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The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance. Governance has three core functions:
Within a multi-academy trust such as Lionheart, governance is led by the Trust Board, with some responsibilities delegated to both the Local Governing Body of the individual schools and Operations Governing body across all of the schools.
Further Trust and governance information including the annual accounts can be found by clicking here.
Beauchamp City Sixth Form has a Local Governing Body. Contact the governing body via the Chair of Governors: Lee Machado lee.machado@beauchampcity.org.uk
Local Governing Body Details 2020 - 2021 | |||||
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Name |
Governor Type
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Date of Appointment (for 4 years) |
Key Responsibilities |
Skills |
Attendance at LGB Meetings 2019 - 20 |
Nigel Swan | Community |
02.03.2020 |
Business Finance Logistics Charity governance |
3/3 | |
James McKenna |
Ex-Officio | 02.03.2020 | Principal | 3/3 | |
Lee Machado |
Community |
30.06.2020 |
Associate Professor in Biochemistry Higher Education Governance |
1/1 | |
Amit Kanabar |
Community |
30.06.2020 |
IT Data analysis Business analysis |
1/1 | |
Suleman Mulla | Community |
02.03.2020 |
Secondary teaching Pastoral care Community development |
3/3 | |
Imogen Fowler |
Community |
02.03.2020 |
|
Careers Business opportunities for young people |
2/3 |
Danielle Fitzgerald |
Community |
30.06.2020 |
|
International education Student recruitment |
N/A |
Habiba Patel |
Staff |
18.01.2021 |
Staff Voice |
Student Support/Pastoral |
N/A |
Chris Swan | Ex-Officio | 16.09.20 | LAT Governance Professional |
Education Governance Strategy |
N/A |
The Trust operates under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Trust Board.
Trust Board |
Vision and ethos | Strategic direction | Risks and Opportunities Finance | Overall responsibility |
|
Operations Governing Body (OGB) |
HR | Estates | IT | Marketing & Communications | Enterprise | Operations | Business |
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Local Governing Bodies (LGB) |
Teaching & Learning | Pupil & Parent & Staff experience Safeguarding | Business & Community links |
Each school |
The Trust Board has overall responsibility for all governance in the trust and carries the final accountability for this. The focus of the Board is on the big picture, working with the trust Executive Team to set the overall vision for the trust, lead strategically and identify and respond to risks and opportunities.
The Operations Governing Body is made up of trustees, governors and community governors with specific skills, experience and insights linked to the operations work of the trust.
Each school has a Local Governing Body, which holds the school to account for the quality of teaching and learning, the experience of pupils, parents and staff, the processes to ensure safeguarding, and informal links with the local community and businesses. LGBs ensure that school leaders are mindful of the school’s context and work within the overall vision of Lionheart Academies Trust.
The Members of a trust are not involved in the practical running of the organisation and do not take part in governing body or Board meetings, except as occasional observers. Their role is to ensure that the Board keeps its core priorities at the centre of its work – providing education for children and young people – and retains its stated ethos and values.
Members appoint some of the trustees and, in exceptional circumstances, can remove trustees who they have appointed.
Membership
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Meetings
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Key roles
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Attending
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LGB meetings
Trust Finance meetings 3 per year, attended by Finance Governor, Head and finance lead, CEO and CFO (or their representative). |
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Performance Management & Pay
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Holding the school to account for standards:
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Pupil, Parent & Community
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Compliance
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Ambassadors & Vision
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Receive reports on:
First hand knowledge:
Ofsted:
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Stakeholder voice:
Pupil Experience:
Parents as co-educators – hold school to account for:
Complaints:
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Risk:
Compliance – hold school to account for:
Exclusions:
Local Policies:
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Ambassadors:
Vision & Ethos:
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