Governance reports

Name	Declarations of interest
Gary Bloom (Resigned 1.9.2025	No relevant interests declared
Adam Dean (Head of School)	Bates for Ballast 18.1.2024
Cristina di Santo	The Challenging Behaviour Foundation - Family support caseworker April 2025-September 2025
Emma Flaxman	The Ark, Chelmsford - Centre manager, June 2015
Nicola Fonseca	Beacon Education - November 2023 Parent
Heather Hamilton	Member of staff
Andrew Hensman	Trustee - The Archer Community Trust - 2012 Member - All Age Autism Partnership Board, Essex -2007 Chairman of Essex National Autistic Society - October 2018
Gemma Quantrill (Resigned 10.09.2025)	Director of Operations for REACH Essex - September 2021 CEO of Woodend Farm School - January 2023
Maisie Reading (Term ended 15.10.25)	Member of Staff
Leanne Sutton	Parent
Karen Brown	Support assistant for Andrew Hensman
Rejoice Tubi	Member of Staff

Meeting Attendance 2024/25

Name	Meeting attendance
Gary Bloom	2 of a possible 4
Adam Dean (Head of School)	4 of a possible 4
Emma Flaxman	3 of a possible 4
Nicola Fonseca	4 of a possible 4
Heather Hamilton	4 of a possible 4
Andrew Hensman	4 of a possible 4
Gemma Quantrill	2 of a possible 4
Maisie Reading	3 of a possible 4
Cristina di Santo (co-opted Oct 2024)	2 of a possible 2
Leanne Sutton	3 of a possible 3