Our Governors

Full information on our Governors can be found on the websites of our schools.

Detailed below are the names of the Chairs of our Local Accountability Boards.

Lancashire

Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School – Sir Mufti Hamid Patel CBE

Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School – Mohamed Isap

Eden Boys’ School, Preston – Imraan Patel

The Olive School, Blackburn – Faruk Dasu

The Olive School, Preston – Imraan Patel

Highfield Leadership Academy – Paul Fearnley

Bay Leadership Academy – Matthew Hood

The Valley Leadership Academy – Sarah Davies

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School – Donna Rawding

Greater Manchester

Eden Boys’ School, Bolton – Dr Salim Natha

The Olive School, Bolton – Irfan Umarji

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester – Jawad Amin

Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester – Jawad Amin

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy – Tori O’Hare

Star Salford School – Mo Isap

West Yorkshire

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy – Vacant

Tong Leadership Academy – Paul Urry

High Crags Primary Leadership Academy – Peter Sayers

Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy – Julie Bradley (acting – the school shares an LAB with Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy)

Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy – Sue Mawson

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Bradford – Sir Mufti Hamid Patel CBE (acting)

Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy – Julie Bradley (acting – the school shares an LAB with Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy)

The West Midlands

Eden Boys’ School, Birmingham – Shirley Gornall (acting – the school shares an LAB with Eden Boy’s Leadership Academy, Birmingham East)

Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Birmingham East – Shirley Gornall (acting – the school shares an LAB with Eden Boys’ School, Birmingham)

The Olive School, Birmingham – Mustafa Mohammed

Eden Girls’ School, Coventry – Afzal Ismail

Small Heath Leadership Academy – Ricky Joseph

Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Birmingham – Mohammed Ishaq

The Olive School, Small Heath – Dr Kabeer Hussain

Starbank School – Lisa Crausby OBE (acting – the school currently has an Academy Transition Board in place)

London

Eden Girls’ School, Slough – Samina Ali

Eden Girls’ School, Waltham Forest – Aysha Esakji MBE

The Olive School, Hackney – Mohammed Sheraz Akhtar

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