Our Local Review Board
I would like to welcome you to Brayton Academy and its Local Review Board (“LRB”). Brayton Academy is in Selby. It is a 11-16 secondary academy which is rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
The LRB is formed from co-opted members who have skills which aids the Governance of the Academy, Parents, and members of staff. The purpose of the LRB is to provide oversight, challenge and support of the Academy including reviewing the Academy’s progress against its improvement plan, student attainment and how it engages with students, parents, staff, and the wider community.
The LRB formally meets at least 6 times in the academic year and considers Academy standards, the quality of provision, admissions and exclusions, financial and premises management of the Academy including Health & Safety and the use of ICT.
As part of evaluating the academic provision provided, the LRB considers academy targets and performance, leadership and outcome and the Academy’s Curriculum.
In addition to its formal meetings, LRB members come into the Academy and speak with staff and students about their perception of the Academy, meet with Ofsted when they come into the Academy and sit on exclusion and complaints panels.
Jamie Webb-Fryer – Chair of Brayton Academy LRB
Members
Jamie Webb-Fryer
Jamie’s early career was in the military as a qualified teacher. This included taking responsibility for an outstanding Ofsted review of the Army’s apprenticeship provision. Since leaving the military he has worked with Awarding organisations including responsibility for Governance, Regulation, Compliance and quality assurance. Jamie is Chair of the LRB.
Kate Cooper
Kate is a Chartered Accountant and has led finance teams across a wide range of businesses, including an awarding body where she holds a board appointment. She brings skills in financial planning, compliance, systems optimisation and people management. Kate is also a mental health first aider and sits on the Mental Health at Work leadership council.
Thomas Kirby
Thomas is a Strategy and Transformation expert with over 10 years experience working within private sector multinational organisations. Outside of his professional career, Thomas is a FA Approved Football coach and is passionate about ensuring education enablers learners to achieve their full potential while supporting future employee prospects in our rapidly changing world.
Wellington Ncube
Wellington is a teaching staff member of the LRB. Prior to beginning his teaching career, Wellington worked in accountancy and has skills in financial planning, recruitment of staff, decision making and project management, community engagement, leadership and communication skills.
Mandy Pool
Mandy works at the academy as part of the administration team. Her role includes supporting teaching staff and students as well as assisting with the organising of school trips and the annual prom. Before joining the academy Mandy worked for 18 years at the local Post Office.
