Bluecoat Primary Academy is a member school of Archway Learning Trust. The Trust Board has appointed an Academy Advisory Board for Bluecoat Primary Academy & Bluecoat Bentinck Academy and this is a joint AAB.
Details of the structure and responsibilities of the Members, Trustees, Committees and Academy Advisory Boards and their remit can be found below in the below Governance & Scheme of Delegation Document.
ALT Governance Scheme of Delegation & Terms of Reference 2024-2025
The members of the AAB are shown below, along with information about their business/pecuniary interests, governance roles in other schools, and attendance record.
Bluecoat Primary Academy Advisory Board
| Name | How appointed | Date of appointment or last reappointment | Term of office | Business/pecuniary interests declared | Governance roles in other educational institutions | Attendance 2021/2022 | Attendance 2022/2023 | Attendance 2023/2024 | Attendance 2024/2025 |
| Sally MacDonald (Chair) | By Trustees | Reappointed on 27 March 2025 | 4 years | Director of Hands Up - Children’s Author | None | 4/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| Sue-Ellen Shaw | Ex-officio as Executive Headteacher | 1 October 2017 | n/a | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | 3/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| Ben Jackson | Ex-offcio as Head of School BPA | 1 September 2024 | n/a | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4/4 |
| Katie Merik | Ex-offcio as Head of School BNK | 1 September 2024 | n/a | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4/4 |
| Mwamba Wa-Mwamba | Elected by Parents | 29 April 2021 | 4 years | Employed by The Holgate Academy (Teacher) | None | 1/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 2/3 |
| Emmie Walford | By Trustees | 25th May 2023 | 4 years | Trustee of Woven Churches | None | N/A | 2/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| Grace Balchin | By Trustees | 5th June 2023 | 4 years | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | N/A | 1/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 |
| Hannah Corbett | By Trustees | 17th March 2023 | 4 years | Employed by The University of Nottingham | None | N/A | N/A | 3/4 | 3/4 |
| Sara Gadzik (Vice Chair) | By Trustees | Reappointed 11 July 2024 | 4 years | None | None | N/A | N/A | 4/4 | 3/4 |
| Lucy Oram | By Trustees | 1st September 2023 | 4 years | Employed by Nottinghamshire Police | TBC | N/A | N/A | 1/4 | 0/4 |
| Julie Clay | By Trustees | 1st September 2023 | 4 years | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | N/A | N/A | 2/4 | 3/4 |
| Lisa Flewitt | Elected by Staff | 1st September 2024 | 4 years | Employed by Archway Learning Trust | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4/4 |
| Kulsoom Hussain | Elected by the Board | 1st September 2024 | 4 years | Director of Smith Cookson Accountants | None | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/4 |
You can contact the Academy Advisory Board through the Clerk:
Clerk to the Bluecoat Primary AAB
Archway Learning Trust
Aspley Lane
Nottingham
NG8 5GY
Tel: 0115 929 7445
Email: clerk@archwaytrust.co.uk
For information on Archway Learning Trust, visit their website.