Governing body

Holycroft Primary School is part of Northern Star Academies Trust which is overseen by a Board of Trustees to ensure it is operating in accordance with its goals and legal obligations. Each academy within Northern Star has a local governing body which supports the Board of Trustees to lead the academy.  

Our governors volunteer their time, skills and expertise to help make sure our school is working at its best for our students.  Some of the functions of our local governing body are:  

  • helping the senior leadership team to set high standards and plan for the school´s future; 
  • monitoring the effectiveness of the school’s provision; 
  • the management of risks; 
  • acting as a critical friend to the Headteacher and senior leadership team, offering strategic support and advice; 
  • helping the school respond to the needs of parents and the community; 
  • helping make the school be open and accountable to the public for what it does; 
  • working with the school on planning and developing policies and keeping the school provision under review; and 
  • exercising the responsibilities and powers delegated to it by the Trustees in partnership with the Headteacher and staff. 
  • Further information about the role and responsibilities of our local governing body can be found in the scheme of delegation. 

For further information about governance arrangements visit Northern Star Academies Trust.

Name Appointed as
Stephen Wroe Chair
Geoff Morrison Headteacher
Charlotte Jarvis Community Governor
Marc Turu Porcel Community Governor
Sally Sumner Community Governor
Masuma Choudhury Parent Governor

To review governor attendance and declarations of interest please see the table below:

Name Any current business interests Terms of office

Stephen Wroe 

N/A 

10/11/2023 - 09/11/2027 

Geoff Morrison 

N/A 

01/09/2018 onwards 

Charlotte Jarvis 

Member of Parochial Church Council, All Saints Parish Church, Ilkley (from 1 October 2020)

Trustee, Ilkley Foodbank (from 1 December 2021)

12/02/2021 – 11/02/2025 

Marc Turu Porcel  

Employee, Leeds Beckett University (from 1 September 2016) 

Employee, University of Huddersfield (from 1 September 2022)  

Partner of employee at Ribblesdale Federation of Schools (from 1 January 2021)  

26/03/2021 – 25/03/2025 

Samantha Moyle 

N/A 

27/05/2022 – 26/05/2026 

Musuma Choudhury 

N/A 

19/07/2023 - 18/07/2027 

For details of any governors who have left within the last 12 months visit below.

School information government website  

Scheme of Delegation

Further information about the role and responsibilities of our governing body can be found in the Northern Star Academies Trust Scheme of Delegation. 


Scheme of Delegation