Academy Trust

Eaton Bray Academy Trust is a single academy trust.

The trust operates as an Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11 and for pre-school children serving a catchment area of Eaton Bray and surrounding villages. It has a pupil capacity of 210 in the main school and 45 in the Pre-School.

Trustees / Governors: Governing Body

The Governing Body of Eaton Bray Academy exists to ensure that the school fulfils its aims and objectives and meets statutory requirements. Governors also serve as Trustees of the Academy.

All members of the governing body are firmly committed to inclusive education for the whole community.
All Governors contribute their time freely.

Governance Structure

Please see a diagram of our governance structure below, and a list of Members and Trust Board members.

The Trust Board have established two Committees. These are listed below along with each Committee’s key purpose and Terms of Reference.

Term of Governors is 4 Years

Finance, Personnel and Premises Committee

Purpose: to ensure that the Trustees and School Business Manager and the academies are operating within the parameters of the Funding Agreements and Academies Financial Handbook with a particular responsibility on Audit and Finance and providing value for money.

Terms of Reference

Teaching and Learning Committee

Purpose: to consider what is taught in lessons, how it is taught and how all pupils are helped to achieve the best they can, whatever barriers there might be to their learning. They meet with subject leaders to find out about developments in the curriculum and how it is delivered.

Terms of Reference

Members of Trust

Robert McVeigh (Trust Member)
Jenny Lyons (Trust Member)
Adrian Welch (Trust Member)
Jane Welch (Trust Member)
Vacancy (Trust Member)

Board of Trustees

Lynne Mercer

Headteacher

I am proud to be the Headteacher of Eaton Bray Academy and as part of this role I also sit as a trustee. I have been Headteacher at the school since September 2020, having previously worked in schools in Buckinghamshire.

Outside of school I have three young boys and enjoy spending weekends with my family.

Simon Hardy

Chair of Finance, Facilities and Personnel Committee
Governor for Health & Safety and Physical Education

I became a Governor when my daughter was at EBA.

I have recently retired from a profession in Facilities and Health and Safety Management.

I have been involved in sport as a competitor and coach, across various disciplines, most recently as referee for my daughter’s football team.

Enjoy driving the mini-bus

Hugh Ponsford

My name is Hugh Ponsford and I became a parent governor early in 2024. I have lived in the village with my family for the past 3 ½ years, but have spent most of my life living locally. My daughter attends EBA and absolutely loves it, and as a governor I hope to be able to help ensure that she and all the other children at EBA receive a great education, but really enjoy themselves at the same time.

In my normal life I am a dentist, and have worked locally in Hertfordshire for the past 20 years.

In my spare time I’m a keen mountain biker, but with my family we try to visit the zoo regularly, and generally spend time messing around outdoors.

Grace Wilkinson

Governor for Science, PSHE and SEND

Contact

If you wish to contact our trustees you can do this through the via:

C/O – Eaton Bray Academy, School Lane, Eaton Bray, LU6 2DT
01525 220468
governors@eba.ec

Minutes of the Trust Board can be obtained by request by emailing the clerk at admin@eba.ec

Register of Business Interests

Our Governors have a statutory obligation to list any relevant business and pecuniary interests recorded in the Statutory Register of Business Interests. This includes governance roles in other educational institutions; any material interests arising from relationships between governors or relationships between governors and school staff (including spouses, partners and close relatives).