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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

Paul Cartwright

College Governor, Chair of the Finance and General Purposes Committee

Maria Chait

Co-opted governor and a member of the Education and Outreach Committees.

James Chermirmir

Parent Governor

Graham Keniston-Cooper

Member of the Outreach Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee

Zhanna Kitayeva

Parent Governor

Herman Lam

Co-opted Governor

Ikechukwu Osakwe

Co-opted Governor

Margaret Peacock

Chair of the Education Committee

Simon Ramsay

Co-opted Governor

Sandy Rattray

Co-opted Governor

Konstanze Rietsch

College Governor and Chair of the Outreach Committee

Page Starr

Co-opted Governor

Kevin White

Co-opted Governor

Professor Alison Wolf

Vice-Chair of Governors

Advisors

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 2024-25 

  GB

EC

F&GP

OC

IC 

Exp

Timothy Bateup

4/4  

3/3

2/2

   

David Benello

4/4

 

3/4

     

Paul Cartwright

4/4

 

4/4

 

   

Maria Chait

4/4

 

 

     

James Chermirmir

3/4

 

3/4

     

Graham Keniston-Cooper

4/4

 

 

     

Herman Lam

1/1

 

 

 

   

Iyke Osakwe

3/4

 

2/4

 

   

Margaret Peacock

3/4

 

 

 

   

Simon Ramsay

2/4

 

 

 

   

Sandy Rattray

4/4

 

 3/4

 

   

Konni Rietsch

3/4

 

 

 

   

Page Starr

3/4

 

4/4

 

   

Kevin White

4/4

 

4/4

 

   

Shane Williams

2/4

 

 

 

   

Alison Wolf

4/4

 

4/4

 

   

Advisors to Committees:

 

   

Anthea  Ameer  

 

 

 

 

   

Kathryn Boast

 

 

 

 

   

Jayne Kranat

 

 

 

 

   

Steve Mobbs

 

 

 

 

   

 

Summary of Governors' Register of Interests 2024-25

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

 

Paul Cartwright 

 

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

 

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

 

Page Starr

Teacher at Ark Bolingbroke Academy Trustee: Friends of KCLMS.

 

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

 

Advisors to committees

 

 

Anthea Ameer

Researcher at King's College London, focusing on maths schools.  

Kathryn Boast

Employed by King’s College London

 

Jayne Kranat 

 Nil declaration.   

Robin McIver

Deputy Vice President (Operations) at King's College London  

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 since September 2024

 

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.

 

Co-opted members who left post in 2023-24

 

None

 

 

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

  • Paul Cartwright (Chair)
  • Timothy Bateup 
  • James Chermirmir
  • Ikechukwu Osakwe
  • Sandy Rattray
  • Page Starr
  • Kevin White
  • Alison Wolf

Education Committee

Membership

  • Margaret Peacock (Chair)
  • Timothy Bateup
  • Maria Chait
  • Tom Collins
  • Simon Ramsay
  • Jayne Kranat

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

Membership

  • Timothy Bateup
  • Robin McIver 
  • Sandy Rattray 
  • Kevin White (Chair)
  • Alison Wolf

Terms of Reference to be confirmed.

Outreach Committee

Membership

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

Investment Committee (meets twice a year):

Membership

  • Anthea Ameer (advisor)
  • Timothy Bateup
  • James Chermirmir
  • Graham Keniston-Cooper
  • Steve Mobbs (advisor)
  • Sandy Rattray

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:

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

Telephone: 020 7848 7346

Email: KCLMSChair@kcl.ac.uk

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