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Governance
The Chair of Governors for Edgar Wood Academy is Antonia Yu . If you would like to contact the chair of governors please send an email to the address below, alternately the postal address is C/O Clerk to the Governors, Altus Education Partnership, Suite F4, No 2 The Esplanade, Rochdale, OL16 1AE:
The Local Governing Body (LGB)
Edgar Wood LGB has delegated autonomy and authority to drive improvement within the school.
The role of the LGB is to provide focused governance for an academy at a local level. It monitors the academy’s key performance indicators and acts as a critical friend to the headteacher, providing challenge where appropriate. It will also play a part in representing the views of the academy’s stakeholders. The LGB’s delegated responsibilities requires them to monitor and report to the Trust Board on the overall performance of the academy. Membership of the LGB will include staff and parent members, who are elected by their peers to serve.
- Antonia Yu (Chair of Governors)
- Stephen Drysdale (Governor)
- Amy Henderson (Governor)
- Zara Pollard (Staff Governor)
Contact details for the Chair clerk@altusep.com or postal address c/a Chair of Governors, Altus Education Partnership, Suite F4, No.2 The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AE.
Structure
Member, Trustee and Governor Terms of Office can be found here
Terms of Office Trustees and Governors
The full structure chart can be found here
Terms of Reference can be found here
Register of Interest
Downloadable format can be found here
Register of business and pecuniary interests 2023-24 Trust Board and EWA
Trust Board and Governor Attendance
A downloable version of the attendance can be found below.
Trust Board Attendance 2022/23
| Trust Board | 19/10/2022 | 19/12/2022 | 20/02/2023 | 19/04/2023 | 24/05/2023 | 12/07/2023 | Possible | Actual | % |
| Deborah Ball | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| Stephen Beckwith | √ | √ | A | √ | N/A | N/A | 4 | 3 | 75 |
| Kitsa Efthymiadis | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | A | 6 | 5 | 83 |
| Jock Rodger | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| Jo Wiggans | √ | √ | √ | √ | A | A | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Jennifer Hulme | √ | A | √ | A | A | √ | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| Steven Peacock | √ | √ | √ | √ | A | √ | 6 | 5 | 83 |
| John Smart | A | √ | √ | √ | √ | A | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Umar Khan | √ | A | √ | A | √ | √ | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Richard Ronksley | √ | √ | √ | √ | N/A | N/A | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| Helen Arnold | N/A | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 5 | 5 | 100 |
| Nazam Suleman | N/A | √ | √ | √ | A | √ | 5 | 4 | 80 |
| 66 | 53 | 80 |
Local Governing Body Attendance 2022/23
| Local Governing Body (EWA) | 06/10/2022 | 01/12/2022 | 02/02/2023 | 23/03/2023 | 18/05/2023 | 06/07/2023 | Possible | Actual | % |
| Gail Mortimer (Chair) | A | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 6 | 5 | 83 |
| David Fenton (Vice Chair) | √ | √ | √ | A | √ | A | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Asif Mussa | A | √ | A | √ | A | √ | 6 | 3 | 50 |
| Stephen Drysdale | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | √ | √ | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Tracey Rollings | √ | √ | √ | A | √ | √ | 6 | 5 | 83 |
| Zara Pollard | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| Catherine Allan | √ | √ | A | √ | √ | A | 6 | 4 | 67 |
| Rachael Bentham | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | 6 | 6 | 100 |
| 44 | 35 | 80 |