Mr Battle retired as an Assistant Chief Constable with West Yorkshire Police. He has over 30 years experience of working within the public sector and over 20 years of being in a leadership role. 

His roles have given him substantial experience in performance management, change management, project and performance management as well as people development. Mr Battle has acted as chair of discipline tribunals and led on diversity and inclusion.

Having now retired Mr Battle is keen to put his experience to good use in a voluntary capacity and we are sure he can achieve this as a Governor within the Maltby Learning Trust.

Jayne has been employed by Rotherham Council for more than 35 years and currently manages a team with responsibility for developing and supporting a number of business applications used across the Council, including those for Adult and Childrens Social Care, Education, Legal, Housing and Libraries.

Jayne is a former student of Wath Comprehensive and has been a Governor at Wath Academy since 2012 when her daughter started in Year 7.  Jayne is an experienced Governor, having previously held the position of Chair at both Wath Academy and a nearby Primary School. Jayne has seen the school undergo many changes and is proud to have the opportunity to support and contribute to its improvements.

Richard is currently working at Wath Academy in the role of Physical/Sensory Manager and is starting his 17^th year at the school, Richard has worked for 20 years in Rotherham secondary schools. Richard specialises in 1 to 1 lesson support for students with disabilities, risk assessing and administration. Richard is an experienced Governor and has previously served on a primary board.

Mr Ransome was appointed as the new Principal at Wath Academy in September 2020. As Deputy Headteacher at Kingswood Academy, he was responsible for Teaching and Learning, Behaviour, Inclusion and Attendance, and was part of the senior leadership team which led the school from ‘Inadequate’ to ‘Good’, delivering a Progress 8 score of +1.17. He has also worked as Deputy Headteacher at Amnuay SIlpa Bilingual School in Bangkok, Thailand where he implemented a safeguarding system, a new behaviour and rewards policy, attendance and punctuality systems and created the inhouse staff leadership development programme. In the summer of 2022 at Wath Academy, Mr Ransome and his team delivered the academies best ever results with outcomes that place them well above national averages for progress and attainment. An exciting new curriculum which includes Enrichment during the school day has also been developed and is set to launch in September 2023.