Local Advisory Board
Join our Local Advisory Board
Bridlewood Primary School and the Park Academies Trust welcomes enquires and applications for Local Advisory Board members (LAB) at Bridlewood and across our family of schools.
Local Advisory Boards support the Trustees by focusing on strategic monitoring to achieve continual improvement within children’s education at each individual school.
Becoming a Local Advisory Board membered you will find the interaction between the board and school is extremely rewarding. The time commitment is probably not as intrusive as you imagine If you are interested in supporting your local schools and community either at Bridlewood or within our schools in North or West Swindon and would like to know more about the role, please make contact with to Kim McKendrick, Clerk to LAB at Bridlewood, at McKendrickK@bridlewood.org.uk
There are no employees who earn a gross annual salary of more than £100,000
Introduction to, and role of the Local Advisory Board.
The school is led by a Local Advisory Board (LAB). The LAB is a committee of the main board of the Trust and is accountable to the Trustees for its decisions.
The LAB are responsible for a range of areas including:
- Ensuring that standards of attainment and progress by all pupils at the school are high.
- Taking a strategic role in the governance of the school.
- Acting as a 'critical friends' to the school and its staff.
- Ensuring that TPAT's vision for the school is carried forward.
We meet together once every two months to discuss all aspects of school life, supporting Mrs Sammon and the staffing team in the leadership of our successful school.
Local Advisory Board - Who We Are
Vicky Sammon
Headteacher
Email: SammonV@bridlewood.org.uk
Emma Kilby
Chair of the Governing Body
Co-Opted Governor
Link Governor for Pupil Premium and Health&Safety
Term of Office
16/07/22 – 15/07/26
Email: EmmaK@bridlewood.org.uk
Alana Walch
Co-opted Governor
Link Governor for Safeguarding & Attendance, Early Years and English
Term of office:
14/12/20 to 13/12/24
Email: WalchA@bridlewood.org.uk
Nicola McLaughlin
Deputy Headteacher and Staff Governor
Term of Office
23/07/2021 - 22/07/2025
Email:McLaughlinN@bridlewood.org.uk
Claire Turner
Co-opted Governor
Link Governor for Maths and PE
Term of Office
13/12/2021 to 12/12/2025
Email: TurnerC@bridlewood.org.uk
Martin Hardy
Vice Chair
Co-opted Governor
Link Governor for IT, Science and SEND
Term of Office
17/10/2022 to 16/10/2026
Email: HardyM@bridlewood.org.uk
Kim McKendrick
Clerk to the Governors
Email: MckendrickK@bridlewood.org.uk
Vacancy x 2
Parent Governor
Vacancy x 3
Co-opted Governor
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Governors left within last 12 months
Jenny Pound 13/12/2021 - 24/09/2023