CBSC Members

The Members of the Academy Trust are the equivalent of the shareholders in a commercial company (save that they do not receive dividends).In simple terms the Members "own" the Academy Trust. They have a number of statutory rights and rights set out in the Academy Trust's Articles of Association (the Articles). The Members do not have any specific duties imposed on them by the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) but they are asked to provide a 'guarantee' such that if the Academy Trust were to be wound up and the assets did not meet all of its liabilities, they would be asked to contribute £10.  Our members are:

Name	Appointment	From	To
Mr Elliot Colburn	Member	09/09/2025	Date
Mrs Rebecca McGowan	Member	04/04/2022	Date
Mr Graham Skipp	Member	04/04/2022	Date
Ms Emma Bradshaw	Member	04/04/2022	Date
Mr Mark Twigg	Member	04/04/2022	Date

 

CBSC Trust Board

The Trust Board provides strategic leadership and holds the school to account for overall performance.  It employs the staff, owns the site and holds overall responsibility for the finance.  They also appoint the Principal/(s), Vice Principal and Deputy Principals.

The Trust Board of Carshalton Boys Sports College is made up as follows:

• Ten Trustees appointed to address any skills/experience gaps identified and appointed by Members;
• Two Parent Trustees elected by parents
• Two Co-Opted Trustees (if required)

The Trust Board, the majority of whom are non-executive, comprises those persons appointed under the Articles of Association. The board meets at least three times a year and has five committees:

• Audit & Finance (receiving Auditors’ reports and accounts, taking action as needed, review the risk register to inform the programme of work, ensuring checks are modified as appropriate each year, consider outputs from other assurance activities by third parties including ESFA financial management and governance reviews, funding audits and investigations)
• Finance, Staffing & Resources (to ensure sound management of the academy’s finances and resources, including proper planning, monitoring and probity)
• Students (to consider and advise on any matters within the remit of the governing board, involving the interests of students)
• Curriculum Committee (curriculum offered to students, subject performance, teaching and learning)
• Pay Committee (all decisions relating to salaries)

Each committee has Terms of Reference, a Programme of Work for the year, and a Chair Person appointed by the Trust Board.  For further information please see our Scheme of Delegation.

Who is on the CBSC Trust Board?

All trustees have the same roles and responsibilities once part of the Trust Board.  Decisions are made collectively.  Terms of office are 4 years (exceptions are due to change in Term End dates so Members can approve new terms at AGM) except for the Principal.  Trustees elect a Chairman of the Trust Board each year and also a Vice Chairman.

 

Name	Category	Appointed by	Term Starts	Term Ends	Committees	Responsibility	Attendance at meetings 2025/2026
Mrs Rebecca McGowan	Trustee	Members	21/05/2023	31/08/2027	FTB A&F FS&R Pay	Chair FTB Chair of Pay Link Trustee for ECT Training/Teach First/ SCITT	10 of 10
Mr David Baron	Trustee	Members	01/09/2025	31/08/2029	FTB A&F FS&R Students Pay	Vice Chair FTB Chair of Students Link Trustee for Attendance & Behaviour for Learning/ PSHE Development	13 of 13
Ms Susan O’Neill	Trustee	Members	15/07/2023	31/08/2027	FTB A&F FS&R Curriculum Pay	Chair Curriculum Link Trustee for English & Literacy, Sixth Form & Destinations	10 of 13
Mr Alan Forder	Trustee	Members	27/03/2023	31/08/2027	A&F FTB Curriculum Students	Chair of Finance & Audit Link Trustee for Mathematics	9 of 12
Mrs Joanne Damianou	Trustee	Members	01/09/2025	31/08/2029	FTB FS&R Students	Chair of Finance, Staffing & Resources Link Trustee for Child Protection / Wellbeing / Mental Health	6 of 9
Mrs Katrina O’Brien	Trustee	Members	01/09/2023	31/08/2027	FTB Curriculum	Link Trustee for Closing Narrowing  the Gap (P/Premium) & Science	4 of 6
Mr Louis Montebello	Trustee	Members	01/09/2024	31/08/2028	FTB F,S&R Curriculum	Link Trustee for ICT/Technology	6 of 9
Mrs Laura Marchese	Trustee	Members	01/09/2024	31/08/2028	FTB Students	Link Trustee for SEN	3 of 6
Mr Andrew Lee	Parent	Parental Election	19/10/2022	19/10/2026	FTB F,S&R Premises Students	Link Trustee for PE & Sports	5 of 9
Mr Paul Flowers	Parent	Parental Election	26/10/2022	26/10/2026	FTB F,S&R Curriculum	Vice Chair FTB Link Trustee for Humanities incl. RE/MFL/EAL & Creative Arts	8 of 9
Mr Simon Barber	Trustee	Ex Officio	01/09/2001	n/a	FTB FS&R A&F		9 of 9
Ms Jo Long	Governance Professional	FTB	n/a	n/a	ALL	ALL	16 of 16

