Governance

The Boleyn Trust is a company limited by guarantee and a charitable trust. Responsibility for the academies that make up the trust and for the funds granted by Parliament for providing education in those academies is entrusted to the Board of Trustees.

These Trustees are also the Directors of the company. Much of the work of the Board is delegated to committees; there is a separate committee for each of the academies which works as a Local Governing Body.

The Trust greatly values and supports the work of local Governing Bodies and recognises the significant contribution that excellent local governance can make towards raising standards.

Local Governing Bodies recommend their budgets for approval to the Trust. As well as providing a range of high-quality back-up services including school improvement, ICT, HR, project management, PR and legal advice, the Trust also provides strategic oversight of financial control and strategy through the Main Trust Board Finance, Audit and Risk Management Sub Committees.

Meeting minutes are available to the public upon request by emailing admin@theboleyntrust.org.

Members of the Trust

Name Date of Appointment
Julie D’Abreu 25/04/2019
Stephen Foster 21/11/2016
Ellen Kemp 21/11/2016
The Venerable Mangala 21/11/2016

Members Attendance Record for 2022 – 2023
Members Business and Pecuniary Interests

The Board of Trustees

Name Term of Office End of Term of Office
Asha Choolhun 4 Years 29/04/2027
Carly Clarke 4 Years 12/04/2026
Clive-Anthony Douglas MBE (Chair) 4 Years 20/11/2024
John Rolfe MBE 4 Years 22/08/2026
Mohammed Mamun 4 Years 29/03/2027
Nina Panayis 4 Years 29/04/2027
Patricia Regis 4 Years 16/02/2025
Rosemary Tehrani 4 Years 26/02/2026

The Board of Trustees Attendance Record for 2022 – 2023
Trustees Business and Pecuniary Interests

Members

The Trust has “Members” who are best viewed as guardians of the constitution, changing the Articles if necessary and ensuring the charitable object is fulfilled. The Members have overall nominal responsibility for The Academy Trust, but they exercise their functions through the trust board. Each Member guarantees to contribute £10 if the Trust were to become insolvent and be wound up – that is the “guarantee” implied by the term “company limited by guarantee”. The Trust will ordinarily have at least five Members.

Julie D’Abreu

Member

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Stephen Foster

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Ellen Kemp

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The Venerable Mangala

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Trustees

Boleyn Trust is led by a board of non-executive trustees plus the Chief Executive. Our non-executive directors are successful and committed professionals chosen for their knowledge of business, law, the creative industries, finance and, of course, education at all levels.

The Trustees are responsible for the general control, management and administration of the trust.  The responsibility for the actions of the company is vested in the “Trustees” of the Boleyn Trust (together, referred to as “the Trust Board”), who are the company directors registered with Companies House (they have a similar role to governors in a local authority-maintained school).  The Trustees are personally responsible for the actions of the Trust and the Schools and are accountable to the Members, the Secretary of State for Education and to the wider community for the quality of the education received by all pupils of the Schools and for the expenditure of public money.  The Trustees are required, as trustees and pursuant to the Funding Agreements, to have systems in place through which they can assure themselves of the quality, safety and good practice of the affairs of the Trust.

Asha Choolhun

Trustee

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Carly Clarke

Trustee

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Clive-Anthony Douglas MBE

Trustee – Chair

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John Rolfe MBE

Trustee

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Mohammed Mamun

Trustee

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Nina Panayis

Trustee

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Patricia Regis

Trustee

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Rosemary Tehrani

Trustee

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The Trust Board Sub Committees

Name Chair
Finance, Audit and Risk Management Asha Choolhun
Standards Nina Panayis

Local Governing Bodies

School Chair Contact Email
Clara Grant Primary School Mark Taylorson admin@claragrant.boleyntrust.org
Cleves Primary School Annette Massey-Reed info@cleves.boleyntrust.org
Monega Primary School Akeel Arshad info@monega.boleyntrust.org
New City Primary School Sophie Butterfield info@newcity.boleyntrust.org
Ravenscroft Primary School Elizabeth Ziegel info@ravenscroft.boleyntrust.org
Rosetta Primary School Inamul Gulzar info@rosetta.boleyntrust.org
Shaftesbury Primary School Mohammed Mamun info@shaftesbury.boleyntrust.org
Tollgate Primary School Carly Clarke info@tollgate.boleyntrust.org

To become a local governor, please check out our Become a Local Governor page here.

Julie D’Abreu

Member

Julie is a long serving Primary Headteacher in Haringey and local leader of education supporting vulnerable schools. Julie is a Headteacher with extensive leadership experience in the primary education sector. She leads a highly successful inner-city Nursery & Primary school. Julie has worked closely with Haringey Local Authority to support schools in challenging circumstances. Julie has experience of Executive Headteacher roles over multiple schools. Julie was recently awarded the National Professional Qualification of Executive Leaders (NPQEL).

