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Jeremy is the Chair of the Local Academy Committee and is our Whistleblowing Governor.
Elizabeth is Chaplain to the Islands and as a Foundation Governor is also our boarding school governor.
Paula is a retired headteacher and CEO of an academy trust. Paula lives on the mainland but is a regular visitor to Scilly. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience that both supports and challenges the leadership and outcomes of Five Islands Academy.
Rob is an academic at the University of Nottingham. He has published a number of books, articles and book chapters on a wide variety of diverse topics, raging from the past and present relationships between nature and people to ecotourism/wildlife tourism. He has a keen interest in sport, sustainability, outdoor education and student career pathways. Indeed, in 2012 Rob co-founded A Focus on Nature (AFON), a national youth conservation network in the UK. In 2019 he was appointed as Independent Person to the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
Rachel sits on the Local Academy Committee in her role as Headteacher of Five Islands Academy.
Jackie is a governor consultant who has worked in special measures schools supporting improvement and academy conversion. Jackie is a National Leader of Governance and works as an independent governor consultant. Jackie also develops and delivers training on behalf of the National Governors Association.
Jackie led on the academy conversion process and remains part of our “family” as Chair of Trustees for Leading Edge.
Helen is Clerk to Governors. She works as Director of Governance at Leading Edge.
Harriet is a Parent Governor and represents the parent body at Five Islands Academy. She is a parent of two children at the school, one in Secondary and one in Primary. She moved to the islands with her children to be with her partner in 2024 but has been a regular visitor to the islands with her family since 1978! Harriet has worked as a director in her family’s landscaping supplies company since 2011 and before that worked in Higher Education in Australia as Head of Customer Service. If any parent would like to reach out to Harriet to raise concerns/share relevant information with the Governors, please get in touch with her directly
