Company
Learn Academies Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Gita PatelDirector · since 2025
- Robert Patrick RendallDirector · since 2025
- Amanda Caroline CallearDirector · since 2025
- Bailey, Stephen Andrew, ReverandDirector · since 2025
- David Gavin ProverbsDirector · since 2024
- Jane Sarah Ann JonesDirector · since 2024
- Marie-Claire BrethertonDirector · since 2023
- Steve OrtonDirector · since 2022
- Bobby Gurnek ThandiDirector · since 2020
- Karen CooperDirector · since 2018
- Jeremy William BensonDirector · since 2016
- Sir John Ernest DunfordDirector · since 2016
- Richard GraySecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 38
- Reverend Barry Leon Hill 2023–2024 View profile
- Penelope Anna Clare Harris 2023–2025 View profile
- Jayesh Suresh Joshi 2020–2022 View profile
- Kim Stuart 2020–2023 View profile
- Nigel Corcoran 2019–2023 View profile
- Emmaline Jane Tayler 2018–2019 View profile
- Carolyn Sanders 2017–2019 View profile
- Natalie Ann Jackson 2017–2025 View profile
- Mark Andrew Christison 2017–2019 View profile
- Peter Rowbotham 2016–2019 View profile
- Kerry Joanne Rodger 2016–2018 View profile
- Jane Elizabeth Kenyon 2016–2018 View profile
- Maria Ann Wood 2016–2017 View profile
- Gillian Anne Weston 2016–2022 View profile
- Professor David Graeme Pedder 2016–2018 View profile
- Wayne Ivor Burbidge 2015–2024 View profile
- Gemma Christison 2013–2016 View profile
- Bernard Evans 2013–2016 View profile
- Isabel Dupey 2013–2016 View profile
- Raoul Paul Mercer 2013–2016 View profile
- Jayne Vanessa Arthurton 2013–2016 View profile
- Susan Linda Fraser 2012–2016 View profile
- Peter James Goold 2012–2013 View profile
- Georgina Connors 2012–2016 View profile
- Stefanie Guene Edwards 2012–2024 View profile
- Sarah Hill 2012–2016 View profile
- Jon Cook 2012–2012 View profile
- Leslie Dodd 2012–2016 View profile
- Helen Gabrielle Trotter 2012–2016 View profile
- Janet Marian Shardlow 2012–2016 View profile
- Rev James Shakespeare 2012–2016 View profile
- Michael John Fletcher 2012–2016 View profile
- Rebecca Blagburn 2012–2013 View profile
- Julie Dunne 2012–2016 View profile
- Andrew Paul Humphrey 2012–2012 View profile
- Leonora Ann Rhodes 2012–2015 View profile
- Michelle Daniels 2017–2022 View profile
- Carlone Suzanne Banks 2013–2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/06/2012
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
12 directors on the board
- Steve Orton Director · appointed 2022
- Marie-Claire Bretherton Director · appointed 2023
- Robert Patrick Rendall Director · appointed 2025
- Gita Patel Director · appointed 2025
- Jeremy William Benson Director · appointed 2016
- Amanda Caroline Callear Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Sarah Ann Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Sir John Ernest Dunford Director · appointed 2016
- Bailey, Stephen Andrew, Reverand Director · appointed 2025
- Bobby Gurnek Thandi Director · appointed 2020
- Karen Cooper Director · appointed 2018
- David Gavin Proverbs Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Jeremy William Benson Director · appointed 2016
- Sir John Ernest Dunford Director · appointed 2016
- Bobby Gurnek Thandi Director · appointed 2020
- Karen Cooper Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Steve Orton Director · appointed 2022
- Robert Patrick Rendall Director · appointed 2025
- Gita Patel Director · appointed 2025
- Jeremy William Benson Director · appointed 2016
- Jane Sarah Ann Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Sir John Ernest Dunford Director · appointed 2016
- Karen Cooper Director · appointed 2018
- David Gavin Proverbs Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Marie-Claire Bretherton Director · appointed 2023
- Amanda Caroline Callear Director · appointed 2025
- Bailey, Stephen Andrew, Reverand Director · appointed 2025
- Bobby Gurnek Thandi Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Natalie Ann Jackson Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Penelope Anna Clare Harris Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08095439
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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