Stephen Foster

Member

Stephen is currently an Education Consultant serving Newham, Richmond, and Wandsworth Local Authorities. Before this, Stephen had a distinguished career serving in Secondary Headship roles at The Bridge Academy (Hackney) and St. Bonaventure’s Catholic Academy (Newham) with both academies judged to be outstanding. In addition, Stephen also served as Executive Principal of Randal Cremer Primary School (2014 – 2015). Stephen has been a London Leader of Education (2008 – 2015). Since 2015, Stephen has been working as a consultant supporting a wide range of school’s senior leaders.

Ellen Kemp

Member

Ellen is retired, yet still serves as the Parish Safeguarding Officer at St Mark’s Forest Gate and is a Trustee of the Chelmsford Diocese Education Trust. Ellen is a very experienced Governor of over 25 years standing and delivers Governor training for new Governors in Newham. Ellen has been a member of the Chelmsford Dioceses Educational Trust and works closely with education advisors within the Diocese. Ellen serves as a member of Newham SACRE and supports local governing bodies to ensure they offer challenge and support to school leaders.

The Venerable Mangala

Member

The Venerable Mangala is the Chief Buddhist Monk at the East London Buddhist Cultural Centre. He studied at Colombo University and graduated with a BA in Religious Studies before entering the Buddhist monastery, where he has been a Buddhist monk for over 35 years. The Venerable Mangala is extremely active in the local community working with other faith leaders and communities. He represents the Buddhist community on Newham’s SACRE Board which supports the way RE is taught in academies. Mangala is a frequent faith visitor to schools, leading assemblies, and hosts visits for academies to visit his temple.

Asha Choolhun

Trustee

Asha is a qualified solicitor specialising in mental health and family law. Asha has been a law volunteer and is active in local charities providing sports and coaching programmes for young people. Asha has had over 10 years’ experience in maintained and academy governance. In addition to her legal role, Asha manages an extensive property portfolio to support vulnerable families find affordable and safe housing.

Carly Clarke

Trustee

Carly has over 20 years’ experience working in local government. Her current roIe as commissioner for leisure and sports, sees her manage a multi-million-pound portfolio across a large number of sites. Carly works closely with national organisations such as Sports England and has been actively involved in Newham’s Olympic legacy. Carly is a local resident and is committed to raising educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities.

Clive-Anthony Douglas MBE

Trustee – Chair

After serving a 12-year commission in the Royal Marines and Government Military Services, Clive has over twenty-five years of experience in the sports and business management sector. Clive has managed leisure facilities, sports complexes, libraries and parks for Greenwich Leisure and Westminster Council. He has overseen multi-million-pound business ventures and has had responsibility for over two hundred staff.

Clive is a strong community advocate for young black achievement. He has had wide experience of mentoring BAME education staff into leadership positions. Clive has been a governor and trustee for over 20 years. Clive’s long-term commitment to Education was recognised with an MBE in the 2021 Honours List.

John Rolfe MBE

Trustee

John is the Schools Outreach and Engagement Manager at the British Council. Originally from Yorkshire, John studied at the University of Essex in Colchester and the University of Minnesota in the USA. John has managed several educational programmes throughout his career at the British Council and developed and managed the flagship British Council International School Award scheme in the UK and globally.

Johns’ long-term commitment to international education was recognised with an MBE in the 2018 Honours List.

Mohammed Mamun

Trustee

Mohammed is a manager in the NHS and comes to the Trust with a wealth of experience within the areas of people management, service improvement and business planning. Mohammed was born and raised in Newham and has been a school governor and trustee for over 10 years.

Nina Panayis

Trustee

Nina is a retired Headteacher, having spent almost 30 years working in The London Borough of Newham. Nina continues to work part-time as a consultant in school improvement and provides leadership support. In 2003, Nina was UK Teacher of the Year in a Primary School and currently serves as UK judge for Pearson Teaching Awards.

Patricia Regis

Trustee

Patricia worked for the London Borough of Newham for 28 years as a Senior Law Clerk. She has 20 years’ experience of being a school governor and experience of being Chair of Governors. Patricia has worked as a Counsellor for Newham Victim Support as a volunteer. She remains active as a community advocate to support social justice and equality.

Rosemary Tehrani

Trustee

Rosemary was a primary school teacher for almost 40 years. She has extensive experience of working in multicultural and multilingual communities. She is a specialist in improving outcomes for children who use English as a second language.