About us
Board
We’re here to support great teaching. We’re an independent public body. We work in partnership to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and enabling pupils to access a high-quality curriculum.
Our Board oversees all of our work at Oak National Academy. They provide strategic direction, enable us to deliver on our plans, scrutinise our work and safeguard our independence.
Our Board
Sir Ian Bauckham CBE
Chair
Hardip Begol CBE
Board member
Cassie Buchanan OBE
Board member
Henry de Zoete
Board member
Annie Gardner
Board member
Sean Harford
Board member
Conor Ryan
Board member
Emma Beatty
Operations Director
Documents
Governance
Oak National Academy is a limited company incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 in September 2022 and whose sole shareholder is the Secretary of State for Education. It is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) which was established to work with schools, teachers and the wider education system and has a framework agreement with the Department for Education.