Our Governors

A Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) is a legal entity accountable for the running of the organisation and all the academies within it. The MAT is a charitable company limited by guarantee, and has multiple layers of governance: the Members, the Board of Trustees and Board Committees, which include a Local Governing Committee for each academy within the MAT.

The Local Governing Committee serves as a sub-committee of the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust York Board of Trustees, and their responsibilities are set out within the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation. If required, the Board can either delegate more powers to the Local Governing Committee or withdraw powers in exceptional situations. Governors are not involved in the operational running of the academy; the daily management of the academy is the responsibility of the Principal. All decisions are made as a group; governors are there as a corporate body responsible for the governance of the academy and not to represent their own interests or the interest of others.

Local governors have three central duties:

i) setting the vision of the local academy
ii) holding the Headteacher/Principal to account
iii) and ensuring the academy’s financial management is to the highest possible standard.

Governors carry out their tasks in a number of different ways, through regular meetings and visits to the academy. Meetings are held at least once a term.

For a full list of Trust Board and LGC meetings, please see below.

The Local Governing Committee provides the school with a wide range of skills and experience which supports the Senior Leadership team in vital decisions that enhance the academy’s environment, curriculum and delivery of the best educational experience possible.

If you are interested in becoming a governor for our school, please contact us by email: hello@bhs.hlt.academy

Helen Winn
Trust CEO

Date of Appointment: 14/02/2022
Appointed By: Trust Board
Resigned: 25/09/2024
Attendance at Meetings 2022/23: 5/6
Attendance at Meetings 2023/24: 1/3
Link: No link role assigned
Business and/or Pecuniary Interest:
CEO at Hope Sentamu Learning Trust
Executive Principal at Archbishop Sentamu Academy

Bio:
Originally from the north-east of England, Helen qualified as a teacher after leaving university. Just three years after starting her career in Essex, she became assistant headteacher at a secondary modern, later returning to the north-east for another assistant headteacher role and then a deputy principal role. In a big departure from her vocation, she moved away from teaching in 2009 to become a consultant in the construction sector, helping firms to bid for new contracts.

In 2011, she was approached to do consultancy at Ipswich Academy when it opened. After three years as a consultant, she was appointed as associate principal and relocated to Suffolk in January 2014, before becoming first interim principal and then permanent principal in 2017.

Helen became CEO of Hope Sentamu Learning Trust in September 2020.

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Terry Cartmail
Staff Governor
Date of Appointment: 29/09/2023
Appointed By: Staff Election
Resigned: 19/07/2024
Attendance at Meetings 2022/23: 0/6
Attendance at Meetings 2023/24: 2/3
Link: Behaviour and Attendance
Business and/or Pecuniary Interest: Teacher at Barlby High School

Karen Osborne
Trustee
Date of Appointment: 14/02/2022
Appointed By: Trust Board
End of Term: 31/08/2023
Attendance at Meetings 2021/22: 5/5
Attendance at Meetings 2022/23: 6/6
Area of Responsibility: 
Declared Business and/or Pecuniary Interest: None
Other EABs/Governors Committees/Educational institutions: Hope Sentamu Learning Trust (Trust Board)

Chair – Alan Richards
Trust-appointed Governor
Date of Appointment: 14/02/2022
Appointed By: Trust
Resigned: 31/12/2023
Attendance at Meetings 2022/23: 6/6
Attendance at Meetings 2023/24: 2/2
Area of Responsibility:
Declared Business and/or Pecuniary Interest: 
Director, Training Action Results Ltd – 2001
Owner, Action 4 Results – 2018
Chair of Trustees, Yorkshire Band of Hope Union
Other EABs/Governors Committees/Educational institutions: HCAT, WPT, WWPAT, JMAT, DSAT, LFSP, TOAT, SC, VACPS, SIC, SDBE

Thursday 10th October 2024, 6pm
Thursday 28th November 2024, 6pm
Thursday 13th March 2025, 6pm
Thursday 12th June 2025, 6pm