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.

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 2022-2023

Governor Type	Number
Headteacher	1
Staff Governors	1
Parent Governors	2
Appointed Governors	6
TOTAL	10

 

Governor List 2022 - 2023

Name	Governor Type	Area of Responsiblity	Terms of Office
Penny Holmes	Ex Officio	Headteacher from May 2021
Susan Manzi	Appointed Consultant Chair of Governors (TKAT Appointment)		Start date: 22nd June 2022 End date: 21st June 2026
Rachael Holley	Appointed		Start date: 7th May 2019 End date: 6th May 2023
Yemisi Saromi	Parent		Start date: 1st February 2021 End date: 31st January 2025
Cory Bassett	Staff	-	Elected by staff 28th September 2021 End date: 27th September 2025
Eleanor Lucas	Appointed		Start date: 28th September 2021 End date: 27th September 2025
Lee Osborne	Appointed		Start date: 16th March 2022 End date: 15th March 2026
Quinton Naido	Appointed		Start date: 16th March 2022 End date: 15th March 2026
Merisha Wright	Appointed by parents		Start date: 21st June 2022 End date: 20th June 2026
Carol Thomas		Clerk to Governors

 

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

None at present

 

Governors attendance 2021-2022

Name	Attendance
Penny Holmes	100%
Zoe Faragher	83%
Rachael Holley	100%
Eleanor Lucas	83%
Yemisi Saromi	67%
Cory Bassett	60%
Lee Osborne	67%
Quinton Naidoo	67%
Merisha Wright	50%
Sam Thomas	50%
Cathi Barker	67%
Meera Tiwari	67%
Carol Thomas (Clerk)	100%

 

 

Governors who left office in academic year (2021-22)

Name	Governor Type	Area of Responsibility	Declaration of interest	Term of Office	Attendance
Matthew Armstrong	Staff governor	Staff governor	Nill return	Start date: 2/10/2020 End date: 1/10/2024 Resigned: 24/9/21	80%
Sam Thomas	Parent	Pupil Premium & ACE	Nill return	Start date: 7/5/19 End date: 6/5/23 Resigned: 18/1/22	50%
Meera Tiwari	Appointed	Health and Safety & Finance	Nill return	Start date: 30/9/20 End date: 29/9/24 Resigned: 18/1/22	67%
Cathi Barker	Appointed	Attendance & Wellbeing	Nill return	Start date: 7/5/19 End date: 6/5/23 Resigned: 16/2/22	67%
Zoe Faragher	Chair of Governors	Safeguarding & behaviour	Family member works at TKAT	Start date: 3/11/19 End date: 2/11/23 Resigned: 21/06/22	83%