Governance

Governance

Three Spires Trust operates a flat governance structure as detailed below, demonstrating that all stakeholders are partners in the Trust and its vision for education.

The Executive Leadership Group and Central Support Team consists of Officers employed by the Trust to carry out the strategic and operational objectives set by the Trust board.

Our high-quality governance model provides confident and strong strategic leadership at all levels, which is shaped by our Christian values. By fulfilling this aim we ensure robust accountability, oversight, scrutiny and quality assurance for the educational and financial performance of the Trust and its academies.

Member information

NameOffice heldDeclaration of business or pecuniary interestDate of appointment
David LeeChair of Trust Board
  • Managing Director, Lee Property Ltd.
  • Chair, Hothouse on the Redhouse
  • Chair, Birmingham Advanced Motorists
  • Priest-in-Charge, The Parish of Aston & Nechells
22 January 2021
Michael MetcalfMember
  • Chair, Lichfield DBE
  • Member, Lichfield DBF
  • Member, CECET
  • Trustee, Stafford Bridge Club
  • Treasurer, National Association of SACRE
  • Treasurer, SHCT Ride and Stride
8 February 2022
John NaylorChair of Members
  • Chair, Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance
  • Trustee, St Chad's Retreat Centres
  • Trustee, Cheswardine PCC
22 January 2021
Matthew ParkerMember
  • Bishop of Stafford
  • Trustee, Lichfield Diocesan Board of Finance
22 January 2021
The Diocese of Lichfield Education TrustCorporate Member
  • Corporate Member, Diocesan MATs
22 January 2021

Trustee information

NameOffice heldDeclaration of business or pecuniary interestDate of appointment to Three Spires Trust
Ven. Dr. David LeeChair of Trust Board
QoL Committee member
Pay Committee member
  • Managing Director, Lee Property Ltd.
22 January 2021
Alexandra CoveyCo-opted Trustee
QoL Committee member
  • Employee, GSK Consumer Healthcare
  • Advisory board member, Thirsty Horses Ltd
8 November 2021
Revd. Roger FarnworthMember appointed Trustee
FAR Committee member
  • Trustee, Rukungiri Orphan Partnership
23 September 2022
Ben HalsteadMember appointed Trustee
FAR Committee member
Pay Committee member
Audit Champion
  • Associate Director, Rostance Edwards (Staffs) Ltd.
  • PCC Member & Treasurer, St Thomas' Church
22 January 2021
Jonathan LawsonMember appointed Trustee
Chair of FAR Committee
  • None declared
22 January 2021
Julie PilmoreVice Chair of Trust Board
Co-opted Trustee
QoL Committee member
Safeguarding Champion
  • Headteacher & Governor, Christ Church Primary School
10 March 2021
Sukhbir FararCo-opted Trustee
Chair of QoL Committee
SEND Champion
  • Executive Principal & Director, Hamstead Hall Academy Trust and Waverley Education Foundation Trust
  • Ofsted Inspector
  • Birmingham Education Partnership

25 March 2021
Helen RobertstonMember appointed Trustee
QoL Committee member
Pay Committee member
  • Member, Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education
  • Headteacher, St Michael's Primary School part of Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
  • Member, St Chad's Academies Trust
20 June 2022

Details of attendance at meetings for 2021-2022 can be viewed here.

Details of attendance at meetings for 2022-2023 can be viewed here.

Details of previous Trustees can be viewed here.

Contacting the Chair of Trustees

Email – chair@threespirestrust.org 

Telephone – 01785 526011

Academy Committees

The Trustees have the ultimate legal responsibility for the governance of all Three Spires Trust academies.

Each academy also has its own Academy Committee, to which clear roles and responsibilities have been delegated. The central purpose of the Academy Committee is to provide support and challenge to the academy on behalf of the Trust Board, drawing on local knowledge of the school and its community.

Full details of each Academy Committee, including memberships and attendance at meetings, can be found on individual academy websites, as below:

Contacting the Chair of a Academy Committee

St Peter’s Collegiate Academy – Matt Jevons

clerk.wolverhampton@threespirestrust.org

St Regis CE Academy – Ian Budd

clerk.wolverhampton@threespirestrust.org

St Thomas’ CE Primary Academy – David Shemilt

clerk.kidsgrove@threespirestrust.org

The King’s CE Academy – David Shemilt

clerk.kidsgrove@threespirestrust.org