Governance
REAch2 now has 59 primary schools and is organised into 10 clusters. You can find a complete list of the clusters on the REAch2 website. Our school is in Cluster 3. The Cluster 3 Deputy Director for Education is Sarah Barton.
REAch2 Governance
We have 3 layers of governance in REAch2: local governing bodies which oversee individual schools, cluster boards who oversee each cluster and our Board of Trustees who are ultimately accountable to the Department for Education for the running of the Trust.
All our schools share the same governance structure and you can find information about the trust on the REAch2 website at www.reach2.org. The Governance page gives details of how the Trust is organised, including the Articles of Association, the Master Funding Agreement and all the documents which relate to how the Trust was founded and how it runs today. You can also find details of who our trustees are.
Our school, like most schools in the Trust, has a local governing body (LGB). There are terms of reference, which detail how the LGB should work and what its responsibilities are. On the REAch2 website, terms of reference are available for all our boards, including the Trust Board. You can also find documents which show how all the different layers communicate and how responsibility and accountability is distributed.
The documents below offer more information about REAch2 Governance;
Summary governance composition at all levels
Reach 2 Academy Financial Statements
Governance in our school
The LGB holds meetings during the year in which they help to support the school, its leadership and pupils, whilst challenging to make sure that everyone achieves as much progress as they can and should.
Our school’s LGB is made up of 4 trust-appointed members, who are volunteers, two parents, two staff and the headteacher. They can invite other members of staff in to meetings to discuss current issues. They have to declare that they are working for the school in an open and honest way and so fill in a declarations of interests form which you can find here.
The LGB also works alongside a cluster board where cluster-wide issues are discussed. The Cluster Board is made up of volunteers, just like an LGB, head teachers and chairs of governors. There is also a central team with officers and business partners who specialise in providing support in areas such as finance, HR, health and safety, estates and governance.
Responsibilities of Our School Governors
Accountability
Accountable for the performance of the school to parents and the wider community.
Strategy
Develop the long-term strategic direction of the school. Actively involved in the creation of the School Improvement Plan, visions and aims, and budget.
Critical Friendship
Challenges, monitors and evaluates progress against set targets.
Compliments, Comments and Concerns
The Governing Body would like to hear from you if you:
•Are happy with the service the school provides and would like to compliment the staff and its pupils;
•Have any suggestions about how the school can improve the quality of its provision;
•Have a complaint or concern. All complaints will be taken seriously and given full and proper consideration in accordance with the Complaints and Compliments Policy.
Declaration of Business and Personal interests
Governors and trustees have a legal duty to act only in the best interests of their schools. Where a situation arises in which they cannot do this due to a personal interest they have, steps should be taken to identify, prevent and record the conflict. This ensures governors or trustees are acting in the best interests of the school.
Pecuniary interests
Generally, governors should not participate in any discussions in which they or their relatives may directly or indirectly benefit from a pecuniary interest, except where the relevant authority has authorised this i.e. legislation for maintained schools or articles of association for academies. A direct benefit refers to any personal financial benefit and an indirect benefit refers to any financial benefit you may have by virtue of a relationship to someone who stands to gain from a decision of the governing board. Both direct and indirect interests must be declared.
Non-pecuniary interests (Conflicts of loyalty)
There may be a non-pecuniary interest whereby the governor does not stand to gain any benefit but a declaration should still be made. For example, this might be where a governor has a family member working in the school. While the governor might not benefit personally, their judgement could be impaired if something was brought up that would affect the family member
We have to share this information with you about our governors and governance:
Chair of Governors
Mr Sean Russell
Executive Headteacher
Mr Tom Twort
Head of School
Ms C Chapman
Governors appointed by the Trust Board
Mrs L Slegg-Newton
Mr M Qudir
Mrs M Shields
Miss E Meola
Parent Governor
Mrs S Kennefick
Staff Governors
Mrs V Campbell – Teaching
Miss Victoria Bailey – Non Teaching
Mr Sean Russell, Chair of Governors can be contacted on enquiry@moorgreenacademy.org
Pecuniary interests
Mr Sean Russell
Mr Tom Twort
Mrs Sarah Kennefick
Mrs Victoria Campbell – Teaching
Miss Victoria Bailey – Non Teaching
The local governing body’s terms of reference can be found here
Governors’ declarations of interests can be found here
Governing Body Publication of Data can be found here
Governing Body Attendance 2018 – 2019 can be found here
Governing Body Attendance 2017 – 2018 can be found here
