TST Governance Structure

Tenterden School Trust (TST) is a multi-academy trust that was formed on 1 Sept 2011, with Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre being the founding school and became a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) in 2016 with the additions of St Michael’s CE Primary School, Tenterden CoE Junior School and Tenterden Infant School and later on Rolvenden Primary School in 2019 and John Mayne CoE Primary in 2023.

TST has one secondary school, five primary schools and three pre-schools. Within the trust, there are three Church of England faith schools.

TST has established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies through the Scheme of Delegation.

Trust Members

The Members protect our charitable and educational objectives. They appoint the Trustees (Directors) to the Board, and hold annual and extraordinary general meetings. TST members are:

  • Rev. Canon Lindsay Hammond
  • Clive Thomas
  • Fiona Coombe (Ex-Officio Member)
  • Quentin Roper - representative for The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Company Ltd

Trust Board of Directors

The responsibilities of the Trust are held by the Board of Trustees, who are accountable to the Department for Education.
The Board delegates certain powers and duties to our Local Governing Bodies. This delegation is explained in our Scheme of Delegation (SoD). TST Board of Directors are:

  • Andy MacDonald
    • Member of: FMARC Committee
  • Fiona Coombe - Chair
    • Link roles: Health and Safety, Whistleblowig Link Director
    • Member of: People, Culture and Pay Committee, FMARC
  • Hannah Streatfield
    • Link roles: Safeguarding Link Director
    • Member of: Quality of Education Committee, Chruch Schools Committee
  • Mark Kirby - Co-Vice Chair
    • Member of: People, Culture and Pay Committee
  • Philippa Harris
    • Member of: People, Culture and Pay Committee, FMARC Committee
  • Rebecca Swansbury - Co-Vice Chair
    • Link roles: SEND
    • Member of: Quality of Education Committee (Chair), Church Schools Committee (Chair)
  • Tommy Cullen
    • Member of: FMARC Committee (Chair)
  • Victoria Copp-Crawley
    • Link roles: Careers
    • Member of: Quality of Education Committee

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Declaration of Interests:

TST Declaration of Interest 2025 26

Declarations of Interest 2025 - 2026Links:

TST Committees

TST Director Bios.Attendance Register 2024 - 2025

To contact the Tenterden Schools Trust Board please email the Governance Professional, Berna Turner:

Local Governing Bodies

The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.

Local Governing Bodies consist of the Head Teacher governor, foundation/partnership governor, parent governors, staff governors and community governors. 

Homewood School - Chair: Gillian Guthrie
St Michael's CE Primary School - Chair: Hilary Honeysett
Tenterden Primary Federation - Chair: Anne-Marie Martin
John Mayne C of E Primary School - Chair: Stuart McKillop
Rolvenden Primary School - Chair: Sue Morgan