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The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversight and assurance for educational and financial performance. Governance has three core functions:
Within a multi-academy trust such as Lionheart, governance is led by the Trust Board, with some responsibilities delegated to both the Local Governing Body of the individual schools and Operations Governing body across all of the schools.
Further Trust and governance information including the annual accounts can be by clicking here.
Brocks Hill Primary School has a Local Governing Body. Contact the governing body via the Chair of Governors:
Brocks Hill Primary School Local Governing Body
Local Governing Body Details |
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Name |
Governor Type
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Date of Appointment (for 4 years) |
Key Responsibilities |
Skills |
Attendance at LGB & Committee Meetings 2020 - 21 |
Diane Miller | Community |
01.08.2021 |
Chair Education & Data Pupil Premium Safeguarding SEND |
Primary Education – retired Headteacher. Governance – Primary & Secondary Charity volunteer and liaison on NHS East Midlands |
4/4 |
Michelle Walton |
Ex-Officio |
01.09.2019 |
Executive Headteacher |
Well-being, health and sport. |
N/A |
Cathryn Shilling |
Ex-Officio |
26.06.2020 |
Head of School |
EYFS |
N/A |
Kate Quirk |
Staff |
10.09.2019 |
Staff Voice Humanities |
PhD Primary Teacher Grant writing Fund raising Governance |
4/4 |
Deepa Odedra |
Staff |
13.11.2019 |
Pupil Voice EYFS |
LSA SEND |
4/4 |
Tom Matheson |
Parent |
02.07.2021 |
Science |
Reader (Associate Professor) in Neurobiology |
N/A |
Tasneem Dungarwalla |
Parent |
02.07.2021 |
Maths |
Trainer and Teacher of PSHCE for a Mental Health Charity |
N/A |
Saima Ahsan |
Community |
26.02.2020 |
Parent Voice EYFS |
Secondary Teacher Science Parent Liaison |
3/4 |
Jonathan Bill |
Community |
15.12.2021 |
Business Maths PE |
Dentist. Business owner |
2/4 |
Jo Lockley |
Parent |
26.05.2021 |
SMSC & British Values English Wellbeing |
Teacher SEMH team at the LA |
4/4 |
Shanta SinhaRoy |
Community |
26.05.2021 |
Finance Business |
HR Specialist Business Experience |
1/1 |
Shila Rawson |
Community |
26.05.2021 |
Humanities Pupil Voice |
IT |
1/1 |
Previous Governors 2020 – 2021 |
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Name |
Governor Type |
Appointment Date |
Resignation Date |
Attendance at LGB Meetings 2020 – 21 |
Dheeraj Bhasin |
Community |
14.01.2019 |
10.02.2021 |
0/2 |
Jas Bola |
Parent |
02.03.2017 |
01.03.2021 |
2/3 |
Chris Swan |
Ex-Officio |
16.09.2020 |
31.08.2021 |
3/3 |
Local Governing Body Details 2020 - 2021 | |||||
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Name |
Governor Type
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Date of Appointment (for 4 years) |
Key Responsibilities |
Skills |
Attendance at LGB & Committee Meetings 2019 - 20 |
Diane Miller | Community | 01.08.2017 |
Chair Education & Data Pupil Premium Safeguarding |
Primary Education – retired Headteacher. Governance – Primary & Secondary Charity volunteer and liaison on NHS East Midlands |
4/4 |
Michelle Walton |
Ex-Officio |
01.09.2019 |
Executive Headteacher |
Well-being, health and sport. |
4/4 |
Cathryn Shilling |
Ex-Officio |
26.06.2020 |
Head of School |
EYFS |
N/A |
Kate Quirk |
Staff |
10.09.2019 |
Staff Voice Humanities |
PhD Primary Teacher Grant writing Fund raising Governance |
2/2 |
Deepa Odedra |
Staff |
13.11.2019 |
Pupil Voice EYFS |
LSA SEND |
3/4 |
Dheeraj Bhasin |
Community |
14.01.2019 Resigned 10.02.2021 |
Vice Chair Computing D & T Lionheart Award |
Pilot & Trainer |
2/4 |
Jas Bola |
Parent |
02.03.2017 Resigned 01.03.2021 |
Finance EAL Music |
Solicitor |
4/4 |
Tom Matheson |
Parent |
02.07.2021 |
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Neurobiology |
N/A |
Tasneem Dungarwalla |
Parent |
02.07.2021 |
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Trainer and Teacher of PSHCE for a Mental Health Charity |
N/A |
Saima Ahsan |
Community |
26.02.2020 |
Parent Voice EYFS Science |
Secondary Teacher Science Parent Liaison |
4/4 |
Jonathan Bill |
Community |
15.12.2017 |
Business Maths PE |
Dentist. Business owner |
3/4 |
Jo Lockley |
Parent |
16.05.2017 |
SMSC & British Values English Wellbeing |
Teacher SEMH team at the LA |
4/4 |
Chris Swan |
Ex-Officio |
16.09.20 Resigned 31.08.2021 |
LAT Governance Professional |
Education Governance Strategy |
N/A |
Shanta SinhaRoy |
Community |
26.05.2021 |
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N/A |
Shila Rawson |
Community |
26.05.2021 |
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N/A |
Previous Governors 2019-2020
Previous Governors 2019 - 2020 |
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Name |
Governor Type |
Appointment Date |
Resignation Date |
Attendance at LGB Meetings 2019 - 20 |
Chris Swan |
Community |
27.01.2019 |
31.08.2021 |
4/4 |
Contact & Info
Trust Organisation
Scheme of Delegation
The Trust operates under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Board.
TRUST ACROSS ALL LAYERS OF GOVERNANCE
TRUST BOARD |
Vision and ethos | Strategic direction | Risks and Opportunities Finance | Overall responsibility |
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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 |
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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 Academies 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.
Local Governing Body: Roles and Responsibilities of LGB Governors
Membership |
Meetings |
Key roles |
Attending |
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LGB meetings
Trust Finance meetings 3 per year, attended by Finance Governor, Head and finance lead, CEO and CFO (or their representative).
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Performance Management & Pay |
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Holding the school to account for standards: |
Pupil, Parent & Community |
Compliance |
Ambassadors & Vision |
Receive reports on:
First hand knowledge:
Ofsted:
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Stakeholder voice:
Pupil experience:
Parents as co-educators – hold school to account for:
Complaints:
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Risk:
Compliance – hold school to account for:
Exclusions:
Local policies:
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Ambassadors:
Vision & ethos:
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Governors Contact