 

Objectives, strategies and activities

The main objectives during the year were:

• To ensure that every child enjoys the same high quality education in terms of resourcing, tuition and care;
• To raise the standard of educational attainment of all students;
• To continue to improve the effectiveness of the school by keeping the curriculum and organisational structure under continual review;
• To provide value for money for the funds expended;
• To comply with all appropriate statutory and curriculum requirements;
• To maintain close links with business, industry, commerce and higher and further education; and to conduct the School’s business in accordance with the highest standards of integrity, probity and openness.

Amongst other things, the Trust Board Body will agree:

• Set the aims and objectives for the school.
• Set the policies for achieving those aims and objectives.
• Set the targets for achieving those aims and objectives.
• Monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making towards achievement of its aims and objectives.
• Be a source of challenge and support to the Principal/(s).
• Promote high standards of educational achievement.
• Set the school's budget, including numbers of staff and their pay.

 

The schools’ main strategy is encompassed in its stated aim which is ‘to provide an excellent education for children from the local community in a safe, supportive learning environment, where people are valued and make positive contributions to the school, and where pupils go on to become responsible, independent members of society’.

Key objectives in the school development plan for 2026 - 2027 are:

1. Close the SEN and disadvantaged gaps
2. Embed consistently strong teaching
3. Raise outcomes for higher-attaining pupils
4. Launch the redesigned PSHE/RSHE
5. Strengthen leadership capacity and governance
6. Complete safeguarding and compliance

Contact Information

All Trustees can be reached using the following contact details:

Ms Jo Long

HR Manager & Clerk to the Trust Board

c/o Carshalton Boys Sports College

Winchcombe Road

Carshalton

Surrey SM5 1RW

Tel: 020 8714 3100   e-mail: jlong@carshaltonboys.org

 

Register of Trustees’ Business Interests 2026/2027 (all Trustees/Members in post over the last 12 months)

Name	Directorships, partnerships and employment with businesses	Links to other educational institutions and charities	Any relationships between Trustees and school staff	Date Interest began
Mrs Rebecca McGowan	AON Solutions UK Ltd - Employee	Member - Cheam Academies Network	None	AON – September 2022 Cheam – January 2022
Ms Susan O’Neill	None	None	None
Mr David Baron	None	None	None
Ms Emma Bradshaw		CEO - Alternative Learning Trust Trustee - TallShips Youth Trust Member - Cheam Academy Network	None	Alternative Learning – 2019 TallShips – 2019 Cheam - 2019
Mr Mark Twigg	Agentiv-x Ltd	External Member – RGN Aberdeen Trustee - Governors for Schools	None	September 2025
Mr Alan Forder	None	Chair of Trustees Woodmansterne Primary	None	2017
Mrs Joanne Damianou	None	None	None
Mr Graham Skipp	None	Member - Leo Trust Academy Manor Park Primary School (Leo Trust) – Vice Chair	J Skipp (wife employed at school)	Vice Chair – December 2023 Wife employed – June 2025
Mr Andrew Lee	None	None	K. Lee (wife employed at school)	June 2024
Mrs Katrina O’Brien	Pearson Education	None	None	2023
Mr Louis Montebello	Amazon UK	None	Friends with J Wadman/M Sivantharajah (staff members)	Amazon – September 2016 Friendships – September 2006 & September 2009
Mrs Laura Marchese	Skinners Academies Trust - Governance Professional	Skinners’ Academy, The Skinners’ School, The Skinners’ Kent Academy, Skinners’ Kent Primary School, Skinners’ Temple Grove, The Marsh Academy & The Judd School	None	March 2025
Mr Paul Flowers	HSS Trading Ltd M3 Housing Ltd	Mitcham Garden Village The Carshalton Choral Society	None	HSS – June 2010 M3 – June 2019 Garden Village – May 2017 Choral Society – June 2020
Mr Elliot Colburn	None	Samaritans	None	November 2024
Mr Simon Barber	Director of SBJG Consultancy Ltd	None	Co-Director with Jenny Gaylor	2011
Ms Jo Long	N/A	N/A	N/A