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:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and ensuring value for money
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 l.machado@lionhearttrust.org.uk
| Local Governing Body Details 2020 - 2021 |
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Name
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Governor Type
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Date of Appointment
(for 4 years)
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Key
Responsibilities
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Skills
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Attendance
at LGB Meetings 2019 - 20
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| Nigel Swan |
Community |
02.03.2020
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Business
Finance
Logistics
Charity governance
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3/3 |
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James McKenna
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Ex-Officio |
02.03.2020 |
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Principal |
3/3 |
| Lee Machado |
Community
|
30.06.2020 |
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Associate Professor in Biochemistry
Higher Education
Governance |
1/1 |
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Amit Kanabar
|
Community
|
30.06.2020 |
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IT
Data analysis
Business analysis |
1/1 |
| Suleman Mulla |
Community |
02.03.2020
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Secondary teaching
Pastoral care
Community development
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3/3 |
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Imogen Fowler
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Community
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02.03.2020
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Careers
Business opportunities for young people
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2/3 |
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Danielle Fitzgerald
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Community
|
30.06.2020
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International education
Student recruitment
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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.
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Trust Board
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Vision and ethos | Strategic direction | Risks and Opportunities
Finance | Overall responsibility
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Operations Governing Body (OGB)
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HR | Estates | IT | Marketing & Communications | Enterprise
| Operations | Business
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Local Governing Bodies (LGB)
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Teaching & Learning | Pupil & Parent & Staff experience Safeguarding | Business & Community links
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Each school
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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.
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Membership
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Meetings
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Key roles
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Attending
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- 2 Parent Governors
- 1 Staff governor
- Head
- Executive Head (where appropriate)
- 5-8 community governors
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LGB meetings
- 4 meetings per year in line with data snapshots
- No committees
- Working parties as needed
Trust Finance meetings
3 per year, attended by Finance Governor, Head and finance lead, CEO and CFO (or their representative).
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- Business links & careers Community Links
- Education & Data
- Finance & grants - Sports Premiu, Catch Up
- Parent Voice
- Pupil Premium
- Pupil Voice
- Safeguarding
- SEND & Looked After Children
- SMSC & British Values
- Wellbeing – staff and pupils
- EYFS (Primary)
- 6th form (if relevant)
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- Senior leadership team
- Occasionally and where appropriate: CEO, trustees
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Performance Management & Pay
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- Pay Committee – agree pay on recommendation from Head following moderation by trust leadership – one autumn meeting
- Performance management of Head by CEO, external advisor, Chair of LGB & Chair of Trust
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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:
- Development Plan updates
- End of year results analysis
- Data snapshots & KPIs including vulnerable groups, more able etc.
- Information comparing school to national data
- External quality assurance reports
- Pupil Premium impact reports
- Primary Sports Funding impact reports
- Catch up funding impact reports
- Attendance & Behaviour
- Wellbeing support
First hand knowledge:
- Learning walks linked to Development Plan priorities, mainly as part of trust reviews
- Annual learning walk to audit safeguarding
- Annual SEND learning walk
- Governor links to key subjects
Ofsted:
- Meet with Ofsted to discuss governance in this school, along wit trustee representative
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Stakeholder voice:
- Parent forums & PTAs
- School Council
- Community networking
Pupil Experience:
- Curriculum offer
- Enrichment – curriculum and before/after school clubs etc.
- Support school in ensuring curriculum and pupil offer match the context of the school’s community
Parents as co-educators – hold school to account for:
- Communication with parents
- Parent workshops re. curriculum, esafety, etc.
Complaints:
- Carry out Stage 3 complaints process (meeting with Chair or another governor)
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Risk:
- Receive and question risk register
- Escalate concerns to Board
Compliance – hold school to account for:
- Safeguarding & Prevent
- British Values
- Equality
Exclusions:
- Monitor exclusions, behaviour partnership arrangements
- Receive representations from parents in relation to exclusions
Local Policies:
- Agree local policies
- Monitor implementation of trust/hub policies
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Ambassadors:
- Hold school to account for PR, marketing, pupil recruitment
- Act as ambassadors for the school
- Act as ambassadors for the Trust
- Build positive relationship with PTA
- Build networks with stakeholders and alumni to benefit the school and build a benevolent community
- Build networks with businesses & useful community/education providers
- Encourage school to engage in appropriate fundraising activities and enterprise
Vision & Ethos:
- Ensure the vision for the school matches the community context, within the wider Trust vision
- Holding the school to account for a positive, aspirational ethos
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