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Governance

About the Trust

King's College London Maths School Trust is a Company incorporated in England and Wales, limited by guarantee with registered Company number 08475184. The Registered Office is King's College London Mathematics School, 80 Kennington Road, London SE11 6NJ.

The Members of the Trust are ex-officio the Principal, Vice Principal (Education), Vice Principal (Arts and Sciences), the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, of King’s College London, and the Chair of the Governing Body. The Principal and Trust Accounting Officer is Timothy Bateup.

Our Patron 

Governors of the Academy Trust

Timothy Bateup

Head Teacher

David Benello

Chair of the Governing Body

Paul Cartwright

College Governor

Maria Chait

Parent Governor and a member of the Education and Outreach Committees.

Graham Keniston-Cooper

Member of the Outreach Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee

Ikechukwu Osakwe

Co-opted Governor

Margaret Peacock

Chair of the Education Committee

Sandy Rattray

Co-opted Governor

Konstanze Rietsch

College Governor and Chair of the Outreach Committee

Page Starr

Co-opted Governor

Roy Taylor

Parent Governor

Kevin White

Co-opted Governor

Shane Williams

Co-opted Governor and a member of the Education Committee

Professor Alison Wolf

Vice-Chair of Governors, Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee

Co-opted members

Anthea Ameer

Co-opted Member of the Investment Committee

Kathryn Boast

Co-opted Member of Outreach Committee

Jayne Kranat

Co-opted Member of Education Committee

Steve Mobbs

Co-opted member of Investment Committee

Key documents

Governors' attendance at meetings during 2023-24 

  GB

EC

F&GP

OC

IC 

Exp

Timothy Bateup

4/4

4/4

3/3

2/2

 3/3

5/5

David Benello

4/4

 

3/3

 

 3/3

4/5

Maria Chait

3/3

3/3

 

1/1 

 

 

Graham Keniston-Cooper

3/4

 

 

1/2

3/3 

 

Iyke Osakwe

3/4

 

3/3

 

 

 

Margaret Peacock

3/4

4/4

 

 

 

 

Sandy Rattray

4/4

3/4

 

 

 

 3/4

Konni Rietsch

3/4

 

 

2/2

 

 

Barbara Shollock 

2/4

4/4

 

 

 

 

Page Starr

4/4

 

3/3

 

 

 

Roy Taylor 

3/4

 

3/3

 

2/3

 

Kevin White

4/4

 

3/3

 

 

 5/5

Shane Williams

1/2

2/2

 

 

 

 

Alison Wolf

3/4

 

2/3

 

 

 3/5

Co-opted members of Committees:

 

 

 

Anthea  Ameer  

 

 

 

 

3/3

 

Paul Cartwright 

 

 

 2/3

 

 

 

Jayne Kranat

 

4/4

 

 

 

 

Steve Mobbs

 

 

 

 

3/3

 

 

Summary of Governors' Register of Interests 2023-24

Members of the Trust

 
Adam Fagan

Vice President (Education & Student Success), King’s College London. Chair of Governors, Hollickwood Primary School.

 

Shitij Kapur

Vice Chancellor and President, King’s College London. Fellow Acad Med Sci (UK and AAHMS (Aus). Member, Interntional Advisory Council, SusTech University, Shenzen. Member, Collegiate Council, University of London. Non-ex Director, Russell Group of Universities. UUK Chair of Advisory Group on Freedom of Speech

 

Rachel Mills 

Senior Vice President Academic, King’s College London. Non Executive Director, Cefas; Visiting Professor, University of Southampton; Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry; Fellow Royal Society of Biology; Visiting Fellow, Natural History Museum

 

Rachel Bearon

Dean of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, King’s College London. Trustee: Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

 

Governors

 

Timothy Bateup

Nil declaration

 

David Benello

Member of KCLMS Trust. Chair, V-Nova Ltd, Sirti SpA. Director and Chair, Volcanoes Safaris. Wendy Becker (wife) Logitech, Chair, Sony,  Non-Exec Director; Oxford NanoporeTechnologies; University of Oxford,Trustee and member of University Council; director of GSK plc.

 

Maria Chait 

Employed by University College London.  

 

Graham Keniston-Cooper

Trustee: National Numeracy. Director: Berry Gardens Growers Ltd. 

 

Ikechukwu Osakwe 

Employed by PwC. 

 

Margaret Peacock

Employee, director and proprietor: Peacock Consultancy Ltd. 

