Members Board

Kathy is currently Group Chairman of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.  She was formerly Chairman at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) from November 2016, having previously held the role of CMFT Non-Executive Director since March 2013 and CMFT Senior Independent Director (SID) since March 2016.

Steve Oakes has 17 years’ experience teaching both GCSE and post-16 students, as a classroom teacher, head of department, heads of year and in leadership posts. Steve’s last post was  assistant director of sixth form at The Blue Coat School – a twice Ofsted-outstanding comprehensive sixth form where student progress is among the top 10 per cent in the country. He has spent much his time there teaching A levels, supporting KS5 learners with difficulties and building and testing tools for character development. Over the last five years Steve has worked with more than sixty schools and colleges to develop effective character education systems. He is the co-authors of The A Level Mindset, which proposes the VESPA system for character education (Crown House, 2016) and The GCSE Mindset (Crown House, 2017.) Steve is also the Associate Director of Education at AQR Internation where he leads the work on mental toughness.

Charles has over forty years of experience as a Chartered Architect passionate about design and delivery of quality buildings.  During the past ten years, while working on education buildings, he has won both Regional and National Awards for sustainable architecture. Charles was the lead architect on the Academy’s new maths and English teaching building project.

Peter is the Executive Director of Workforce and Corporate Business at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.  A qualified Nurse, he previously held a national position as the Director of Nursing for the Trust Development Authority and has experience of working at the Department of Health.  He has held various Executive Director roles including Chief Executive and Director of Operations.