Governance
This part of our website is designed to support our our members, trustees and governors as they work with our schools and trusts to enable our schools and their communities to flourish.
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Those that govern have four key roles when working together:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction,
- Holding the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the school (and trust, if a trustee) and its pupils,
- Overseeing the financial performance of the school (and the trust, if a trustee) and making sure it’s money is well spent,
- Ensuring the voices of stakeholders are heard.
In line with legal frameworks, our schools are responsible for preserving and developing their religious character in partnership with its Church. As a result, trustees and governors in our schools and academies have an additional role in developing and upholding the distinctive ethos upon which their school was founded.
We offer a range of training to help prepare and develop those at all levels of governance (member, trustee, governor). You can find information about our networking and training programme in the Training & Resources tab.