 

Sandy Rattray 

Governor: Southbank Centre Limited; Director: MSCI Ind.

 

Konstanze Rietsch 

 

 

Employed by King’s College London; member: London Mathematical Society, European Women in Mathematics, American Mathematical Society

 

Barbara Shollock

Professor of Engineering, King's College London.

 

Page Starr

Teacher at Ark Bolingbroke Academy Trustee: Friends of KCLMS.

 

Roy Taylor

 

Manager, Financial Risk, The Corporation of Lloyd’s. Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. Wife Om Kee Wong is Owner/Sole proprietor of Surrey AT Co. Ltd.

 

Kevin White

Nil declaration.

 

Shane Williams 

Employed by King’s College School, Wimbledon. 

 

Professor Alison Wolf

 

Trustee: Friends of King's College London Maths School. Employed by King’s College London; Non-executive director, Department of Science, Innovation and Technology

 

Co-opted members of Committee

 

 

Anthea Ameer

Director: Arindon International (Bahrain registered company 067780)

 

Kathryn Boast

Employed by King’s College London

 

Paul Cartwright 

 

Director, Tibby's Triangle Management Company Limited; Member of King’s College London Council; Rose Volunteer, Watford General NHS Hospital.

 

Jayne Kranat 

 Nil declaration.   

 Stephen Mobbs

 Advisor to three hedge funds.  

Members of the Trust who left in 2022-23

   

Bashir Al-Hashimi

Executive Dean, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences, King's College London. Director: ERA Foundation. Trustee: UK Electronics Skills Foundation, Royal Academy of Engineering. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering: Chair of Awards Committee; Member of Conduct Committee. Fellow of FIET, IEEE and BCS; Visiting Professor at University of Southampton. Direct relationship: Barbara Shollock, Head of Engineering, KCL (line manager); Governor. 

 

Governors who left post in 2022-23

 
Dan Abramson OBE 

Former Executive Head Teacher of KCLMS. Trustee of MESME which funds maths circles that the school runs.

 

Melissa Clarke

Employed as deputy head (academic) at King's College School Wimbledon.

 

Richard Hayler

Employed by Raspberry Pi Foundation. Vice Chair of Governors at Cranmere Primary School.

 

Co-opted members who left post in 2022-23

 

Michael Kölling

Vice Dean (Education), NMES, King’s College London.

 

None of our Governors has declared any personal, business or prejudicial interest that conflicts or may conflict with his/her role as Governor of this school.

Meetings

The Governing Body meets at least three times per year.

The following committees also meet a minimum of three times per year, to provide further focus on key strategic areas of the school:

 

None of our Governors has declared any personal, business or prejudicial interest that conflicts or may conflict with his/her role as Governor of this school.

Meetings

The Governing Body meets at least three times per year.

Finance and General Purposes Committee:

Membership

  • Alison Wolf (Chair)
  • Tim Bateup 
  • David Benello
  • Ikechukwu Osakwe
  • Sandy Rattray
  • Page Starr
  • Roy Taylor 
  • Kevin White

Education Committee

Membership

  • Margaret Peacock (Chair)
  • Tim Bateup
  • Melissa Clarke
  • Richard Hayler
  • Jayne Kranat (co-opted)
  • Barbara Shollock

Expansion Board (meets eight times a year)
Reports to Finance and General Purposes Committee

Membership

  • Tim Bateup 
  • Kate Barlow
  • David Benello
  • Nicola Cosgrove
  • Sandy Rattray 
  • Kevin White
  • Alison Wolf

Terms of Reference to be confirmed.

Outreach Committee

Membership

  • Konstanze Rietsch (Chair)
  • Tim Bateup 
  • Kathryn Boast
  • Maria Chait  
  • Graham Keniston-Cooper

Investment Committee (meets twice a year):

Membership

  • Anthea Ameer (co-opted)
  • Tim Bateup 
  • David Benello
  • Graham Keniston-Cooper
  • Steve Mobbs (co-opted)

You can find out more about the government's financial benchmarking page for King's Maths School here.

Contacting the Governing Body

Correspondence with the Governing Body should be sent to:

David Benello
Chair of Governors
King's College London Mathematics School
80 Kennington Road
London
SE11 6NJ

Telephone: 020 7848 7346

 The Clerk to the Governors is Rebecca Barrett. She is contactable on the following email address: rebecca.barrett@kcl.ac.uk