As part of a multi-academy trust, our school is not restricted to the traditional model of local governance that most people are familiar with. 

Society is changing, and our governance structures needed to change with it. Anthem is leading the way with a completely new kind of governance across its 16 schools with local views, experiences, and expertise at its heart. 

You can find out more about the strategy on the Anthem website.

Our school is part of Anthem Schools Trust and the name for our local layer of governance is Anthem Community Councils (ACCs). Members of our ACCs are known as Anthem Community Council members (ACCms).  The ACC has four delegated areas of responsibility:

• Community
• Celebration
• SEND, inclusion and safeguarding.
• Panels

 

Each ACC includes ACCms who are Champions in key areas such as safeguarding, SEND and inclusion, and climate change. Our ACCms ensure the voices of students, parent/carers, staff and the community are heard and considered across the school and trust.  Further details of all the Champion roles can be found here https://www.anthemtrust.uk/accs

 

The current members of our ACC are:

Name	Role	Membership	Date Appointed	Term of Office	Stepped down (where applicable)	Appointed by	Interests declared and date interest began
Danielle Basker	ACC Chair	Community Member	01 September 2022	4 years		Executive	Sister to ACC member, Rebecca Leighton 27 September 24 – present. Employed by Lincolnshire County Council as a Early Years Specialist Teacher 1 September 2024 – present.
Sarah Gadd	ACC member	Staff Member	11 October 2023	4 years		Trust	Staff member at Boston West 5 November 2019 – present. Parent to child at Boston West 3 September 25 – present.
Rebecca Leighton	ACC member	Community Member	10 June 2025	4 years		Trust	Sister to ACC chair, Danielle Basker 27 September 24 – present. Employed by John Harrox Primary School as a Headteacher 1 September 25 – present.

 

Our Governance Professional (clerk to the ACC) is Alison White. ACC members can be contacted via our Governance Professional at governance@anthemtrust.uk.

A summary table of ACCms' interests and meeting attendance for the last full academic year can be found on https://www.anthemtrust.uk/governance

Do you want to make a difference?

We currently have Champion role vacancies for ACCms who are passionate about contributing to our school and community.  If you are interested in finding more out about being part of our school’s ACC, we would love to hear from you!   For further details, please click on the link below:

Anthem Community Council Expression of Interest Form

 

ACC members can be contacted via the main school email address. Please direct all queries to: info@bostonwest.anthemtrust.uk