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Trustees

Lawrence Sheriff School Academy Trust

Trust Board:  2025-2026 (as at December 2025)

Lawrence Sheriff School Foundation: All Trustees  

Lawrence Sheriff School Academy Trust

Name

Designation

Committee memberships

Term of Office

Kalonga Musukuma

Member/Trustee

Chair of Trustees/Chair of Finance and Asset Management Strategy Committee/Audit and Risk Assurance Committee/Members’ Annual General Meeting

16 September 2024 – 15 September 2028

Elected Chair of Trustees:

(1 September 2025 – 31 August 2026)

First appointed as a Trustee: 16/09/2020

Appointed Member/Trustee:

(1 September 2024 – 31 August 2028)

Stuart Esworthy Trustee Vice Chair of Trustees/Pastoral Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 1/09/2022

1 September 2022 – 31 August 2026

Elected Vice Chair of Trustees:  1.09.25 – 31.08.26 

Matthew Canale-Parola

Independent Member

Members’ Annual General Meeting

Appointed Member: 

1 September 2024 – 6 December 2026

Rebecca Rees

Independent Member

Members’ Annual General Meeting

28 March 2025 – 30 November 2027

Teresa Mpofu (Headteacher)

Trustee

Academic Strategy Committee/Finance and Asset Management Strategy Committee/   Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (in attendance)/Pastoral Committee (in attendance)

Continuous as Headteacher

Appointed Headteacher/Trustee: 1 Jan 2022

Stuart Baran

Trustee

Academic Strategy Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 18/09/2019

18 September 2023 – 17 September 2027

James Barber Parent Trustee Pastoral Committee

First appointed as a Parent Trustee:  18/11/25 

18 November 2025 – 17 November 2029 

Dennis Barnett

Independent Member

Members’ Annual General Meeting

24 February 2024 – 31 August 2027

Clinton Drackett

Trustee

Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 8/02/2023

8 February 2023 – 7 February 2027

Kulasekar Krishnama

Parent Trustee

Pastoral Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 8/02/2023

8 February 2023 – 7 February 2027

Li Kang (Karly Phillipson)  Trustee Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

First appointed as a Trustee:  12/09/2025 

12 September 2025 – 11 September 2029

Simon Kent

Trustee

Academic Strategy Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 29/04/25

29 April 2025 – 28 April 2029

Tom Legge

Trustee

Pastoral Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 6/04/2022

6 April 2022 – 5 April 2026

Justin Muston

Trustee

Chair of Academic Strategy Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 1/09/2018

1 September 2022 – 31 August 2026

Manoj Agarwal Trustee Finance and Asset Management Strategy Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 1/05/2025


1/05/2025 - 30/04/2029

Beata Perks Trustee Pastoral Committee

26/6/2025 - 25/06/2029

Gita Natarajan Trustee Academic Strategy Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 25/09/2024

25 September 2024 – 24 September 2028

Samir Muzaffar  Co-opted Trustee  Finance and Asset Management Strategy Committee  First appointed as a Co-opted Trustee:  14.10.25 - 13.10.29

Sue Peach

Independent Member

Members’ Annual General Meeting

1 September 2022 – 31 August 2026

Paula Whitfield

Trustee

Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee/Finance and Asset Management Committee

First appointed as a Trustee: 17/03/2016

17 March 2024 – 16 March 2028