St Ann's CE Primary School - Local Academy Committee

Local Academy Committee (LAC)

Welcome to the section of the website where you can find out more about our school Local Academy Committee, and the work that we do.

The Role of the Local Academy Committee

St Ann's CE Primary School is led by the Executive Headteacher and the Leadership Team. The Local Academy Committee oversees the effectiveness of the school and together with the Executive Headteacher provides strategic direction for the work and improvement of the school. It also supports, monitors, and evaluates the effectiveness of the school and monitors the budget. Finally, it holds the school to account for the standards achieved and the quality of education.

The Local Academy Committee is accountable to the LDBS Academies Trust.

The Local Academy Committee Scheme of Delegation can be found here - St Ann's Scheme of Delegation

The day to day running and operations of the school is led by the Head of School.

What is a Local Academy Committee Governor?

For more information about the role of the governor please read the Academy Trust Governors Job Description

Membership and Structure

The committee comprises of ten governors, bringing together the key institutions that have an interest in the school. Our committee have a range of skills and interests and the membership includes an Executive Headteacher, a Head of School and a reverend. Please click on their name for more information about each Governor.

Name	Appointed by	Responsibility	Declaration of interest
Si mon Knowles Executive Headteacher	LDBS Academy Trust	Executive Headteacher of St Ann's N15, Holy Trinity N17, St Michael's N22 & Little Engineers Nurseries N15 & N17	None
Mark Lancaster Head of School	LDBS Academy Trust	Operations of school, implementation of school improvement and school ethos.	None
Rev Jess Swift Incumbent	LDBS Academy Trust	Religious Education, SEIP Key concept learning in history / geography Collective Worship	None

Governors appointed by the LDBS Academies Trust.
Amanda Szewczyk-Radley Exp. 30/08/2025	LDBS Academy Trust	Chair of Committee SEIP Early Years SEIP Fluency of language within the curriculum and a focus for EAL	None
Liz Aamli Exp. 14/05/2023	LDBS Academy Trust	Vice Chair of the Committee Strategic Leadership Safeguarding Finance and Administration,	None
Jasmin Archibald Exp. 27/09/2025	LDBS Academy Trust	Child Protection	None
Brian Foster Exp. 09/12/2023	LDBS Academy Trust	English Inclusion (inc Pupil Premium)	None
Joshua Rhodes Exp. 13/12/2026	LDBS Academy Trust	Maths SEIP Curriculum provision for 'character education'.	None
Governors nominated by parents at the school.
Kelli Kirwan Exp. 08/07/2023	LDBS Academy Trust	SEIP Early reading Premises, Health & Safety	None
Nicholas Magnus Exp. 27/09/2025	LDBS Academy Trust		None
Governors nominated by the school staff.
Rebecca Harrison Exp. 02/11/2024	LDBS Academy Trust	Attendance and Behaviour Governor Training	None

Click on dates to view non-confidential minutes once they have been agreed.

Dates and Minutes of Meetings 2022-2023:

LAC Meeting Dates 2022-23:

Meeting 1 - Thursday 15th September, Meeting 2 - Thursday 13th October, Meeting 4 - Thursday 8th December, Meeting 5 - Thursday 19th January, Meeting 7 - Thursday 30th March, Meeting 8 - Thursday 27th April, Meeting 10 - Thursday 13th July

Tri-School Meeting Dates 2022-23:

Meeting 3 Business - Monday 7th November, Personal Development - Wednesday 9th November, Curriculum - Thursday 10th November

Meeting 6 Personal Development - Monday 27th February, Business - Wednesday 1st March, Curriculum - Thursday 2nd March

Meeting 9 Curriculum - Monday 5th June, Personal Development- Wednesday 7th June, Business - Thursday 8th June