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AIM Academies Trust Board

The composition of the Trust Board is: 

  • Peter Shalson – Sponsor
  • Philip O’Hear – Chair of the Trust
  • Dr Michael Platt – Vice-Chair of London Academy Governing Body
  • Jeremy Menell
  • Brian Shalson
  • Angela Trigg
  • Charles Boyd-Bowman
  • Simon Pollins
  • Paddy McGrath - Executive Principal
  • Michael Van Praagh – Vice-Chair of Deansbrook Junior School
  • Spencer Kahan

Trust Committees

Name Chair
Finance, Audit and Risk Mr Jeremy Menell
Pay & Remuneration Mr Phillip O Hear

 

Trust Board Attendance

  2022/23 Meetings Attended Of a possible 2023/24 Meetings Attended Of a possible
P Shalson 3 3 3 3
P O’Hear 3 3 3 3
Dr M H Platt 3 3 3 3
Lord Leigh of Hurley 2 3 2 2
J Menell 3 3 1 3
B Shalson 2 3 3 3
S Pollins 3 3 2 3
M H Van Praagh 3 3 3 3
P McGrath 3 3 3 3
S Kahan 3 3 2 3
A Trigg 3 3 3 3
C Boyd-Bowman 3 3 3 3

 

Local Governing Bodies

Academy Chair Principal  
London Academy Mr Phillip O'Hear Mr Alex Warburton  
AIM Deansbrook Mr Michael Van Praagh Mr Simon Putman  
AIM North London Mr Phillip O'Hear Ms Clare Darley  

For full details of the LGB, including attendance, click on the name of the Academy above. 

Members

Name Date of Appointment Business & Pecuniary Interests
Mr Peter Shalson 01/10/2012  
Mr Jeremy Menell 08/09/2004  
Mr Phillip O Hear 14/10/2009  
Mr Richard Hatter 08/09/2004  
Mr David Meller 01/09/2019  
Mr Gary Wyatt 01/09/2019  
Mrs Kelly Hathaway 01/09/2019  
Mr Neville Portelli 01/09/2022  

 

Declarations of Interest

Name

Role

Declaration of Interests

A Greig

AIM Deansbrook Governor

None Declared

A Jacobs

London Academy Governor

District Trustee - Harrow Scout District and 16th Edgware Scout Group

A Trigg

Trustee

London Academy Governor

AIM North London Governor
AIM Deansbrook Governor

Chair of Governors - St Francis Primary School, Maidstone

Trustee - Princess Project Maidstone

B Shalson

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Director - West Warren Residents Association Limited

C Boyd-Bowman

Trustee

CEO - IDG Capital Vietnam Pte. Ltd

Director - Viet Tin Financial Investment Corporation

Director - Centaur Joint Stock Company

Director - Triffid Vietnam Technology Joint Stock Company

Director - Octopus Securities Limited

Director - Blue Octopus Opportunities Ltd

Director - Aidaco Trading LLC

C Hutley

AIM North London Governor

Assistant Director of Education, Essex County Council

Governor - Langenhoe Community Primary School

D Bernardo

London Academy Governor

Mayor of London Office for Policing and Crime (Employee)

D Meller

Member

None Declared

Dr M Platt

Trustee
London Academy Governor

None Declared

G Wyatt

Member

Wyatts Chartered Accountants

Grove Park Properties Limited

Wyatts Limited

Colfe's School (Advisor)

I Rulia

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Director - Salesforce UK

J Menell

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor
Chair - Finance & Audit Committee

Director - Jack Russell Inn Limited

Director - Faccombe Manor Services Limited

Director - Paladone Group Holdings Limited

Director - Trinity Technology Group Inc

Director - Blue Bell Mattress Co

JPS Finance Limited (Employee)

K Hathaway

Member

Chair of Parents' Association - St John's College School

K Ryan

AIM North London Governor

A&Q Partnership (London) Ltd (Employee)

L Mansbridge

AIM North London Governor

None Declared

M Damyanovska

London Academy Governor

MV-Motors Ltd

M Glass

London Academy Governor

Global Counsel, Group Director

M Van Praagh

Trustee
Chair - AIM Deansbrook
Finance & Audit Committee

Corporate Travel Management (UK) Limited (Employee)

N Portelli

Member

None Declared

N Zeidan

London Academy Governor

Natwest (Employee)

P McGrath

Member
Director
Executive Principal / CEO / AO

Director - Powerful Action Steps Ltd

P O'Hear

Member
Chair - Trust Board
Chair - AIM North London
Chair - London Academy

Chair of Governors - Red Oak Primary School (part of the Active Learning Trust)

P Shalson

Member
Trustee
London Academy Governor

Director - Stapleband Ltd

R Hatter

Member

JEM (AMS) Limited

Haifa University

ORT World Trust

S Arnold

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Director - Essjaya Limited (part of Sobell Rhodes LLP)

Director - Sobell Rhodes Audit Limited

Director - London Region Arts Club (now the Arts and Humanities Society)

Trustee - The Jeremi Kroliczewski Educational Trust

S Goh

AIM Deansbrook Governor

 East & North Herts NHS Trust (Employee)

