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Governance

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