Trust Board

Our Trustees

Jane Lewis | Chair of Trustees

Karen Osborne

Andrew Simpkin

Patrick Looker

Joseph McKeogh

Date of Appointment: 09/06/2018
Chair Appointment: 01/01/2024
Term of Office: 31/12/2027 (4 years)
Committees: Standards, Distinctiveness and Personal Development (Chair). Jane is also the Trust Board’s Safeguarding Representative.
Meetings 2024/25: 1/1
Meetings 2023/24: 4/4
Bio:
Jane Lewis has been a Governor/Director for over 20 years in a variety of schools and organisations. She is passionate about improving education. She has served the Department for Education as a National Leader of Governance (NLG) for almost a decade, working with dozens of schools and academies across the North & Midlands. She was previously a MAT Board Director at Sentamu Academy Learning Trust (SALT). She is a Director of Together People Ltd which specialises in undertaking External Reviews and advising on Governance, Leadership and Organisational Development.

Date of Appointment: 05/05/2021
Term of Office: 04/05/2025 (4 years)
Committees: Audit & Risk (Chair) and Standards (Chair). Karen is also the Trust Board’s Quality of Education, Pupil Premium and SEND Representative.
Meetings 2024/25: 1/1
Meetings 2023/24: 3/4
Bio:
Karen Osborne has spent her 40 year career in the Insurance industry. Having started her career as a Commercial Underwriter she progressed to management within a short period of time going on to hold senior management and director roles responsible for operational efficiency, optimising client journey, compliance, HR and finance in both Insurance Company and Broker sectors. Karen is now retired.

Throughout her career Karen’s passion has been providing a developmental environment that allows employees to achieve their full potential and her proudest achievements have been seeing those that she has mentored managed and supported over the years thrive in their careers.

Karen’s interest in utilising her business skills to support schools as a Trustee was sparked having provided internship placements for sixth formers from the David Young Academy.

Karen joined the Hope Learning Trust Board in the summer of 2017.

Date of Appointment: 01/04/2023
Term of Office: 31/03/2027 (4 years)
Committees: Resources (Chair). Andrew is also the Trust Board’s Whistleblowing and Health & Safety Representative.
Meetings 2024/25: 1/1
Meetings 2023/24: 4/4
Bio:
Andrew Simpkin is Head of Project Delivery for the Portakabin Group Sales business. Andrew gained his B.Sc honours degree in Building (Production Management) from Nottingham Trent University. He is a Chartered Construction Manager and Fellow of the CIOB and has been employed by Portakabin Group since 1988, operating at strategic level as a member of the group’s leadership team and the divisional business unit’s senior management team.

Date of Appointment: 24/01/2024
Term of Office: 23/01/2028 (4 years)
Committees: Resources Committee.
Meetings 2024/25: 1/1
Meetings 2023/24: 1/4
Bio:
Patrick Looker is a qualified Public Finance Accountant and has worked in Local Government for over 30 years. He understands the pressures on public service finance and the need to get best value from all income into the Trust. He studied Economics and Business Studies at Sheffield University. Patrick has been a Governor since 2013 and Chair of Governors at one of the Trust Schools for 5 years.

Date of Appointment: 30/05/2024
Term of Office: 29/05/2028 (4 years)
Committees: Audit & Risk Committee.
Meetings 2024/25: 0/1
Meetings 2023/24: 0/4
Bio: Joe McKeogh is the Senior Internal Auditor for a leading Engineering and Services business. Committed to effective governance, risk and control processes, Joe’s experience covers a range of assurance and consulting engagements. He studied to Masters level in Politics at the University of York and is currently the Treasurer of St Michael le Belfrey; a church he has practiced at since 2013. Joe is an avid Aston Villa fan, and loves golf.

About Hope Sentamu Learning Trust

Hope Sentamu Learning Trust came into being on 1 September 2021, following the merger of Hope Learning Trust York and Sentamu Academy Learning Trust. Each of the predecessor Trusts had been named after an Archbishop of York – Baron David Hope and Lord John Sentamu respectively.

Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is a Church of England multi-academy trust. The Trust Board, detailed above, comprises Trustees contributing particular skills and experience.

Sitting underneath the Trust Board are Local Governing Committees (LGCs), formerly Governing Bodies, of each academy that retain most of their decision-making powers. Their details are on the individual academy websites.

Trust Board meetings are also attended by Helen Winn, in her capacity as CEO and Accounting Officer of Hope Sentamu Learning Trust. Find out more about Helen here.

Trustees who have stood down in the last 12 months

Steven Harvey
Date of Appointment: 24/01/2024
Resigned: 15/09/2024
Committees: Distinctiveness & Personal Development Committee.
Meetings 2022/23: N/A
Meetings 2023/24: 1/4

Philippa Gowland
Date of Appointment: 04/07/2018
Resigned: 07/06/2024
Committees: Distinctiveness and Personal Development (Chair)
Meetings 2022/23: 7/7
Meetings 2023/24: 4/4

Scott Ratheram
Date of Appointment: 21/02/2023
Resigned: 07/06/2024
Committees: Standards Committee. Pupil Premium Representative.
Meetings 2022/23: N/A
Meetings 2023/24: 2/4

Tony Myers (Previous Chair of the Trust Board)
Date of Appointment: 04/10/2020
Resigned: 31/12/2023
Committees: Resources
Meetings 2022/23: 7/7
Meetings 2023/24: 2/2

Board of Trustees - Register of Business Interests

Name of Trustee	Nature of any business interests including details of the company or organisation	Date of start of interest	Details of governor membership at another school or academy	Details of any relationship between trustee and member of Trust staff (eg spouse)
Jane Lewis (Chair)	Together People (Director)	2005		Mark Lewis (Spouse) is also Director. Co-op Grange Academy Chair of Academy Intervention Board Jan-Dec 2023
	Tang Hall Big Local CIO (Trustee)	2015
	Tang Hall Big Local Partnership (Chair)	2022
	York Community Church (Trustee)	November 1993		Spouse is Interim Minister
	Lewis Sand Art	2022		Spouse is Freelance Sand & Ice Sculptor trading as Lewis Sand Art.
Andrew Simpkin	Portakabin Group (Construction Industry) Head of Product Delivery	August 1988	None	Wife employed at Poppleton Ousebank Primary School
Karen Osborne	None		None	None
Steven Harvey	None		None	None
Patrick Looker	York City Council	October 2003	Governor at Vale of York (Nov 2022)	None
Joe McKeogh	Senior Internal Auditor for NG Bailey	October 2022	None	None
Joe McKeogh	Member and Treasurer of St Michael le Belfrey Church	30th May 2024	None	None

SUB-COMMITTEES OF HOPE SENTAMU LEARNING TRUST

Click here for sub-committees and attendances

Please note, attendance records are updated once a term.

The Trustees can be contacted via the Executive Support Manager of Hope Sentamu Learning Trust at secretary@hslt.academy

Laura Swan
Hope Sentamu Learning Trust
Rawcliffe Drive, Clifton (Without),
York, YO30 6ZS

Becoming a Trustee

If you would like to apply to become a Trustee please email secretary@hslt.academy