Governors

Royal Park Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust [TKAT] which is a multi-academy trust that was established on 1^st September 2010. Local Governing Bodies [LGB] have been established for each Academy and they are responsible for fulfilling the strategic governance role.

Please click HERE for the Directors of the TKAT Board

For information about TKAT Governance please CLICK HERE

Please click HERE to see the Scheme of Delegation

Please click HERE to view the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts.

Please click HERE for the declaration of Governors Business Interests (2021-2022)

Please click HERE for the declaration of Governors Business Interests (2020-2021)

Please click HERE for the constitution and composition (September 2021)

Please click HERE to meet the Trustees.

Please click HERE to see the Impact Statement for 2021-2022.

Royal Park Primary Academy Governing Body Constitution

Composition of Local Governing Bodies (LGBs)

The Scheme of Delegation deliberately does not prescribe the composition of LGBs.  This is to allow flexibility, particularly where LGBs are federated.

Therefore, although the Board of Trustees reserves the right to determine the composition of LGBs, in practice an LGB is free to determine its own composition to ensure that it is able to carry out the core delegated functions. 

Most Governing Bodies in TKAT are composed of:  2 parents, 2 Staff, the Headteacher and appointed Governors as appropriate. 

Parents

Parents Governors are ideally parents of children currently in school (elected by a ballot of current parents), where this is not possible somebody who is a parent of child in the school or is the parent of a child in another school could be appointed.  There should be a minimum of 2 parents on each LGB.  Parents who would be eligible to stand as a staff governor at the school, or are an elected councillor are not eligible to stand as a parent governor.

Staff

It is good practice to have one member of the teaching staff and one member of the support staff on the LGB  (elected by the staff).  Governors who are employed by the Academy or by TKAT generally should not be Chair or Vice Chair of the LGB, or of individual committees, other than in exceptional circumstances.  The majority of governors should not be employed by the Academy.

The Headteacher can choose whether they sit on the Governing Body as a voting member or in a non-voting advisory capacity.

Appointed

Appointed Governors is a catchall phrase for all other governors, including what used to be called community Governors.  Whilst the Board of Trustees reserves the right to appoint these Governors directly in practice this is usually left to the LGB.  Once the size and composition of the Governing Body is determined there is no scope to co-opt further Governors (but it can include others on the LGB as advisors in a non-voting capacity).  The Appointed Governors should form a majority.

Structure and Composition

Where an LGB serves more than one school there is the flexibility to determine a composition according to the needs of the school.  Possible models include:

• Separate Governing Bodies for each school, with individual Governors serving on more than one LGB
• A single LGB for all of the schools involved in the agreement
• An executive committee serving all the schools and sub-committees for each of the schools

The agreed composition of the LGB needs to be recorded and publicised on the school website, with changes to composition and membership recorded within the minutes of relevant meetings.   

For correspondence with the Chair of Governors please address to Mrs C Thomas – Clerk to Governors and deliver via the school office.

Constitution 2023-2024

Governor Type	Number
Headteacher	1
Staff Governors	1
Parent Governors	2
Appointed Governors	3
Vacancies	3
TOTAL	10

 

Governor List 2023 - 2024

Name	Governor Type	Area of Responsiblity	DeclAration of interest including transactions up to 31st August 2023	Terms of Office
Penny Holmes	Ex Officio	Headteacher from May 2021	Partner a Teacher at Royal Park since September 2018
Susan Manzi	Appointed Consultant Chair of Governors (TKAT Appointment)	Curriculum   Safeguarding & Behaviour	NIL return	Curent term:  22.06.22 - 21.06.26 Start date:  22.06.22
Yemisi Saromi	Parent	Attendance & Wellbeing   Safeguarding	NIL return	Current term: 01.02.21 - 31.01.25 Start date: 01.02.21
Cory Bassett	Staff	-	NIL return	Current term: 28.09.21 - 27.09.25 Start date: 28.09.21
Merisha Wright	Appointed by parents	Attendance & Wellbeing	NIL return	Current term: 21.06.22 - 20.06.26 Start date: 21.06.22
Orianna Caruso	Appointed	Finance and Health & Safety	NIL return	Current term:  01.11.22 - 31.10.26 Start date: 01.11.22
Janine Wooster	Appointed	SEND & Disadvantaged	Chair of Governors at Shenstone Academy	Current term:  21.02.23 - 20.02.2027 Start date: 21.02.23
Carol Thomas		Clerk to Governors	Clerk at 9 other TKAT schools, daughter is employed by TKAT

 

Governors who left office in academic year (2022-2023)

Name	Governor Type	Area of Responsibility	Declaration of interest	Term of Office	Attendance
Eleanor Lucas	Appointmed	Curriculum - teaching and learning	Teacher at Eltham Colleage since January 2019	Start date: 28.09.21 Term of office: 28.09.21 - 27.09.25 Resigned: 09.08.2023	83%
Lee Osborne	Appointed	Health & Safety Finance	Awaited	Start date: 16.03.22 Term of office: 16.03.22 - 15.03.26 Resigned: 20.02.203	70%
Rachael Holley	Appointed	Disadvantages & SEND	Awaited	Start date: 07.05.19 Term of office: 07.05.19 - 06.04.23 Removed due to non attendnce: 21.02.2023	70%

 

Governors attendance 2022 - 2023

Name	Attendance
Penny Holmes	83%
Susan Manzi	100%
Rachael Holley	0%
Eleanor Lucas	83%
Yemisi Saromi	50%
Cory Bassett	100%
Lee Osborne	33%
Merisha Wright	67%
Janine Wooster	66%
Orianna Caruso	50%
Carol Thomas (Clerk)	100%