Birmingham Ormiston Academy is overseen by BOA Education Group.  The Board of Trustees are responsible for ensuring the strategic direction of all schools and academies belonging to BOA Education Group.  The Board of Trustees is complemented by the Academy Governing Body (AGB).

The Academy Governing Body is chaired by Mr Julian Widdows, who can be contacted via the Academy:

TEL: 0121 359 9346

EMAIL: info@boa-academy.co.uk

c/o: Personal Assistant to the Principal

Birmingham Ormiston Academy

1 Grosvenor Street

Birmingham 

B4 7QD

More information about BOA Education Group and the Board of Trustees can be found here:

https://www.boa-group.co.uk

ACADEMY GOVERNING BODY:

Julian Widdows, Chair of Academy Governing Board (January 2023 onwards)

Alistair Chattaway, Principal

Sarah-Louise Bridgewater, Parent Governor

Rachel Davis, Parent Governor

Vanessa Jackson, Co-Opted Governor (Higher Education)

Holly Stanton, Staff Governor

Julie Waddington, Co-Opted Governor (Secondary Education)

 

Attendees:

Naomi Lewis, Clerk to the Academy Governing Body

Kate Tague, CEO of BOA Education Group

 

Resigned:

Prof. Philip Thickett, Chair of the Academy Governing Body (October 2022)

 

OPPORTUNITIES:

Co-opted Governor - Please email info@boa-academy.co.uk in order to ask for an Information Pack (Nov 2024)

BIOGRAPHIES:

(To be published asap)

 

REGISTER OF BUSINESS & PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

Governor	Position on BOA AGB	Other interests	Reason	Relationship with BOA staff member (if applicable)
Carmella Beschi October 2024 (Resigned)	Staff Governor	N/A		None
Alistair Chattaway November 2022 onwards	Principal	N/A		None
Vanessa Jackson November 2022 onwards	Co-Opted Governor (BCU University)	N/A		None
Sarah-Louise Bridgewater January 2024  onwards	Parent Governor	N/A		None
Holly Stanton January 2025  onwards	Staff Governor	N/A		None
Philip Thickett November 2022 onwards ( Resigned)	Chair + Member of Board of Trustees	Swanshurst School, Birmingham	Chair of Board of Governors at Swanshurst School	None
Julie Waddington January 2023  onwards	Co-opted Governor (King Edwards Consortium)	Employment History: 2013 to 2020	Former employee of Birmingham Ormiston Academy	None
Julian Widdows November 2022 onwards	Chair + Member of the Board of Trustees	N/A	Former parent governor	None

 

ATTENDANCE 2024-25

The Academy Governing Body for Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) was officially established in Autumn Term 2021, when Birmingham Ormiston Academy converted from a Single Academy Trust (SAT) to a member of the Multi Academy Trust (MAT), aka BOA Education Group.

 

Attendance at the official AGB meetings for academic year 2024-25 is as follows:

Member of Academy Governing Board	October 2024	January 2025	May 2025
Julian Widdows (Chair)	Present
Carmella Beschi (Staff Governor)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sarah Louise Bridgewater (Parent Governor)	Present
Alistair Chattaway (Principal)	Present
Rachel Davis (Parent Governor)	Present
Vanessa Jackson (Co-Opted Governor)	Present
Holly Stanton (Staff Governor)	N/A
Julie Waddington (Co-Opted Governor)	Present
Julian Widdows (Parent Governor)	Present
Together with:
Naomi Lewis (Clerk)	Present
Kate Tague (CEO of BOA Education Group)	Absent

 

MINUTES:

For minutes of the AGB meetings, please email Mr. Alistair Chattaway on principal@boa-academy.co.uk

 

FInancial records, executive pay & trust record of pecuniary interests:

For all financial records, statutory declarations regarding executive pay, register of meetings for the BOA Group & Board of Trustees, and the BOA Trust Record of Pecuniary Interests, please visit THE BOA GROUP website by following this link:

https://www.boa-group.co.uk/page/?title=Company+Information&pid=10