Local Advisory Boards

Local Advisory Boards

Each school within the Primary Advantage Federation has a Local Advisory Board that meets meets regularly to support the Headteacher and Executive Principal in making strategic decisions that will improve outcomes for pupils. The Local Advisory Board meet regularly to support and challenge the school to continue to provide children with a high quality education.

They look at outcomes for all pupils across our schools and look at how well our children are doing compared to children nationally. They also receive finance reports, health and safety reports, curriculum reports and help the school to make decisions that will benefit our school community. Our Local Advisory Boards are made up of Staff, Parent and Community Members.

Our Local Advisory Boards (LABs)

Gainsborough LAB

  • Jenna Clark

    Executive Headteacher - Gainsborough
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  • Sam Hobbs

    Foundation Governor, Chair of Gainsborough Local Advisory Board
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  • Layla Conway

    Gainsborough Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Varda Lassman

    Gainsborough Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Phoebe Elkins

    Gainsborough Local Advisory Board Member - Staff
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Holy Trinity LAB

  • Natascha Lloyd

    Finance & Business Manager and Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board member
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  • Catherine Thomas

    Headteacher - Holy Trinity
    Catherine is an experienced outstanding teacher with a proven track record of providing support across the key stages in both computing and mathematics. She is an AST in ICT and has helped develop write and deliver mathematics programs across a number of schools both in...
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  • Rev. Laura Luz

    Foundation Governor, Chair of Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board
    Rev. Laura 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...
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  • Aleka Gutzmore

    Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Regina Agbota

    Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Jeff Westcott

    Holy Trinity Local Advisory Board Member
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Morningside LAB

  • Jo Smith

    Executive Headteacher - Morningside & St John & St James
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  • Rachael Smith

    Foundation Governor, Chair of Morningside Local Advisory Board
    Rachael has been a Hackney resident for 10 years and is 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 Rachael sits on a number of governing bodies, has a...
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  • Jo Stonehouse

    SLE Specialisms: Assessment, English, Mathematics and Curriculum, Morningside Local Advisory Board Member
    Jo is a Deputy Headteacher with experience of teaching in both Key Stage 1 and 2. At present, she leads on teaching and learning (with a focus on English) and assessment. At her previous school, she led Mathematics for over 7 years. She also oversees...
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  • Sting Mayemba

    Morningside Local Advisory Board Member, Staff
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  • Richard Carreau-Floume

    Morningside Local Advisory Board Member
    Richard is a former Hackney resident and is currently a Vice President at Bank of America. His career in investment banking spans a number of diverse roles from project manager and his current role as Environment, Social and Governance Business Manager, focussing on philanthropy and...
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  • Jane Betsworth

    Morningside Local Advisory Board Member
    Jane has worked in Hackney as a teacher, and more recently as the Headteacher in a local Hackney primary school for 25 years. She is Community Governor with responsibility for reporting back to the Morningside Board meeting on the following: Admissions, Sports Funding, Finance and...
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  • Rohan Sam

    Morningside Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Sally Glen

    Morningside Local Advisory Board Member
    Sally has lived in Hackney for nearly forty years. She is an academic and has held a number of Executive Management posts. In Sally’s early career she trained as a Children’s’ Nurse and has an interest in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Sally is a...
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Springfield LAB

  • Anna Case

    Headteacher - Springfield
    Anna has been working within the Primary Advantage Federation since 2009 and was a Staff Governor for 2 years. Anna has worked in education for the last seven years as a teacher and in a senior leadership role. Anna brings a lot of relevant and...
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  • Bilal Batha

    Springfield Local Advisory Board Member
    Bilal has over 4 years School Governor experience at a local primary school in Hackney and have worked in education services for over 5 years. Bilal is also a former pupil of the school when it was known as Craven Park!
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  • Maudie Wyatt

    SLE Specialisms: Maths, English, MFL, Springfield Local Advisory Board Member
    Maudie is a Deputy Headteacher who has experience leading on English, Maths and MFL.  She has lead both ITT and NQT training sessions and has recently worked to develop training to grow teaching expertise in more experienced practitioners and leaders. Through Paired Professional Development, Maudie...
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  • Frances Peel-Yates

    Springfield Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Michelle Simmons-Safo

