Board of Trustees

“The school provides a good quality of education. In the short time they have been at the school, the headteacher and deputy headteacher have raised expectations in relation to pupils’ attendance, behaviour and achievement.” – Ofsted, November 2019

What does a board of trustees do?

Our board of trustees helps the school to set high standards by planning for the school’s future and setting targets for school improvement. Our trustees offer support and advice, while holding the school to account for its results and performance.

Our community trustees and parent trustees, as members of the local community, help the school to respond to the needs of the public and make us accountable to the public for what we do.

Trustees are involved in setting the strategic direction of the school and exercises its responsibilities in partnership with the Head Teacher and the senior team. The board of trustees, while not intervening in the day to day running of the school, maintain a presence at key school events and take an active interest in our work.

Board of Trustees Meeting Planning 2024-25

Date	Meeting
9 Sept	Full Governing Body (FGB)
18 Sept	Governor Engagement
23 Sept	Audit & Compliance Scrutiny Committee (AC)
7 Oct	Education scrutiny committee (ES)
4 Nov	Human resources committee (HR) Teaching Staff & National Pay Decisions
25 Nov	Full Governing Body (FGB)
4 Dec	Governor Engagement
9 Dec	Audit & Compliance Scrutiny Committee (AC)
15 Jan	AGM & Member Meeting
20 Jan	Education scrutiny committee (ES)
3 Feb	Full Governing Body (FGB)
5 Feb	Governor Engagement
10 Mar	Audit & Compliance Scrutiny Committee (AC)
19 Mar	Governor Engagement
24 Mar	Full Governing Body (FGB)
28 Apr	Education Scrutiny Committee (ES)
12 May	Human resources committee (HR) Support Staff Pay Decisions
14 May	Governor Engagement
19 May	Full Governing Body (FGB)
9 June	Audit & Compliance Scrutiny Committee (AC)
30 June	Education Scrutiny Committee (ES)
2 July	Governor Engagement
14 July	Full Governing Body (FGB)

The following additional evening training dates are suggested:

Wednesday 9 October 2024
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Wednesday 5 February 2025 (wrapped up with Gov Eng)
Wednesday 19 March 2025 (wrapped up with Gov Eng)
Wednesday 14 May 2025 (wrapped up with Gov Eng)
Wednesday 2 July 2025 (wrapped up with Gov Eng)

Scheme of Delegation for Trustees

The National Governors' Association

DfE Guidance for Board of Trustees

Trustees Information 2023-24

Governance in Academy Trusts

Contact The Board of Trustees

If you have any correspondence for the board of trustees please post it to.

Rev Alan Robson
Chair of Board of Trustees
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Moor Lane
North Hykeham
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN6 9AF

Trustee Business Interest Information 2023/24

Members of the Academy Trust

Mr Neil Appleby

Neil is a local dentist. He became a trustee of SRPA in January 2010 and became Chair of Board of Trustees in April 2013. He completed the NCTL Chair of Board of Trustees course in 2013 and he has run his own small business for 22 years and brings knowledge of working in a highly regulated industry.

Miss May Pattinson

May is a teacher and housemistress at Cothill House. She is currently completing a MSc in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University; though prior to this graduated from Durham University in 2020. She has taught maths and English in Primary and Secondary settings and has experience with a range of school contexts, pupil profiles and educational agencies. As her great-great uncle is Sir Robert Pattinson she is keen to oversee the school’s vision and progression.

Mr Paul Wray

Paul has been a resident of North Hykeham for most of his life, and now lives less than 5 minutes from the Academy. He is a retired prison officer and trade union representative. Paul is currently the chairman of Hykeham rugby club and serves North Hykeham Town Council.

Who are our trustees?

Rev Canon Alan Robson – Chair of Board of Trustees

Alan has previously been a Chair of Governors at Wooton CE Primary, Spilsby Primary, Toynton All Saints Primary and De Aston Academy. He is a Methodist Minister, as well as a Canon of Honour at Lincoln Cathedral. Alan is Lincolnshire’s Agricultural Chaplain and a board member at Hill Holt Wood, Green Synergy, Lincolnshire Rural Support Network and the Education Committee of Lincolnshire Agricultural Society.

Mr Louis Harman – Vice Chair

Louis is a solicitor and lecturer specialising in immigration law, employment law and matters of general litigation. He currently teaches at the University of Lincoln whilst also providing legal consultancy services as an associate at In-House (PBS) Limited. He is also the Safeguarding Lead on the Board of Trustees.

Mr Dale Hardy – Headmaster

Mr Hardy has led SRPA as Head Teacher since September 2018 securing a ‘Good’ Ofsted outcome in November 2019 and received the Lincolnshire Headmaster of the Year Award in 2022. As an experienced school leader and Local Leader in Education, he leads on the implementation of the Trust’s strategy as well as mentoring and coaching other Head teachers at varying stages of their career.

Mr Simon McIntyre - Parent Trustee

Simon is an engineering manager for Siemens Energy in Lincoln, with operational responsibility for two teams. He has held various positions in his 27 years employment with the company including working overseas as part of multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams. He is a registered Chartered Engineer and member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Mrs Joanne Borrill - Parent Trustee

Joanne has a background in Psychology; in the NHS as an Assistant Psychologist and the Prison Service. She has completed the NCFE Initial Training for Classroom Assistants. Between 2015-2016 she completed a year’s contract at Sir Robert Pattinson Academy as Administrative Assistant within the Student Support Services. This experience, along with volunteering at Ling Moor and raising a son, has given her a wide understanding of the issues experienced by staff and pupils. Her son is currently in Year 9. She has experience in analysing the NHS service via Clinical Audit and more recently her work as Project Administrator is focused on giving the best service she can and looking at ways to improve. She attends meetings (Team and face to face) at work and is happy to contribute in whatever way is required to improve and develop the experience of SRPA.

Mr Geoffrey Killingsworth - Community Trustee

Geoff and his wife have lived in North Hykeham for 21 years although he has lived in the local area all his life, he has a very strong affinity to the area having married at All Saints Church as his wife was brought up here.Geoff has previously been involved in many sports, but most recently as a manager of age group rugby at Newark RUFC and also Nottinghamshire Schools.In his life as a Civil Servant, he has supported schools in the area with job fairs looking at recruitment into the Civil Service as well as apprenticeships. Geoff also supports families of young people who have severe learning difficulties moving towards employment.

Mrs Caroline Gadsby – Staff Trustee

Caroline has been teaching at SRPA since September 1997. She teaches Science and works as part of the Sixth Form team as a Wellbeing Mentor, offering one-to-one support.
Caroline has been trained to teach mindfulness by the charity Mindfulness in Schools Project. This is a nationally recognised qualification that brings mindfulness to SRPA.

Mrs Tracey Gibson – Staff Trustee

‘I started employment at SRPA on 04 January 1994 as a laboratory technician, I am now part of the safeguarding team. I have more than 12 years’ experience on the governing body as a support staff governor and enjoy the role very much. ‘

Mr Edward Bosworth - Community Trustee

Edward is a manager currently working within local government. His role focusses upon delivering operational priorities for several local councils.

Edward currently manages a multi-skilled team, delivering a variety of projects, many of which overlap with his role of Trustee within an
Academy setting.

Edward has strong ties to the local area as well as in education, with a keen interest in community development.

The following have left our board of trustees in the last 12 months.

Ian McGowan

If you are interested in becoming a Governor, please contact Mrs A Goffe using enquiries@srpa.co.uk