointment: 05/02/2021
Responsibility: Quality of Education
Procedures
The local governing body appoints each governor after the completion of a skills audit to ensure a full comprehensive cohort of governors.
The term of office is for a duration of four years after which a Governor may be re-elected.
The Declarations of Interest for the governing body can be found below
Governance functions are delegated to the Local Governing Body (“LGB”) by the ESF Board. The details of the delegation are contained within a scheme of delegation which can be found in the Governance section of the ESF website.
The governing body convenes at least twice per term, focusing on curriculum and standards once a term, and finance and resources once a term.
Governor attendance at Local Governor Board meetings can be found in the attached document.