Governors

The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversights and assurance for educational and financial performance

Governance has 3 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
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

Within a multi-academy trust such as Lionheart Educational Trust, governance is led by the Trust Board, with some responsibilities delegated to the Local Governing Body of the school. These delegations are captured in the Scheme of Delegation.


FURTHER TRUST AND GOVERNANCE INFORMATION

 

TRUST ORGANISATION


SCHEME OF DELEGATION

The Trust operates under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Board which outlines all key delegated responsibilities.

TRUST ACROSS ALL LAYERS OF GOVERNANCE

TRUST BOARD

Vision and ethos  |  Strategic direction  |  Risks and Opportunities

Finance  |  Overall responsibility

 

TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE

EDUCATION

AUDIT, COMPLIANCE & RISK  (ACR) 

REMUNERATION  

In compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook  

Delegated authority under the Trust Scheme of Delegation  

 

LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (LGB)

Teaching & Learning  |  Pupil & Parent & Staff experience  | Safeguarding  |  Business & Community links

Each school


TRUST BOARD

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.


TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

The purpose of Lionheart Committees is to ensure that the Trust adheres to the governance framework outlined in the Academies Trust Handbook and ensures there is a high level of scrutiny and oversight of key areas.

All Trust Board committees are made up of Trustees with specific knowledge and experience. The Chairs of Committees have the knowledge and skills to be able to lead discussions and make recommendations to the Trust board for decisions. The roles and responsibilities of the committees are defined in the terms of reference.


LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES

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 Educational Trust.


MEMBERS

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.

HIGHCLIFFE PRIMARY GOVERNORS 2024-25 

Co Chairs of Governors – Charles Twort & Robert Prior
Governance Officer - Kate McGreal
[email protected]

GOVERNING BODY 2024-25

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2023-24

Charles Twort

Community

31.08.22

30.08.26

C0-chair

Safeguarding

Education & data

Science

Engineering & Industry

Professional Coaching & Mentor

Boards, Governance & Panels

2/4

Chelsea Williams

Ex Officio

Executive Headteacher

01.09.22

 

 

Education

4/4

Simone Stewart

Ex Officio

Headteacher

29.08.23

 

 

 

4/4

Robert Prior

Community

08.07.22

07.07.26

Co-chair

Education

Governance

Lionheart Trust

4/4

Sandra Williams

Community

31.01.22

30.01.26

 

Finance

Strategic management

Curriculum KS1 & 2

Maths

Governance

3/4

Simon Froggatt

Parents

22.02.21

21.02.25

Vice chair

SMSC

Reading

Information Technology

Project Management & Delivery

Parent Community

4/4

Hawa Fazlanie

Community

02.03.23

01.03.27

 

Education Safeguarding

EYFS

Attendance

3/1

Vishal Dhokia

Community

10.04.23

09.04.27

 

 

4/4

Rishi Lad

Community

05.09.23

04.09.27

 

 

2/2

Danielle Chapman

Parent

09.02.24

08.02.28

 

 

1/1

GOVERNING BODY HISTORIC (left within last 12 months)

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2023-24

Rakesh Vaitha

Community

16.09.19

15.09.23

Finance
Pupil Premium
EYFS

Auditing, accounting, finance

3/4

Neil Gilliver

Parents

09.03.20

14.11.23

Parent voice EYFS Wellbeing of pupils & staff Writing

Business

Estates management Parent community

 

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS 2023-24

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Charles Twort

Burton on the Wolds Primary

Vice chair of governors

Governance

01.04.16

29.07.22

LET - Humphrey Perkins

Governor

Education

01.12.19

 

Chelsea Williams

LET Executive Headteacher

Executive Headteacher line managing schools

Education

01.09.22

 

DJ Northern Lass

DJ Children’s entertainer

Entertainment

 

 

Simone Stewart

None

 

 

 

 

Rakesh Vaitha

None

 

 

 

 

Robert Prior

Lionheart Educational Trust

Headteacher at Broom Leys Primary School

Education

01.09.22

 

Lionheart Educational Trust

Co-chair of governors at Highcliffe Primary school

Education

01.09.22

 

Sandra Williams

LET – Sir Jonathan North

Governor

Education

31.01.22

 

Simon Froggatt

None

 

 

 

 

Hawa Fazlanie

United Learning

Employee

Education

01.09.12

 

Vishal Dhokia

None

 

 

 

 

Rishi Lad

None

 

 

 

 

Danielle Chapman

None

 

 

 

 

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS – Historic (left within last 12 months)

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Rakesh Vaitha

None

 

 

 

 

Neil Gilliver

None