Academy Governing Council
Our governors are responsible for the management of the business of the academy, including adopting an annual plan and budget, monitoring the academies by the use of targets and budgets and senior staff appointments.
Find out more about them here.

Find out more about our Co-op Academies Trust governance, on our trust website.
Governance
Full Name | Trust Governance |
We are very proud of Brownhill where we aim for your child to believe and achieve, to be happy and successful during their time here. I’m passionate about seeing children achieve their potential, enabling them to be successful.
Working co-operatively together as young people, parents, carers, staff and governors we want all children to be aspirational, resilient and confident learners, who are also caring and responsible citizens. We work together as a team, applying co-operative values and principles to all that we do.
Full Name | Ed Powell - Chair of Governor's Welcome |
Date Appointment | 05/09/2016 |
Category of Governor | Sponsor, Chair |
Appointed by | An employee of the Co-op appointed by the sponsor |
Sub-committees | Finance |
Declarations of Interest | Member, Roundhay Runners; Member, Revive Baptist Church; Employee, Co-operative Group; Secretary, Co-operative Heritage Trust, from Feb 17; Trustee, Co-operative Loan Fund from Aug 17 |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 3/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: Finance - 3/3 |
Full Name | Andrew Lewis |
Date Appointment | 01/09/2018 |
Category of Governor | Sponsor |
Appointed by | An employee of the Co-op appointed by the sponsor |
Sub-committees | Finance |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 3/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: Finance 3/3 |
Full Name | Beverly Blanchfield |
Date Appointment | 01/09/2020 |
Category of Governor | Ex Officio |
Appointed by | N/A |
Sub-committees | Finance and Resources |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 3/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: Finance 3/3 |
Full Name | Natalie Hughes-Crean |
Date Appointment | 21/01/2021 |
Category of Governor | Co-opted |
Appointed by | Governing Body |
Sub-committees | None |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 2/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: N/A |
Full Name | Phil Barr |
Date Appointment | 01/09/2018 |
Category of Governor | Community |
Appointed by | Governing Body |
Sub-committees | None |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 2/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: N/A |
Full Name | Rosie Kenwood |
Date Appointment | 12/03/2019 |
Category of Governor | Community |
Appointed by | Academy Governing Council |
Sub-committees | None |
Declarations of Interest | IntoUniversity, Employee. The charity I work for provides free-of-charge workshops for Co-op Academy Brownhill and has done since 2015. There are no financial implications of this relationship and no legal contract between the two organisations |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 1/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: N/A |
Full Name | Chris Morris |
Date Appointment | 15/07/2019 |
Category of Governor | Co-opted |
Appointed by | Governing Body |
Sub-committees | Finance |
Declarations of Interest | University of Leeds Governor, Jun 18-Jun 19 Leeds University Union, Chair of Board of Trustees, Jun 18-Jun 19 |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2019-2020: 1/1 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2019-2020: Finance 0/1 |
Date of Resignation | 04/03/2020 |
Full Name | Christina Shanks |
Date Appointment | 27/09/2018 |
Category of Governor | Staff |
Appointed by | Election |
Sub-committees | None |
Declarations of Interest | NAHT Union member from Nov 18 |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 3/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: Finance 1/1 |
Date of Resignation | 31/08/2021 |
Full Name | Georgina Winterburn |
Category of Governor | Ex Officio |
Appointed by | N/A |
Sub-committees | Finance, Teaching and Learning |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2019-2020: 2/2 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2019-2020: Finance - 2/2 | Teaching and Learning - 2/2 |
Date of Resignation | 01/09/2020 |
Full Name | Juber Shaikh |
Date Appointment | 01/03/2019 |
Category of Governor | Parent |
Appointed by | Election |
Sub-committees | Teaching and Learning |
Declarations of Interest | Member and Company Director, Leeds Teaching Hospital, NHS Trust. From March 2019. |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2019-2020: 2/2 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2019-2020: Finance - 1/1 |
Date of Resignation | 22/09/2020 |
Full Name | Julien Valide |
Date Appointment | 12/03/2019 |
Category of Governor | Co-opted |
Appointed by | Governing Body |
Sub-committees | Teaching and Learning |
Declarations of Interest | None |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 3/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: N/A |
Date of Resignation | 14/07/2021 |
Full Name | Kathleen Pearson |
Date Appointment | 01/06/2017 |
Category of Governor | Parent |
Appointed by | Election |
Sub-committees | Finance |
Declarations of Interest | Awaiting information |
Attendance at Local Governing Body Meetings | 2020-2021: 0/3 |
Attendance at Sub-committee Meetings | 2020-2021: 0/3 |
Date of Resignation | 04/07/2021 |
Full Name | Mrs J Emmett |
Title | ICT Technician / Admin |