Local Academy Board (LAB)
The Chair of the Local Academy Board, Peter Kelly, may be contacted at Merryfields School. More information regarding our Local Academy Board can be requested via the main office.
Minutes from our meetings can also be requested from the main office.
For attendance records for our LAB meetings and Committee meetings in 2021.22, please click here
Full name |
Type of Governor |
Term of Office |
Date of Appointment |
Date they stepped down |
The body who appointed them |
Register of Business and Pecuniary Interests |
Responsibilities |
Peter Kelly |
Chair |
March 2023 |
March 2019 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Curriculum and Outcomes |
Lesley Calverley |
Co-opted |
February 2025 |
February 2021 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Finance and HR |
Karen Armitt |
Co-opted |
September 2025 |
September 2021 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Safeguarding |
Jack Beech |
Co-opted
|
September 2025 |
September 2021 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Behaviour |
Neil Brannigan |
Headteacher |
February 2022 |
September 2018 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Curriculum, T&L, Finance & HR |
Richard Eckersley |
Parent Member |
February 2025 |
February 2021 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Pupil Premium and LAC |
Stephen Blakemore |
Parent Member |
September 2025 |
September 2021 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Health and Safety |
Molly Sherratt |
Staff Member |
January 2024 |
January 2020 |
|
Full LAB |
Completed Autumn 2021 |
Curriculum and Outcomes |
Dave Humphries Co-opted - chair@merryfields.staffs.sch.uk |
Chair |
February 2025 |
February 2021 |
September 2021 |
Full LAB |
N/A |
Curriculum, T&L, Finance & HR, Safeguarding, Prevent, LAC |
Sue Corfield |
Co-opted |
February 2025 |
February 2021 |
September 2021 |
Full LAB |
N/A |
Wellbeing and PHSE |
Brent Burgess |
Co-opted |
February 2025 |
February 2021 |
July 2021 |
Full LAB |
N/A |
Health and Safety |
Merryfields Local Academy Board meet each term at a Full LAB, chaired by Peter Kelly.
Each term, we also have a Finance Committee and a Data/Monitoring Committee, both chaired by Peter Kelly.
Once each Term, LAB members will arrange a meeting with school, to conduct a review on their area of responsibility. Visit forms are completed for each of these visits and are shared with all other LAB members at the termly full LAB meeting.
Manor Hall Trust Scheme of Delegation can be found here
Manor Hall Trust Terms of Reference can be found here.
Register of Business Interests can be found here
We currently have some vaccancies on our Local Academy Board. If you are interested in becoming a LAB member of Merryfields School, please contact the school office with an expression of interest and we will be happy to provide you with further information.
Please see the following letter to parents, regarding a parent governor role - Letter 15th March
Please see the following letter to parents, regarding the governors election - Letter 25th March