Academy Committee

Academy Committee at Eynsham Community Primary School

The Academy Committee work closely withMrs Edwards (Headteacherl) and staff at Eynsham Community Primary School and form theAcademy Committee for the school. Eynsham Community Primary School is part of the EPA Trust. Please also see statutory information below.

The committee members are appointed from various sectors of the school’s community: parents/carers, staff, others who have skills and experience in education and leadership, and people working in the local community.

Meeting dates for the academic year 2026/2027 are as follows:

• Thursday, 12th November 2026
• Monday, 7th December 2026
• Monday, 8th March 2027
• Monday, 12th July 2027

Academy Committee Members

Victoria Clark - Academy Committee Chair

Victoria has worked in education for 16 years as an English Teacher across 2 Oxfordshire Secondary Schools, including being Head of English for 6 years. She has a wealth of Pastoral experience, most recently as a Head of Upper School leading on Raising Standards in Behaviour for Learning. Victoria is an Eynsham resident and has 3 children currently educated at the school.

Lisa Podbery - Academy Committee Member

Lisa has worked at the School for the past 24 years in the admin office and for the last 9 years as School Manager. Her role is to manage the finance, support services, admin and premises teams and to provide a back up to the Headteacher.

Annie Billington - Academy Committee Member

Annie Billington has worked in the school for 7 years and her current role is a Higher Level Teaching Assistant. She also is the Attendance Officer.

Nicola Wilson - Academy Committee Member

Nic Wilson was formerly the Committee Chair and a Designated Safeguarding Lead at Eynsham Pre-school (now our Cygnets class). She's a Head of Acquisition at Oxford Univeristy Press, and she works with clinicians and academics across several medical areas, including Public Health and Paediatric Care. Nic has two children at the school.

Joanna Gill - Academy Committee Member

Jo is a parent governor with 2 children at the school. She works as a clinical psychologist in an NHS child and adolescent mental health service, and in post-graduate education at Oxford University.

Roger Cabera - Academy Committee Member

Roger has a background in business, where he has held roles in strategy, operations, finance and talent development. He lives in Eynsham, and is a parent of a child currently at Eynsham Primary.

Martin Willis - Academy Committee Member

Martin works for a consultancy firm specialising in pensions and is familiar with risk management and finance. He enjoys helping with the under 9's football team in the village and sits on the residents committee for the recent Abbey Green development.

Claire Bunyan - Academy Committee Member

Claire has 2 children at the school and works as a Senior Reserach Fellow in Cultural Anthropology. She specialises in securing funding for high value projects with complex budgets and timescales.

Communication with the Academy Committee.

The Committee will continue to keep all parents and carers regularly informed of the progress ECPS is making through the committee's and school’s newsletters and website.

Academy Committee can be contacted at governor@eynshamapps.co.uk​​​​

EPA Governance Statutory Information EPA Website