Governance
We believe in transparency and accountability within our academies and between each Academy and the Trust. The Board will provide support and challenge as required, with the aim of enabling each Academy to work towards earned autonomy.
Local governance and accountability is secured through our system of Academy Councils, with the Trust Board retaining overall legal control of its academies in line with Department for Education and Education Funding Agency expectations.
Our three levels of governance
1. Members
Our Trust Members are ‘guardians of the governance of the Trust’ (NGA). They are tasked with assessing if the Board of Trustees is performing well and ensuring that the charitable object is being fulfilled. Whilst they have a limited and distinct role, it is nevertheless an important one.
Our members are as follows:
Member |
Date appointed |
Relevant Business or Pecuniary Interests |
20/5/2019 |
Employee of Shaw Trust |
|
10/12/2018 |
Trustee Shaw Trust |
|
10/12/2018 |
Director of D Bateson Education Consultancy Ltd. |
|
21/12/2020 |
Trustee Shaw Trust |
Further details of our Members can be found by clicking on names above.
Our scheme of delegation, or as we call it, the Delegated Accountability Framework, can be accessed here.
2. Trust Board
The Shaw Education Trust Board and its sub-committees, are responsible for delivering the three core governance functions, making key decisions and conducting the business of the Trust.
Trustees
Andrew Meehan (Chair)
David Bateson OBE (Vice Chair)
Annamarie Hassall
Cathy Stevens
Diane Cote
Helen Walker
Jacqueline Oughton
Janet Woods
John Norman
Jo Morgan
Liam Maxwell
Mike Cladingbowl
Neil Tinegate
Stephen King
For a list of our Trustees, terms of office and relevant declarations of interest, click here.
To view our register of attendance for academic year 2020-21, click here.
To read bios of our Trustees, click here.
3. Local Academy Councils
Each Academy within the Trust has a local Academy Council which meet as a full council three times per year. In addition, each council has an Educational Standards sub-Committee and a Resources sub-Committee.
Each council addresses the main core functions of governance in line with the Trust's DAF:
1. Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategy
2. Hold leaders to account for educational performance and staff performance
3. Oversee financial performance
Details of each AC can be found on respective websites and Chairs of local Academy Councils can be found here.
Shaw Education Trust Head Office, Kidsgrove Secondary School, Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, ST7 4DL
Telephone: 01782 948259
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The Shaw Education Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales under company number 09067175 whose registered address is Shaw Education Trust Head Office, Kidsgrove Secondary School, Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, ST7 4DL. Shaw Education Trust is an exempt charity.
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