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Governance

 

KCSP Governance Model

 

 

 Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership is a charitable trust and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust was established in August 2012 by the Archbishop of Southwark.

 

The Trust Board of Directors ('Trustees') are responsible for overseeing the management and administration of the Trust and they fulfil this role by delegating functions to committees. 

 

The Trust understands the importance of the role of governance committees and the Trust has set out guidance and support in its Governance Handbook and Scheme of Delegation.

 

 

Governance at  Our Lady of Hartley:

 

The school has two committees:

 

  • Our Lady of Hartley Academy Committee (AC) – specific to our school
  • Executive Governance Committee (EGC) – oversees the two Academy Committees of Our Lady of Hartley and St Joseph’s

 

Whichever Committee a person is on, we are ALL here to serve the school and, above all, the children. We have our mission – Learning in the Light of Christ – very much at the heart of all that we do.  

 

The Governance Committee is a ‘critical friend’ of the school. It provides Strategic Leadership in school improvement. It does this by being appropriately involved in the school improvement cycle as follows:

 

  1. Developing and sharing the values and vision
  2. Setting out the aims and objectives of the school
  3. Setting out the policies and procedures by which the aims and objectives will be achieved
  4. Establishing the criteria by which the aims and achievements will be seen to be achieved
  5. Taking the views of stakeholders into account
  6. Evaluating evidence on how well the school is doing
  7. Finding out how well the school is doing in comparison with similar schools
  8. Agreeing targets for improvement
  9. Planning to achieve improvement
  10. Ensuring that deployment of staffing and resources match the school’s priorities.


Key Issues

 

The governance committee will consider and keep under review: the progress and attainment of all groups of pupils, evidence of narrowing gaps between under achieving groups and other pupils, improvements in the quality of teaching, the school’s improvement since the last inspection, and the school’s self-evaluation of how well it is doing currently. Governance committee members are not expected to be involved in the day to day running of the school.

 

 Who can be a governance committee member?

 

  • Almost everyone over 18 can become a member. Governance committee members are volunteers from all walks of life – everyone has experience and skills to offer
  • An effective governance committee has people from different backgrounds and with a mix of skills. No formal qualifications are needed to be a member
  • Governance committee members are not education experts – they are there to offer a fresh perspective

 

What makes a good governance committee member?

 

  • The ability to work in a team
  • An interest in education and a commitment to the school
  • Patience, energy and enthusiasm
  • A willingness to listen, learn and to spend time in school
  • A willingness to undertake training

 

The EGC determines the strategic direction of the two schools, and it also has direct responsibility for certain key areas, such as finance. Both committees support and challenge the leadership of Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School but covering different areas.

ACADEMY COMMITTEE

EXECUTIVE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Teaching and learning

Oversees the 2 Academy Committees

Student well-being

Finance

Special Educational Needs

Health and Safety

Pupil Premium

Safeguarding

Child Protection

Admissions

RE and Catholic ethos

Approves and implements Academy specific policies

Endorses Academy specific policies

Assists with performance review of the Executive Principal

Assists with performance reviews of the Academy Principal

 

 

This means, for example, that if you have concerns or questions about the financial management of Our Lady of Hartley, they should go to the Finance Committee Member on the Executive Governance Committee. You can always contact them through the school office.

 

Our Lady of Hartley and St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School -Executive Governance Committee

Governor Name

Category

Appointing Body and Term of Office

Details of Responsibility

Register of Business Interests

Andrew Brett

Foundation Member

Education Commission

01/09/18

AC Chair

Declaration of Interest confirmed 01/12/22

Noel Keady

Foundation Member

Education Commission

06/02/20 – 05/02/24

Chair

Declaration of Interest confirmed 13/09/22

Robert Littlefield

Foundation Member

Education Commission

25/07/19 – 24/07/23

 

Finance Lead

Declaration of interest confirmed 04/07/21

Barry Mullan

Foundation Member

Education Commission

08/04/19 – 07/04/23

AC Chair

Declaration of Interest confirmed 05/07/21

Steven Watkins

Co-Opted Member

KCSP

09/11/20 – 08/11/24

 

Declaration of Interest confirmed 21/09/20

Patrina Begley

Ex-Officio Executive Principal

KCSP

Executive Principal

Declaration of Interest confirmed

 

Our Lady of Hartley Academy Committee

Governor Name

Category

Appointing Body and Term of Office

Details of Responsibility

Register of Business Interests

Barry Mullan

Foundation Member

Education Commission

08/04/19 – 07/04/23

Chair

Health and Safety Lead

Declaration of Interest confirmed 05/07/21

Rachel Glennon

Staff Member

KCSP

08/11/22 – 07/11/26

 

 

Leonard Williams

Parent Member

KCSP

17/12/20 – 16/12/24

Curriculum and Safeguarding Lead

Declaration of Interest confirmed 04/09/22

Jim Baker

Ex-Officio Academy Principal

KCSP

Academy Principal

Declaration of Interest confirmed

Father Alphonsus Foundation Member Education Commission

                                                               19/05/2023- 18/05/2027

 

Our Chair of Governors, Barry Mullan, can be contacted by email:

Barry.mullan@our-lady-hartley.kcsp.org.uk

 

The Clerk to the committee Emma Jones, can be contacted by email:

ejones@kcsp.org.uk

 

Copies of Governing Body minutes are available from the School Office.

 

 

Governance handbook - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/18c257f9-bd34-40fb-9ff8-a16e952b961d/governance-handbook-final-2022-23.pdf

 

Scheme of delegation - https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/kent-catholic-partnership-redesign/UploadedDocument/95d08f06-7623-45b0-a589-84717782db76/scheme-of-delegation-final-2022-23.pdf

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