As part of a multi-academy trust, our school is not restricted to the traditional model of local governance that most people are familiar with.
Society is changing, and our governance structures need to change with it. Anthem is leading the way with a completely new kind of governance across its 16 schools with local views, experiences, and expertise at its heart.
You can find out more about the strategy on the Anthem website.
Our school is part of Anthem Schools Trust and the name for our local layer of governance is Anthem Community Councils (ACCs). Members of our ACCs are known as Anthem Community Council members (ACCms). The ACC has four delegated areas of responsibility:
Each ACC includes ACCms who are Champions in key areas such as safeguarding, SEND and inclusion, and climate change. Our ACCms ensure the voices of students, parent/carers, staff and the community are heard and considered across the school and trust. Further details of all the Champion roles can be found on the Anthem Community Councils page of the Trust website.
The current members of our ACC are:
Name | Position | Appointed | Interests declared |
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Louise Cowley | Headteacher | N/A | Staff Member |
David Hill | ACC Chair | October 2024 | None declared |
Amer Akbar | Parent/Carer ACCm | January 2022 |
Employee Health and Social Care, Horizon Care Solution, Azan Consulting, Spiers Investment |
Ruthann Clay | Staff ACCm | May 2024 | None declared |
Pamela Evans | Community ACCm | January 2022 | Voluntary Independent Listener for Rye St Anthony |
Siuli Kadir | Staff ACCm | May 2024 | None declared |
Fridolin Wild | Community ACCm | May 2019 | Employee of Open University |
Chris Scrivener (Chair) Start of term 2 February 2011 - resigned 1st November 2024 |
Our Chair to the ACC is David Hill he can be contacted via email on chair@oxfordspires.anthemtrust.uk. The Governance Professional (Clerk to the ACC) can be contacted via governance@anthemtrust.uk. ACC members can be contacted via the main school address or via our Governance Professional.
A summary table of ACCms' interests and meeting attendance for the last full academic year can be found on the Anthem website.
We currently have Champion role vacancies for ACCms who are passionate about contributing to our school and community. If you are interested in finding more out about being part of our school’s ACC, we would love to hear from you! For further details, please click on the link below: Anthem Community Council Expression of Interest Form