Academy Committee

The Academy Committee is part of a wider governance structure within the Inspiration Trust. Further details of roles and responsibilities can be found in the governance section of the Inspiration Trust website. Term of office is 4 years.

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Academic year 2026-27

Full Name 

Academy Committee role 

Register of Interests

Date of Appointment

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by 

Meeting Attendance 
Joanne Brown Chair Director of Education, Unity Schools Partnership, commenced from 1/9/24 28/11/24 - Trust Board  

Mark VandenBergh 

Academy committee member 

Director of Data & Performance/DPO, Inspiration Trust, commenced 1/9/21

Governor, Stoke Holy Cross Primary School, commenced 17/10/23

1/12/17 (reappointed 1/12/21 & 1/12/25)

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Trust Board 

  

John Vincent 

Academy committee member 

Principal, Cromer Academy, commenced 26/2/24

9/5/19

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Trust Board

  
Caroline Spatchett Parent academy committee member  Data Manager, Hethersett Academy, commenced 10/6/24 30/01/24  - Elected by parents   
Dr James Skinner Academy committee member Academic Manager (Sciences), INTO University of East Anglia, commenced 1/7/24 1/9/24 - Trust Board  
James Tarry Parent academy committee member No interests declared 24/10/24 - Elected by parents  
Richard Cole Academy Committee Member No interests declared 5/6/25 - Trust Board  
Kirshen Porter Academy committee member

Assistant Principal, Jane Austen Colelge, commenced 27/11/25 and ended 31/12/25

Vice Principal, Thetford Academy, commenced 1/1/26

 27/11/25 - Trust Board  

Academic year 2025-26

Full Name 

Academy Committee role 

Register of Interests

Date of Appointment

Date Stepped Down

Appointed by 

Meeting Attendance 
Joanne Brown Chair Director of Education, Unity Schools Partnership, commenced from 1/9/24 28/11/24 - Trust Board 2 of 3

Fraser MacMillan 

Academy committee member 

No interests declared

6/2/18

5/2/26

Trust Board

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Mark VandenBergh 

Academy committee member 

Director of Data & Performance/DPO, Inspiration Trust, commenced 1/9/21

Governor, Stoke Holy Cross Primary School, commenced 17/10/23

1/12/17 (reappointed 1/12/21 & 1/12/25)

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Trust Board 

 3 of 3

John Vincent 

Academy committee member 

Principal, Cromer Academy, commenced 26/2/24

9/5/19

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Trust Board

 3 of 3
Caroline Spatchett Parent academy committee member  Data Manager, Hethersett Academy, commenced 10/6/24 30/01/24  - Elected by parents  3 of 3
Dr James Skinner Academy committee member Academic Manager (Sciences), INTO University of East Anglia, commenced 1/7/24 1/9/24 - Trust Board 2 of 3
James Tarry Parent academy committee member No interests declared 24/10/24 - Elected by parents 3 of 3
Richard Cole Academy Committee Member No interests declared 5/6/25 - Trust Board 0 of 3
Sarah Bosworth Academy Committee Member No interests declared 6/1/25 26/11/25 Trust Board 0 of 1
Kirshen Porter Academy committee member

Assistant Principal, Jane Austen Colelge, commenced 27/11/25 and ended 31/12/25

Vice Principal, Thetford Academy, commenced 1/1/26

 27/11/25 - Trust Board 2 of 2