Governing Body Structure & Register of Interests
Register of Interests and Governing Body Structure
LEAP Governing Body 2026 - 2027 (at 30 September 2026)
* in office until first meeting of 2027-28 school year
|
Governor |
Role |
App’d by |
Gov/ Assoc |
Date of App’t |
Term ends |
Term Yrs |
Attend 2025_26 |
Declared interest |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Louise Nichols |
Exec HT |
ex-officio |
G |
ex-officio |
ex-officio |
ex-officio |
3/4 |
Director Hackney School of Food |
|
|
Winnie Cox |
Staff |
Elected |
G |
07 02 26 |
06 02 30 |
4 |
1/2 |
||
|
Erin Boreham |
Parent |
Elected |
G |
07 10 25 |
06 10 29 |
4 |
3/3 |
nil |
|
|
Sarah Fox |
Parent |
Elected |
G |
07 10 25 |
06 10 29 |
4 |
3/3 |
nil |
|
| to be appointed | LA Gov | GB | G | ||||||
|
Rosalyn Berrisford Co-vice chair* |
Co-opted
|
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
3/4 |
nil |
|
|
Ian Quest |
Co-opted |
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
3/4 |
nil | |
|
Sami Tatar |
Co-opted |
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
2/4 |
nil |
|
|
Khadija Adewusi |
Co-opted |
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
3/4 |
nil |
|
|
Koen Van Lieshout |
Co-opted |
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
3/4 |
nil |
|
|
Shanielle Shrouder Chair* |
Co-opted |
GB |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
nil |
|
|
Lizzie Thorne Co-vice chair* |
Co-opted |
G |
01 09 25 |
31 08 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
nil |
||
| Dylan Aupetit | Co-opted | GB | G | 27 01 26 | 26 01 30 | 4 | 1/3 |
Company donates workshops to Mandeville |
|
| vacancy | Co-opted | ||||||||
| vacancy | Co-opted | ||||||||
|
Karen Pedro |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
nil |
|
|
Evelyn Deeney |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
3/4 |
nil |
|
|
Marc Thompson |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
nil |
|
|
Jacqueline Thornton |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
nil |
|
| Edyta Ballantyne |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
N/A |
|
|
|
Jatin Shamji |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
N/A |
SBM at Blosssom Federation. Millfields School/HTSA - wife is Head of school. Consultancy SBM services to LEAP via Blossom | |
|
Mel Burrows |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
||
| Parveen Razzaque |
Associate |
GB |
A |
23 09 25 |
22 09 29 |
4 |
4/4 |
The following were Governors in the previous school year:
Co-opted: Gill Brady (Co-Chair) - resigned 31.08.2026
Co-opted: Ben Bignal - resigned 31.08.26
Instrument of Government
(Please see uploaded PDF of Instrument of Government full document at bottom of page)
LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
The LEAP Federation
Instrument of Government
- The name of the federation is The LEAP Federation.
- The LEAP Federation is made up of four maintained primary schools.
- The names of the governing body is "The governing body of The LEAP Federation". The names and categories of the schools in the federation are:
- Gayhurst Primary School
- Grasmere Primary School
- Kingsmead Primary School
- Mandeville Primary School
4. The governing body shall consist of:
|
Category of governor |
Number |
|---|---|
|
Parent governors |
2 |
|
LA governor |
1 |
|
Staff governor |
1 |
|
Head Teacher |
1 |
|
Co-opted governors |
10 |
- The total number of governors will be 15.
- The term of office of all categories of governor is four years.
- This instrument of government comes into effect on 5 September 2025.
- A copy of the instrument must be supplied free of charge to every member of the governor body (and the executive head teacher if not a governor).