S John

AIM Deansbrook Governor

Member of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Honorary Fellow of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cybersecurity

NCC Group (Employee)

S Kahan

Trustee
London Academy Governor

Finance & Audit Committee

None Declared

S Pollins

Trustee
London Academy Governor
Finance & Audit Committee

Director & CEO - The Mezzanine Lending Co. Limited

Director - Mezzanine Lending 1 Limited

Minutes

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-October-21.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-February-22.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-June-22.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-October-22.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-January-23.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-July-23.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-November-23.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-February-24.pdf

AIM-Academies-Trust-Board-Minutes-June-24.pdf

Funding Agreement

The Funding Agreement

Finance

Statutory Accounts

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2023-24

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2022-23

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2021-22

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2020-21

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2019-20

Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2018-19Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2017-18Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2016-17Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2015-16Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2014-15Please click here for the statutory accounts in relation to financial year 2013-14

Latest News

AIM Academies Trust strives to ensure outstanding education and personal development for all our students and staff. As such it is no accident that London Academy is the lead school for AIM Alliance Schools - an organisation dedicated to training and developing teachers in North London. A number of experienced teaching assistants have chosen to continue with their training to become fully qualified teachers through the School Direct Programme.  2019/2020 sees the Alliance supporting 24 trainee teachers on the School Direct programme along with 7 Teach First students. We wish them all the very best of luck during their training year ahead.

Welcome to our Trainee Teachers

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At the start of a new academic year, a whole range of teaching and support staff come back to school to fulfil a wide range of roles, all with the primary focus of delivering outstanding education for our students. AIM Academies Trust has 50 teaching assistants and September 16th marked National Teaching Assistants Day, providing an opportunity to note the wide range of roles they undertake, including: Supporting the delivery of lessons with the class teacher Working with specifically selected groups/ individuals to assist in their learning Providing interventions when appropriate Help to undertake student assessments Implementing ‘Team Teach’ when appropriate to facilitate Positive Behaviour Management Providing pastoral care and supporting students during non-teaching time. The work undertaken by our teaching assistants is instrumental to enabling our teachers to deliver outstanding education.  We thank all of them for their valuable contribution to our schools.

Celebrating the invaluable work of Teaching Assistants

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AIM Academies Trust are acutely aware that safeguarding the future of teaching to ultimately inspire students to develop a lifelong love for learning is vital. Developing talented leaders from all backgrounds who can deliver educational excellence in a self-improving system. Across the Trust there is a strong commitment to ensure all staff are supported and developed professionally, encouraging personal development but also developing skills that are particularly relevant to our schools and students. This year a large focus has been upon ensuring consistent methods of communication have been adopted by all our staff when teaching from our reception class through to sixth form. As an all-through trust ensuring common educational practices are embedded is a significant benefit to staff and students. London Academy’s motto, ’Leaders for Tomorrow’ starts with the dedication and leadership of a great teacher who inspires students to work towards the future they want. Becoming a great leader in teaching requires a compelling vision, courage, passion, emotional intelligence, judgement and curiosity. London Academy aims to support aspiring leaders to build their skills, confidence and capacity to become exemplary leaders. As the lead school of AIM Alliance, London Academy have a strong reputation for delivering NPQ Middle leadership and NPQ Senior leadership training for our staff.

Developing our Leaders

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TWITTER

AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Aug 24
Congratulations to all the students and staff at London Academy who are celebrating their best GCSE results ever.
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Aug 16
Congratulations to all our students and staff at London Academy who are celebrating their best ever A Level results, with 60% of all A Level students achieving top A*-B grades
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Jul 2
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who works with, and supports, London Academy. I am delighted to inform you that London Academy has been judged ‘Good’ with several areas judged to be ‘Outstanding’ in our recent Ofsted inspection.
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Apr 16
Looking forward to welcoming staff and students back to school for a busy term
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Mar 30
After another successful term we hope everyone has a lovely Easter holiday.
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Mar 30
London Academy have had a very busy term, here is the latest newsletter https://t.co/YP1QpqxbWU
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AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Mar 27
There's still time to get your entries in for our @WorldBookDayUK Design a National Book Token competition! Remember, one lucky winner will see their creation turned into a real life National Book Token. https://t.co/rFucQUstdO pic.twitter.com/WUQEZ5tEuI
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 22
On the behalf of Aim_Academies Trust we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 21
Stop into London Academy Primary's Christmas Fair this afternoon. Lots of fun to be had and prizes to be won...there might even be a special visitor! #ChristmasTime #Festivities
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 20
IT'S THE CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION TODAY FOR LONDON ACADEMY PRIMARY! We can't wait for our parents to come and watch. The children have been working very hard on their performance #ChristmasTime #Nativity
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 19
Rehearsals are well under way for the London Academy Primary Christmas Production tomorrow! #ALittleBirdToldMe #ChristmasNativity
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 15
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend! #ChristmasTime
AIM Academies Trust @AIM_Academies, Dec 15
London Academy will break up for the Christmas break on Friday 22nd December 2017. Students will be dismissed from site at 1pm #ChristmasHolidays #Festive