Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is appointed by the Trust Members and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Trust and is directly accountable for the standards and financial management of the Trust and the individual Academies.
Trustees of Brooke Hill Academy Trust
Simon Foulkes - Chair of the Trust
Craig Charteris - CEO (ex-officio)
Richard Haynes - Trustee
Gill Scott - Trustee
Julie Taylor - Trustee
Sue Goodsell - Trustee
Trustees Account Scrutiny Commitee
Simon Foulkes
Gill Scott
Julie Taylor
Craig Charteris (CEO)
Leanne Manton (Chief Financial and Operating Officer)
The following Trustees have left the Trust Board in the last 12 months
Tim Smith resigned July 2026
Adam Petit resigned December 2025
Richard Gray resigned April 2025
Clerk to the Trust
Kate Rickett
Members
Simon Foulkes
Keith Ambrose
Chairs of Local Governing Boards
Eleanor Claridge - Brooke Hill Academy
Richard Haynes - Edith Weston Academy
Gary O'Shaughnessy (acting) - South Witham Academy
Trustee and Governor Attendance and Register of Interest