Local Governing Board
We are delighted to have the following Governors on board. The team are highly motivated and ready to take on the challenge of supporting and challenging us in our journey.
To contact the Governors please email via office@markhallacademy.org
Please mark your email FAO the Governing Body.
Register of Interests
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| Name and appointment | Confirmed | Organisation | Type of interest | Notes | From | To |
| Name: David Arora Appointment: community Term of office start: 01/02/2022 Term of office end: 31/01/2026 Appointed by: - |
Confirmed: 11/11/2024 |
Tenactity Business Solutions | Director | Company owner. Two children attending FHS | 01/01/2015 | - |
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Confirmed: 11/11/2024 |
Tenactity Business Solutions | Director | Company owner. Two children attending FHS | 01/09/2021 | - | |
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Confirmed: 11/11/2024 |
Tenactity Business Solutions | Parent of a year eleven child | Parent Elected Governor and company director who has made several gifts and cash donations to Forest Hall School | 18/09/2017 | - | |
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Confirmed: 11/11/2024 |
Tenactity Business Solutions | Director | We have made several donations to the school and offered to visit the school to discuss a "real business" to GCSE students | 01/04/2023 | 30/06/2027 | |
| Name: Matt Carter Appointment: academy principal Term of office start: - Term of office end: - Appointed by: - |
Confirmed: 11/11/2024 |
BMAT | Employee | I am currently an employee of Forest Hall BMAT school as Headteacher | 04/01/2021 | - |
| Name: Anita Cumberland Appointment: trust governor Term of office start: 30/09/2024 Term of office end: 29/09/2028 Appointed by: Trust |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Linda Doran Appointment: trust governor Term of office start: 02/10/2023 Term of office end: 01/10/2027 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Sara Jabar Appointment: staff Term of office start: 16/03/2024 Term of office end: 15/03/2028 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Leonie Jospeh Appointment: trust governor Term of office start: 12/12/2022 Term of office end: 11/12/2026 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Dee Sexton Appointment: trust governor Term of office start: 01/09/2024 Term of office end: 31/08/2028 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Katie Spencer Appointment: community Term of office start: 30/09/2024 Term of office end: 29/09/2028 Appointed by: - |
Not Confirmed | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name: Claire Stokes Appointment: parent Term of office start: 30/04/2022 Term of office end: 29/04/2026 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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| Name: Ashley Ward Appointment: community Term of office start: 03/03/2021 Term of office end: 02/03/2025 Appointed by: - |
Nothing to Declare: 11/11/2024 |
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Ashley Ward - Chair
As well as a parent of children that have attended Mark Hall School, Ashley has been a Learning, Development & Management Consultant for over 20 years, working with small businesses, multi-national organisations and Government Departments, including DfE.
Ashley has a passion for learning, is a national STEM ambassador and is also involved in local level and County-wide grassroots football for both Youth and Veterans and nation representative teams.
Matt Carter - Headteacher
Headteacher
Helena Mills CBE - Trust CEO and Accounting Officer
Trust CEO and Accounting Officer
Claire Stokes - Parent Governor
Parent Governor
David Arora - Community Governor
Community Governor
David Martin – Trust Governor
I had previously served as a Governor at Mark Hall Academy working with current leadership team. I have been fortunate enough to work with fantastic staff, students and fellow Governors in support of our children. Since the re-implementation of the Local Governing Body, I have been fortunate enough to be invited back with the aim to continue development opportunities within the academy for the staff and your children and provide a safe working environment for all.
I have been a serving Essex Police Officer since 1992, working locally in and around the Harlow area, so I have a wide knowledge of some of the issues facing your leadership team at Mark Hall Academy. My aim is to make you as parents, the staff and the pupils proud of who they are, what they can achieve, help them be the best that they can be, through positivity, experience and enthusiasm. Previously I have given career development talks and shared my personal experiences competing in long distance sporting events, about the power of positivity.
I am a firm believer that ‘Anything is Possible’
Karen Laidley - Community Governor
Community Governor
Andy Chapman - Parent Governor
Parent Governor
Leonie Joseph - Community Governor
Community Governor
Linda Doran - Trust Governor
Trust Governor (as of Monday 4th September)