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As a federation we have a single governing board covering seven schools, with an individual local advisory board for each school. One of the underpinning principles of the Primary Advantage Federation is to ‘promote a collaborative approach whilst developing the capacity of each school to serve its own community and retain its distinct identity.’ The structure of the current Governing Board ensures decisions can be made at local advisory board level and the local advisory boards can closely monitor the work in their school.

Governor Documents

Our Governing Board

  • J. Clark

    Chair of the Central Governing Board
    J. Clark’s working life has been in education, initially in a further education college then in higher education.  He taught leadership, change management and research methods in a Business School and held a senior post managing research staff and students.  He still supervises a small...
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  • D. Thomas

    Local Authority Governor, Safeguarding Link Governor, Chair of St John & St James Local Advisory Board
    A local authority governor on Primary Advantage Federation governing body since 2011 and she has been the Chair of St John and St James local advisory board since 2016. She works for London Borough of Hackney Education Department within the Early Years service at Hackney...
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  • Rev. L. Fawcett

    Foundation Governor, Chair of Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board
    Rev. Fawcett has been Vicar of the United Benefice of Holy Trinity Dalston and All Saints Haggerston since September 2018. Previous to this she served as a curate with the Parish of Putney following her training with Westcott House Cambridge where she completed her MPhil...
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  • R. Adediran

    Foundation Governor, Chair of St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board
    Executive Director at the award-winning education charity London Music Masters. In parallel he has been a faculty member at the Verbier Festival and chair of the strategy board for the Lambeth Music Education Hub. Currently, he serves on advisory groups for several of the UK’s...
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  • R. Eliot

    Co-opted Governor and member of the Business & Finance Committee
    A management consultant, having previously held similar roles in finance and consulting. Having studied Mathematics at university and spent several years as a financial analyst, he is an experienced problem solver, and is comfortable performing financial and commercial due diligence at the highest level. He...
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  • M. Middleton

    Foundation Governor and St Matthias Local Advisory Board member
    A former primary school teacher who is now a trainee solicitor. She is eager to use her previous knowledge of the education sector and the new skills from her legal career to support the federation’s schools. Her previous experience working in schools has given her...
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  • R. Smith (Chair)

    Foundation Governor, Chair of Morningside Local Advisory Board
    A Hackney resident for 10 years and currently a Director at easyJet PLC. Her career spans a variety of consultancy, marketing and commercial leadership positions across a number of sectors. In her corporate role she sits on a number of governing bodies, has a passion...
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  • M. Makina

    Parent Governor, Chair of the Business & Finance Committee
    Has has lived within the Hackney/ Islington area for over 30 years and has played an active role in the within her community, from working alongside Hackney Foodbank, to serving on the leadership team at her local church. She read Law at university and went...
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  • Rev. Graham Hunter

    Foundation Governor, Bishop of Stepney, St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
    Rev. Graham Hunter has been Vicar of St John’s Church in Hoxton since 2010 after completing his Curacy in Islington. He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, where he also completed an MA in Pastoral Theology. Before ordination, Graham worked as a Youth...
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