Governance

Whittingham Primary Academy is a part of United Learning whose Trustees hold the ultimate responsibility for the governance of each United Learning school.

The Department for Education’s governance handbook 2019 identifies the essentials of effective governance as follows:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
Holding the executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

United Learning’s Trustees delegate certain key roles and responsibilities to the school’s Local Governing Body (LGB) and these are set out clearly in our Scheme of Delegation which can be seen on the United Learning website.

Click here to view the Scheme of Delegation

Click here to view LGB Meetings Dates

Click here to view LGB Meetings Attendance Register

Chair of Local Governing Body

Sarah Parsons

C/O Whittingham Primary Academy
Higham Hill Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 5QX

Tel: 0208 523 3228 Email: sarah.parsons@whittinghamprimaryacademy.org.uk

Vice Chair of Local Governing Body

Vinnie Sivadev

C/O Whittingham Primary Academy
Higham Hill Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 5QX

Tel: 0208 523 3228 Email: vinnie.sivadev@whittinghamprimaryacademy.org.uk

Sarah Parsons

Date of appointment: 01.06.2019

Sarah was appointed Chair of the Whittingham Primary Academy Local Governing Body in June 2019, shortly after the school joined the United Learning Trust. She is a mother of two young children, one of whom attends Whittingham Primary Academy and the other will start soon. She trained in architecture and Urban Design, and has worked in planning and regeneration for two London Boroughs. In November 2019, she joined the London Borough of Waltham Forest as Head of Place and Design.

Vinnie Sivadev

Date of appointment: TBC

Vinnie graduated with an MEng in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southampton. She has since been working as a Management Consultant at Accenture and now Masternaut, focusing on business transformation and improving productivity of public sector organisations and FTSE 100 companies. Vinnie has a keen interest in social mobility and has been a regular volunteer at education charities such as Teach First, Stemmettes and Young Enterprise UK before joining the governing body at Whittingham Primary Academy.

Governance

Chair of Local Governing Body

Vice Chair of Local Governing Body

Sarah Parsons

Vinnie Sivadev

Maeve Cantwell-Hope

Christopher Miller

Stella Olukanmi

Natasha Bhambhra

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