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Governance

As a member of the Aldridge Education family of schools our Local Governing Committee is part of the overall governance structure of the multi-academy trust.

You can see details of the Trust's governance here

Details of the Trust's policies that the school and our Local Governing Committee follow can be found here

As a member of the Aldridge Education family of schools, our Local Governing Committee is part of the overall governance structure of the multi-academy trust. Please see the Aldridge Education website for further information on Governing Policies and Accountability.

Governor details

Governor Name  Type of Governor / Appointed by  Date of Appointment  Term of Office   Meeting Attendance - School Year 2021/22 
Declared Business and Pecuniary Interests  Date of Declaration
Glenda Brindle Trust / Chair  10/12/13 10/12/13-09/12/25 5 out of 6

Director Artists Access to Art College, Chair of Govs SJT Community college, Board member Development of Creative Business in Lancs and BwD DTD, Trustee FODC community group 

03/10/2022

John Keating Trust  22/10/20  22/10/20-21/10/24 4 out of 6 Trustee Ribble Valley Gateway Trust 20/09/2022
Kate Connolly Trust / Vice Chair  16/07/19  16/07/19-15/07/23  3 out of 6 St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust - CFO 09/09/2022
Julie Bateman Trust 14/04/22  14/04/22-13/04/26 2 out of 2 Director of Jobs for Students, University of Bolton, member AGCAS 28/09/2022
Michelle Price Parent / Vice Chair  10/07/19-09/07/2.3 5 out of 6 Employee Cidari Education Ltd 28/09/2022
Jacqui Buckley Parent  19/05/22  19/05/22-18/05/26 1 out of 2 Employee - St Ann’s RC Primary School, Governor St James CE School Lower Darwen 19/09/2022
David May Staff 17/03/21 17/03/21-16/03/25 5 out of 6 Aldridge Education employee, member NEU 14/09/2022
Claire Bailey  Principal 06/06/22 06/06/22-Present 1 out of 1 Governor Bawtry Mayflower Primary School 04/10/2022
Thomas Longhill Staff 30/09/22 30/9/22-29/9/26 NA None 31/10/2022

Previous Members of the Local Governing Committee:

Janette Begbie - Trust - 14/09/20-31/07/22

Darren James - Parent - 04/10/17-03/10/21

Contact information for the Chair of the Local Governing Committee is as follows:
Email: - chair@daca.uk.com
Telephone: - 01254 819 500
Address - Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, Sudell Road, Darwen BB3 3HD