Branton Primary School and Nursery is part of Pele Trust.
Pele Trust Directors
Pele Trust Directors are responsible for:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding executive leaders accountable for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils
- The performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of the Trust ensuring that public money is well spent
School Academy Committee
The members of the Academy Committees will support the work of the Directors by taking on a more substantial role in school to closely support and challenge the Headteacher and senior leaders to ensure that the school is offering an excellent education to all pupils. They have a prominent role to play in:
- Identifying and agreeing key objectives
- Development planning for improvement
- Monitoring and evaluating the progress that the Academy is making towards its set objectives
The members of the Academy Committees will support the work of the Directors by taking on a more substantial role in each school to closely support and challenge Headteachers and senior leaders to ensure that the school is offering an excellent education to all pupils. They have a prominent role to play in:
- Identifying and agreeing key objectives
- Development planning for improvement
- Monitoring and evaluating the progress that the Academy is making towards its set objectives.
Academy Committee June 2026
|
|
Name |
Role |
Committee |
Period of office |
|
|
Parent Governor |
Mrs Charlotte Griffiths-Stent |
Chair of Governors
Safeguarding
|
Yes |
12.01.2021 |
20.02.2028 |
| Parent Governor | Hannah Smith | Health and Safety | Yes | 13.03.2024 | 12.03.2028 |
|
Parent Governor |
Mr Cameron Shell |
Wellbeing | Yes | 13.03.2026 | 12.03.2030 |
|
Co-opted member |
Mrs Abi Wilson |
|
Yes |
01.05.2012 |
12.03.2028 |
|
Parent Governor |
Gemma Boyce |
SEND | Yes | 25.06.2025 | 24.06.2029 |
| Parent Governor | Amy Redgrave | Yes | 13.03.2026 | 12.03.2030 | |
| Co-opted Governor | Theresa McCann | Yes | 13.03.2026 | 12.03.2030 | |
|
Staff representatives |
Mrs Emma Miller |
Headteacher |
Yes |
01.09.2023 |
|
|
" |
Miss Rachel Plunkett |
Online Safety Governor |
Yes |
01.05.2013 |
30.04.2025 |
|
Name
|
Business or pecuniary interests
|
Governance roles in other educational institutions
|
Any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives)
|
|
Mrs Charlotte Griffiths-Stent |
None | None | None |
| Hannah Smith | None | None | None |
|
Mr Cameron Shell |
None | None | None |
|
Mrs Abi Wilson |
None | None | None |
|
Gemma Boyce |
None | None | None |
| Amy Redgrave | None | None | None |
| Theresa McCann | None | None | None |
| Rachel Plunkett | None | None | Employed by school |
| Emma Miller | None | None | Employed by school |
| Name |
Summer Term Meeting 2025
Face to Face
|
Autumn Term Meeting 2025
Face to Face
|
Spring Term Meeting 2026
Face to Face
|
Summer Term Meeting 2026
Face to Face
|
|
Mrs Charlotte Griffiths-Stent |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hannah Smith | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Mr Cameron Shell |
N/A | N/A | Yes | |
|
Mrs Abi Wilson |
No | No | No | |
|
Gemma Boyce |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Amy Redgrave | N/A | N/A | No | |
| Theresa McCann | N/A | N/A | Yes | |
| Rachel Plunkett | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Emma Miller | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Rachel Plunkett | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Kieran McGrane | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Claire Leightley | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Spring term 2026 - Thursday 5th March 2026 at 5.00pm
Summer term 2026 – Thursday 4th June 2026 at 5.00pm