January 2025

I am proud to become the new Chair of the Board of Trustees of this truly exceptional Multi Academy Trust.  I am fortunate to be working with such a strong Trust Board comprising skilled, experienced and dedicated individuals, with their deep knowledge, diverse skills and a shared commitment to ensuring the Trust and the schools within it are supported to excel. 

The leadership from our CEO, Richard Chapman has played an important role in cementing the successful partnership between our schools as we have grown. The experience and support from the Senior Leadership Team has also been absolutely critical to that growth. Thrive Education Partnership is there to support, to foster collaboration, to share best practice and to facilitate the best use of resources. 

Each of our schools has its own character and encouragingly that is part of the success story. The schools are united by common values and a commitment to high quality education and doing the best for the children in their care. They are also trailblazers sharing the good practice that they have developed as SEND specialists.   

The single ambition of our dedicated Staff, Governors and Trustees is to achieve the best outcomes for the children in our schools. We have a strong track record of doing that as recognised by Ofsted, by our parents and by our students. 

Our role as a Board is to set the strategic direction of the Trust, and to support and compliment the skills of the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, Headteachers, Teachers and Staff to ensure every child receives not only an excellent education but real -world knowledge, skills and experiences to help them thrive in whatever they choose to do.

Our governance structures are set up like many other Trusts we have Members and Trustees (see Meet the Trustees & Members section). We are organised into a main Trust Board and a number of sub-committees such as Finance, Audit and Risk, Personnel and Pay etc.  All our schools have Local Governing Bodies (LGBs).

Governance functions are delegated to members, trustees, local governing bodies, CEO and CFO according to the trust’s Governance Scheme of Delegation.

Please see the other governance sections to read about who our Members and Trustees are (including me) and to have a look at how we structure our meetings throughout the year.

Lucy Bennett

Chair of Trustees

Contact details for Chair of Trustees

Mail can be sent directly to: Lucy Bennett, Thrive Education Partnership, 3rd Floor, 18-19 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5QJ

Alternatively, Lucy can be emailed via: enquiry@thrive.ac