Local Governing Body

Local Governing Body

The Board has established a Local Governing Body for each school, which provides for the operational running of each academy, drawing on local representation rooted within the academy’s staff, parental, parish and neighbourhood communities.

The Local Governing Body will: oversee the implementation of the Directors’ strategy, policy and procedures; monitor the effectiveness of the management in running the academy in accordance with the Directors’ strategy, policy and procedures; and report on the impact of the Directors’ strategic framework on the quality of provision, performance and standards of the academy.

The Chair of the Sacred Heart Local Governing Body is Nina Babbage.

Overall purpose of the Local Governing Body:

Provide the assurance that the strategy and policies of the Board of Directors’ are implemented at a local level in the academy.
Provide a strong monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework, so the education provided by the academy meets the needs of children in its care.
Enable the academy to be accountable for building a strong, Catholic collaborative learning community, rooted in the teachings of Christ and his Church and the values of the Gospel, by ensuring the academies form good relationships and effective communication with all stakeholders that benefit the children’s learning, formation, attainment and progress.
Make recommendations to the Board of Directors and to other committees as necessary and appropriate.

Key Documents

The Board of Directors, delegate a number of responsibilities to the Local Governing Body.

MAC Statutory Accounts 2023/ 2024

MAC Statutory Accounts 2022/ 2023

MAC Statutory accounts for 2021/ 2022

RACI Scheme of Delegation

Financial Scheme of Delegation

Please be advised that we are about to review our scheme of delegation in light of changes at BDES and within our MAC organisation.

SH LGB ToRs 2024 2025.docx Download

Local Governing Body Representatives

Full name	Status	Date of appointment	Term of office end date	Appointed by trustees or elected	Voting rights	Contact email
Nina Babbage	Foundation Chair	02/08/2023	01/08/2027	Directors	Yes	chair.sh@romeromac.com
Celine McCrea	Foundation Vice Chair	02/08/2023	01/08/2027	Directors	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	02/08/2023	01/08/2027	Directors	Yes
Albina Szeles	Foundation	14/10/2021	13/10/2025	Directors	Yes
Celia Monaghan	Foundation	13/01/2023	12/01/2027	Directors	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Foundation	10/11/23	09/11/2027	Directors	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	04/05/2023	03/05/2027	Directors	Yes
Gontrand Nounagnon	Foundation	14/06/2024	13/06/2028	Directors	Yes
Nicola Crawford	Co-opted Governor	01/10/2019	06/12/2026	Co-opted	No
Chris Bishop	Co-opted Governor	20/03/2025	19/03/2026	Co-opted	No
Ovie Igho	Parent Governor	06/10/2023	05/10/2027	Elected	Yes
Bradley Harrison	Parent Governor	06/10/2023	05/10/2027	Elected	Yes
Susan O'Malley	Staff	11/10/2023	10/10/2027	Elected	Yes
Rachel Ellis	Observer	Ongoing	Ongoing	Principal	No
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Ongoing	Ongoing	Ex-officio by virtue of office as Executive Principal	Yes

Attendance at Meetings 2024 – 2025

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2
Nina Babbage	Foundation Chair	Apologies	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Celine McCrea	Foundation Vice-Chair	Apologies	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Albina Szeles	Foundation	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Celia Monagham	Foundation	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Apologies	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Foundation	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Apologies	Yes
Gontrand Nounagnon	Foundation	Apologies	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Nicola Crawford	Co-opted Governor	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Chris Bishop	Co-opted Governor	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Ovie Igho	Parent Governor	Apologies	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Bradley Harrison	Parent Governor	Apologies	Postponed due to CSI	Apologies	Yes
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Rachel Ellis	Observer	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Yes
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Yes	Postponed due to CSI	Yes	Apologies

Attendance at Meetings 2023 – 2024

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Chair Nina Babbage	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Yes
Vice Chair X John Gibbons	Foundation	Yes	Resigned	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	No	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Apologies	Yes
Celine McCrea Vice Chair (new)	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Apologies	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Apologies	Yes	Apologies
Celia Monagham	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	No	Yes
Albina Szeles	Foundation	Maternity Leave	Maternity Leave	Maternity Leave	Apologies	Apologies	Apologies
Nicola Crawford	Co-opted Governor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Yes
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rachel Ellis	Head of School	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Apologies
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bradley Harrison	Parent Governor	N/A	N/A	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Yes
Ovie Igho	Parent Governor	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Chris Bishop	Co-opted Governor	Yes	Apologies	Yes	Yes	Apologies	Apologies
Gontrand Nounagnon	Foundation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes

