Governors
Reach2 Academy Trust Governance
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.
West Midlands Region
REAch2 is a large organisation with 53 Primary schools across many parts of England. To effectively provide high quality support to all REAch2 schools a regional model has been adopted. There are four regions; South Central, North Central, The Midlands and East Anglia.
Our school is in the West Midlands Region along with the following schools:
- Bushbury Lane Academy (Wolverhampton)
- Five Spires Academy (Lichfield)
- Lawley Village Academy (Telford)
- Manor Park Academy (Birmingham)
- Norton Canes Primary Academy (Cannock)
- Heath Hayes Academy (Cannock)
- Oakfield Primary Academy (Rugby)
- Riverside Primary Academy (Newbold-on-Avon)
- Racemeadow Primary Academy (Atherstone)
- Scientia Academy (Burton upon Trent)
- Silkmore Primary Academy (Stafford)
- Springhill Primary Academy (Burntwood)
- Veritas Primary Academy (Stafford)
Governance
Our school, like all the schools in the Trust, has a local governing body (LGB). There is a scheme of delegation, which details how the LGB should work. The LGB hold 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 should.
Our school’s LGB is made up of 4 trust-appointed members, who are volunteers, three parents, two staff and the headteacher. They can invite other members of staff in to meetings to discuss current issues. You can find out about our governors here [link to governor details]. 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 [link to that here].
The LGB also works alongside a regional board where region-wide issues are discussed. The Regional Board is made up of volunteers, just like an LGB, with head teachers and chairs of governors. There is also a team of regional officers, led by the Regional Director, Simon Wood. They provide support to the schools in finance, HR, estates and governance.
We have to share this information with you about our governors and governance:
Chair of Governors
Mr Sean Russell
Executive Headteacher
Miss Nicola Fisher
Head of School
Mr Tom Twort
Governors appointed by the Trust Board
Mrs Kathryn Watkin (Vice Chair)
Miss Gemma Cronin
Miss Emma Meola
Parent Governor
Mrs S Kennefick
Mr A Azad
Staff Governor
Mrs Carolyn Styles – Teaching
Miss Victoria Bailey – None Teaching
Our governors’ declarations of interests, attendance at meetings during the last academic year and the local governing body’s terms of reference are all available upon request.
