Julia Wakelam

Governance Lead for Safeguarding (Sixth Form)

Julia has been a Governor at West Suffolk College since 2018 and is Vice Chair of the Sixth Form Educational Excellence Committee and of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. Julia is a member of the SEND Educational Excellence Committee and CTEC Task and Finish Group. Julia is the Governance lead for Safeguarding (Sixth Form), Sustainability and EDI.

Julia is a Green Party District Councillor and though now retired, was a lawyer. Julia is Chair of the Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival, a Trustee of St Edmunds Trust and the Bury St Edmunds Ecumenical Trust, and a member of the Abbey of St Edmunds Heritage Partnership and is a former Mayor of St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Chair of Gatehouse – Caring in East Anglia.

Julia brings extensive legal and governance experience to our governance.