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Our governors and trustees

Our Governing (Trustee) Board provides strategic leadership and accountability. As outlined by the NGA, it has three key functions:

  1. Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

  2. Holding the CEO to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils

  3. Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

All staff and volunteers are recruited in accordance with safer recruitment procedures and work under our Safeguarding Policy, which is available here. ​


Rev. Brian Nash is our Chair of Trustees. He founded VLC (now known as Arise Education) in September 2014 in order to change the lives of young people by providing them with an opportunity to access a caring education. 

If you wish to email individual Trustees or Governors, please click in their name below.


Our Trustees/Governors are as follows:

Governors & Trustees
Focus
Description
Governor

Appointed: 2025

​Interests Declared: None

Staff Governor

Appointed May: 2023

​Interests Declared: Employee of Arise Education

CoOpted Governor, SEND

Appointed: 2024
​Interests Declared: contracted by Arise Education as Educational Psychologist

Vice Chair, Parent and Staff Governor

Appointed: July 2023
​Interests Declared: Parent of Arise Education Student, Employee of Arise Education

Finance, Health & Safety

Appointed: November 2020
Interests Declared: None

Safeguarding, CLA, Curriculum & Learning

Appointed: July 2019

Interests Declared:  Wife of Brian Nash

Chair, Safeguarding

Appointed: September 2014     

Reelected as Chair: December 2024

Interests Declared: Husband of Lindsay Nash

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