Attendance at Meetings 2022 – 2023

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Chair Nina Babbage	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vice Chair John Gibbons	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Celine McCrea	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Celia Monagham	Foundation	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Albina Szeles	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	Maternity Leave	Maternity Leave	Maternity Leave
Nicola Crawford	Parent	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Mathew Daniel	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Rachel Ellis	Head of School	Maternity Leave	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Isabel Miralles-Kelly	Foundation	Yes (resigned)	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chris Bishop	Co-opted Governor	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes	No

Attendance at Meetings 2021 – 2022

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Chair Nina Babbage	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Vice Chair John Gibbons	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (Chair)	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Celine McCrea	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Isobel Kelly	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Karl Stokes	Foundation	No	Yes	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned	Resigned
Albina Szeles	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Laura Stevenson	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Resigned
Nicola Crawford	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ian Jones	Co-opted member	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Attendance at Meetings 2020-2021

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
		15/10/2020	10/12/2020	11/02/2021	18/03/2021	27/05/2021	01/07/2021
Chair Bill Warrington	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
John Gibbons	Foundation	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Nina Babbage	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Celine McCrea	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Karl Stokes	Foundation	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Laura Stevenson	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nicola Crawford	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paul Madia	Principal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Isabel Miralles-Kelly	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ian Jones	Co-Elected	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Attendance at Meetings 2019-2020

Full name	Status	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
		17/10/2019	05/12/2019	13/02/2020	02/04/2020	14/05/2020	02/07/2020
Chair Bill Warrington	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vice Chair John Gibbons	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nina Babbage	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Celine McCrea	Foundation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Karl Stokes	Foundation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Laura Stevenson	Staff	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nicola Crawford	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mathew Daniel	Parent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paul Madia	Principal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Isabel Miralles-Kelly	Foundation	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ian Jones	Co-Elected	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Business and Pecuniary Interests

Full name	Status	Business or pecuniary interest	Organisation	Type of interest	Date interest gained	Date interest ended
Nina Babbage	Foundation Chair			None	NA	NA
Father Anthony Norton	Foundation			None	NA	NA
Celine McCrea	Foundation Vice Chair			None	NA	NA
Celia Monaghan	Foundation	Pecuniary Interest	Teacher	Works at Holy Cross MAC	Current	Current
Marietta Wilkinson	Foundation	Business	Director of Civil Engineering Company	Has children in school	Current
Mathew Daniel	Foundation		Coventry Racing Club	Bishop Ullathorne LGB	Current
Albina Szeles	Foundation			None	NA	NA
Ovie Igho	Parent Governor	Business	Pet-Xi	Has children in school	Current
Bradley Harrison	Parent Governor	Business	BH Painting & Spraying Specialist	Has children in school	Current
Sue O'Malley	Staff	Pecuniary Interest	Sacred Heart Primary School	None	NA	NA
Paul Madia	Executive Principal	Pecuniary Interest Business	Sacred Heart Primary School EmbedIT	Spouse works at Learning without Limits Academy Trust Leicestershire	Current
Rachel Ellis	Head of School	Pecuniary Interest	Sacred Heart Primary School		N/A	NA
Nicola Crawford	Co-Opted Governor	Pecuniary Interest Business	Headteacher/LGB		NA	NA
Chris Bishop	Co-Opted Governor	Pecuniary Interest Business	Headteacher/LGB	Finham Park School	Current
Gontrand Nounagnon	Foundation			Has children in school	Current

Resignations

Full name	Status	Date of resignation
Cathy Severs	Staff	October 2019
Nikki H	Parent	October 2019
Bill Warrington	Chair - Foundation Representative	July 2021
Karl Stokes	Foundation	October 2021
Laura Stevenson	Staff	May 2022
Isabel Miralles-Kelly	Foundation	October 2022
John Gibbons	Vice Chair - Foundation	December 2023