PACT Educational Trust
Press Release - 11th November 2011
PACT (Parents, Children, Teachers) is a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity.
It was established in 1996 to promote schools and other educational initiatives. It believes that parents should be at the heart of the education of their children, both academic and human, and that schools - and other educators - should be of service to the family in trying to achieve this goal.
PACT has to date founded two independent schools. In 1996 it set up Oakwood School in Purley, Surrey and in 2004 helped to establish, and now runs, Oliver House Preparatory School in Clapham, South London. It is governed by a Board of Trustees, all of whom give their services without any financial reward. The Board members are listed below.
The PACT Board is the governing body of Oakwood and Oliver House Schools.
They meet regularly to discuss all aspects of school life, and the meetings are also attended by the Head. The directors/trustees (ie. governors) and their roles, where applicable, are as follows:
Ella Leonard (Chairman)
Alexander Alting von Gesau
Eamonn Doran (Oliver House Director)
Dominic Hughes (Honorary Treasurer)
Philip Leonard (Finance Director)
Louise Newman-Sanders
Tony Newman-Sanders (Oakwood Director)
Jane Phillips
Ed Thompson
Various sub-committees also exist to support specific areas of the school. These are made up of at least one PACT director, key staff and in most cases the Head. The sub-committees include Academic, Personnel, Finance, Formation, Buildings and Health & Safety.
The Chair can be contacted in writing c/o Oakwood School, 59 Godstone Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2AN.
Contact PACT by email.