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Our Academy Committee

Academy Committee (AC)

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.

Our Committee Members

Woodthorpe and Scarcroft Primary Schools have a joint academy committee overseeing both schools. If you wish to contact a member of the Academy Committee please make this request via the school office.

The membership of this committee is as follows:

Name	Appointed by	Date of appointment	End of appointment	Registered business interests	Governor of another school or Trustee of another Academy?
Charlotte Grason-Taylor	Ex-officio by virtue of office as Head of Woodthorpe School	01/01/2024		None recorded	No
Jennifer Mitchell	Ex-officio by virtue of office as Head of Scarcroft School	01/01/2024		None recorded	No
Sheriden Hutchinson-Jones (Chair)	Trustees	09/10/2023	08/10/2027	None recorded	No
Helen Elsworth	Trustees	08/04/2024	07/04/2028	None recorded	No
Jenny Parker	Trustees	14/7/2023	13/7/2027	None recorded	No
Peter Crane	Trustees	10/03/2026	9/3/2030	Yes	No
Vacant	Parents - Woodthorpe
Peter Sivey	Trustees	21/10/2024	20/10/2028	Yes	No
Lindsey Hodgson	Trustees	28/02/2025	27/02/2029	None recorded	No
Laura Eddy	Staff - Scarcroft	09/02/2026	08/02/2030	None recroded	No
Alex Mills	Parent - appointed by Trustees due to no election candidates	11/03/2024	10/03/2028	None recorded	No

Parent Committee Member Election April 2026

Bethan Cotter received the most votes in the parent committee member election April 2026.

Nominated candidates (in no particular order) were:

Bethan Cotter

Hadia Ramzan

Ed Moore

Chris Kendall

Meeting Dates 2025 – 26

24 September 2025
14 January 2026
25 March 2026
1 July 2026

Meeting Minutes

Academy Committee minutes are available below:

Academy Committee (AC)

Our Committee Members

Meeting Dates 2025 – 26

Meeting Minutes

Minutes 2025/26

Minutes 2024/25

Minutes 2023/24

Minutes 2022/23

Committee Member Attendance

Register of business interests

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