Board & Committees

Board of Trustees

On 1st February 2017 Great Wakering Primary School and Barling Magna Primary School joined the newly formed Brickfields Trust, the Trust later expanded to include Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery School and Kings Road Primary School when merging with HERA Academy Trust on 1st September 2023.  The Governance of the four schools is undertaken by a board of trustees. The board has three core functions:

1) Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;

2) Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and

3) Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

Trustees 2024-25

The Trust Board for the 2024-25 academic year comprises:

Sarah Threadgold (Chair)    

Josh Giddens

Andrew Burrows (Chair of Finance Risk and Audit committee)                            

Niki Lamont (Chair of School Effectiveness Committee)

  Caroline Gaitely                         

Rebecca Morris  (Chair of Workforce, HR & Pay Committee)

Andy Montague 

Tony Brown (Vice Chair)