Governance
The Role of Governor
Within England there are over 300,000 School/Academy Governors who form the largest volunteer force in the country.
The roles of individual Governors, and subsequently members of a Governing Body, work collectively to perform a strategic role and carry out key functions such as:
- Discuss and set the aims and objectives for the Academies and Trust
- Set the required policies for achieving those aims and objectives
- Set the required targets for achieving those aims and objectives
- Monitor and evaluate the progress that the Academies and Trust is making towards their set aims and objectives
- Finally the role of role of the Academy Governor is to be a source of challenge and support to the Principals i.e. a 'critical friend'
The Governors are committed to ensuring that children at the Academies achieve their potential and are well-equipped for life after school. We believe that every child can be successful, and as staff work hard to make sure this happens, we expect our students to do the same.
Venturers Trust is a multi-academy trust. Ultimate responsibility for the Academies within it rests with the Board of Trustees of the Trust but much of the work of the Trust Board is delegated to the Local Governing Bodies (the Governors of the respective Academies) and details of the Local Governing Bodies can be found on the websites of each Academy. The details of the Governors of Venturers Trust are listed below and further biographical details can be found here
Accounting Officer
| Name | Term of Office | Business and Pecuniary Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Hilary Macaulay | Indefinite | None |
Members of the Multi Academy Trust Board
(Venturers Trust Board)
Denis Burn (SMV)
Chris Curling (SMV)
David Marsh (SMV)
Tim Ross (SMV)
Judith Squires (UoB)
Composition of the Trust Board
Last updated 17 May 2018
|
Name |
Date of Appointment |
Term of Office |
Appointed as |
Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests (w.e.f. 01/09/2017) |
Meetings attended 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Smallwood | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Chair of Venturers Trust Board |
Stage Electrics Partnership | t.b.c. |
| Colin Skellett | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Deputy Chair of Venturers Trust Board Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
None | t.b.c. |
|
Steve Allpress |
1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
None | t.b.c. |
|
Ross Ancell |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
None |
t.b.c. |
| Gail Bragg | 14 Dec 2017 | 4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
None |
t.b.c. |
|
Anthony Brown |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
None |
t.b.c. |
|
Jacqueline Cornish |
1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years | Sponsor Governor (SMV) | None | t.b.c. |
|
Caroline Duckworth |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Co-opted Governor (employee of SMV) |
Governor of Colston School Governor of Wycliffe College |
t.b.c.
|
| Kath Henry | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years | Co-opted Governor | None |
t.b.c. |
| John Laycock | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Chairman of Stage Electrics Partnership | t.b.c. |
|
David Potter |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 5 April 2018 |
4 Years | Co-opted Governor |
Trustee, John Kyrle High School Governor, Forest High School Governor, St Anthony's (Free) School |
t.b.c. |
|
Lynn Robinson* |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (UoB) *named Trust Board level Safeguarding Governor |
None |
t.b.c. |
|
Ros Sutherland |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (UoB) |
Trustee of SS Great Britain |
t.b.c. |
|
John
|
1 Sept 2017
|
4 Years
|
Sponsor Governor (SMV)
|
None
|
t.b.c.
|
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