    Springfield Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Steve Ward

    Springfield Local Advisory Board Member
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St John & St James LAB

  • Jo Smith

    Executive Headteacher - Morningside & St John & St James
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  • Grace Gladstone

    Head of School - St John & St James
    Grace has been employed at SJSJ since September 2012 where she completed her NQT induction year with us after completing a short period of training with us in the previous year. Since then Grace has continued to be a valued member of the school staff...
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  • Donna Thomas

    Local Authority Governor, Safeguarding Link Governor, Chair of St John & St James Local Advisory Board
    Donna has been 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. Donna works for London Borough of Hackney Education Department within the Early Years...
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  • Adeola Olukosi

    St John & St James Local Advisory Board Member
    Adeola grew up in Haringey and Hackney and is a prescribing advisor who works for Hackney CCG. She qualified from Kings College London in 2013 as a Master of Pharmacy with First Class Honours. She has experience as a clinical pharmacist within secondary and primary...
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  • Christina Mackenzie

    St John & St James Local Advisory Board Member
    Christina is a central part of the church community and involved with various groups run by the church. Of recent she attended ‘hey baby’ (with her youngest) the Monday playgroup for local parents and kids run by the church, where she loves to connect with...
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  • Rev. Nate Hayes

    St John & St James Local Advisory Board Member, Clergy
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  • Leslie Harris

    St John & St James Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Sus March

    St John & St James Local Advisory Board Member, Staff
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St John the Baptist LAB

  • Toni Mason

    Headteacher - St John The Baptist, SLE Specialisms: EYFS, Maths and PSED
    Toni is an experienced teacher and leader in EYFS and has provided support across many schools both within the borough and beyond. She is the Primary Advantage Federation leader in EYFS, currently supporting schools in leading development and raising standards in the Early Years. Toni has...
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  • Robert Adediran

    Foundation Governor, Chair of St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board
    Rob Adediran is 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, Rob serves on advisory groups for several...
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  • Rev. Graham Hunter

    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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  • Larre Olajide

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
    Larre has two daughters in year 6 and a son in year 1. He gets to view and have a say in the running of the school from a parent’s perspective. Larre has helped and seen SJB Primary School grow into an outstanding school in...
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  • Ola Arowosekila

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Jody Dickson-Pile

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Katie Kilgallon

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member, Staff
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  • Deelan Maru

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Imogen Davis

    St John the Baptist Local Advisory Board Member
    Imogen works for Place2Be, the children’s mental health charity, and is also involved with the Haberdasher’s Company. Imogen believes passionately that all children should receive excellent education and that education should not solely focus on academic achievement, but rather all areas of a child’s growth...
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St Matthias LAB

  • Sophie Lawes

    Federation Early Years Leader, St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member, SLE Specialisms EYFS, Phonics, Assessment (EYFS & KS1), Leadership of Curriculum
    Sophie is the Federation Early Years Leader, and has over 11 years of experience of working with young children in various educational settings. In her current role she is supporting schools in leading development and raising standards in the Early Years. She has carried out...
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  • Lucy Blewett

    Headteacher - St Matthias
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  • Maria Middleton

    Foundation Governor and St Matthias Local Advisory Board member
    Maria is a former primary school teacher who is now a trainee solicitor with Mishcon de Reya. 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...
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  • Mariatu Sidique

    St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Selasi Sevordzie

    St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Tamsin Rankine-Fourdraine

    St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member
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  • Fr David Lambert

    St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member
    Fr. David has been the St Matthias Church Parish Priest for almost ten years.
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  • Amy Frohock

    Class Teacher: Year 2, SLE Specialisms: Science and Teaching and Learning and St Matthias Local Advisory Board Member
    Amy has a strong track record both in the classroom as an outstanding practitioner and as a leader.   She has been a wealth of experience across KS2 and has led both science and maths. In her role as a mentor, she has coached PGCE students,...
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  • Ariane Dunwell

    St Matthias Local Advisory Board member
    Ariane works as a Senior Occupational Therapist at Homerton Hospital, her role involves supporting patients and their families whose health prevents them from engaging in meaningful daily activities. Before becoming an Occupational Therapist, Ariane worked as a Data Analyst in Hackney within the Drug and...
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