Governance
Strong governance helps our schools thrive and ensures that every child receives the best possible education. Our Trust’s governance is built around three key groups who work together to provide clear direction, oversight, and local insight.
Members
Members act as the guardians of the Trust’s vision and values. They have a small number of important legal responsibilities, such as appointing Trustees, approving changes to the Trust’s constitution, and ensuring the Trust remains true to its charitable purpose. Members do not run schools day to day, but they provide vital oversight and long‑term stability.
Trustees
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall strategic leadership of the Trust. Trustees make sure the Trust is well‑run, financially secure, and delivering high‑quality education across all academies. They set the Trust’s priorities, hold leaders to account, and ensure public funds are used responsibly. Trustees work closely with the executive team to support improvement and success across our schools.
Local Governors
Local Governors play an important role in providing local knowledge and community connection for each academy. They help the Trust understand what is working well in individual schools, listen to the views of parents and carers, and support leaders by focusing on key priorities such as safeguarding, standards, and pupil wellbeing. Local Governors add valuable insight but do not replicate the strategic role of Trustees.
Together, our Members, Trustees, and Local Governors work in partnership to ensure strong leadership, clear accountability, and a positive educational experience for every child in our Trust.
Our Governance Structure
Our committee structure
Please click on each committee to learn more about its function.
Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee
Monitors the integrity of the MAT’s financial statements, financial performance, internal financial controls, internal control and risk management, along with reviewing the effectiveness of the internal audit function.
Operations Committee
Accountable for managing financial resources, operations (estates), digital and human resources to achieve maximum effectiveness and best value. Ensure the Trust is financially secure and compliant with statutory financial reporting, the Trust Handbook and Accounts Direction.
Education, Inclusion and Safeguarding Committee
Ensures that the overall curriculum provision for cohorts, groups and phases of children meets the standards and expectations of the Trust and the entitlement for each community.
Ensures that safeguarding arrangements are in place to ensure safeguarding is at the heart of the Trust.
Oversees and monitors the strategies in place to support every child in accessing their education and enabling all children to thrive.
Remuneration Committee
To agree pay policies for staff and CEO.
Admissions Committee
To annually review the impact of all aspects of school admission arrangements and practice. The Committee will consider all Admission Round applications and all In Year applications for admission in accordance with the current admissions arrangements.
Primary Communication Board
To create strong lines of communication from primary local governors to Trustees and executives and vice versa.
Secondary Communication Board
To create strong lines of communication from secondary local governors to Trustees and executives and vice versa.
Promise Review Board
The Promise Review Board are responsible for ensuring that the children of the school receive a quality education.