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Governors
Royal Park Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust [TKAT] which is a multi-academy trust that was established on 1st 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.
Governor List 2021 - 2022
Name | Governor Type | Area of Responsiblity | Terms of Office Ends |
---|---|---|---|
Penny Holmes | Ex Officio | Head of School | Headteacher |
Zoe Faragher | Appointed Consultant (TKAT Appointment) | Safeguarding & Behaviour | 2nd November 2023 |
Cathi Barker | Appointed | Attendance & Wellbeing | 6th May 2023 |
Rachael Holley | Appointed |
SEN Disadvantaged Pupil Premium ACE |
6th May 2023 |
Sam Thomas | Parent | 6th May 2023 | |
Meera Tiwari | Appointed | Health & Safety and Finance | 29th September 2024 |
Yemisi Saromi | Parent | Attendance & Wellbeing | 21st January 2025 |
Cory Bassett | Staff | Elected by staff November 2021 | |
Eleanor Lucas | Appointed |
Curriculum Reading Literacy |
27th September 2025 |
Vacancy | Appointed | ||
Carol Thomas | Clerk to Governors |
Constitution 2021-2022
Governor Type |
Number |
---|---|
Headteacher |
1 |
Staff Governors |
1 |
Parent Governors |
2 |
Appointed Governors |
6 |
TOTAL |
10 |
ROYAL PARK PRIMARY ACADEMY
GOVERNOR LIST
2020 / 21
Name |
Governor Type |
Area of Responsibility |
Decleration of interest |
Term of Office |
Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penny Holmes |
Ex - Officio Headteacher |
Headteacher |
Family member works in a TKAT school |
Headteacher |
100% |
Zoe Faragher |
Appointed Consultant (TKAT Appointment) |
Chair of Governors Link Governor: Safeguarding & Behaviour |
Family member works in a TKAT school |
Start date: 1/11/19 Term: 1/11/19 - 2/11/2023 |
100% |
Eleanor Lucas | Appointed | Curriculum | Nill return |
Start date: 28/9/21 Term: 28/9/21 - 27/9/25 |
100% |
Cathi Barker |
Appointed
|
Attendance & Wellbeing |
Nill return |
Start date: 7/5/19 Term: 7/5/19 - 6/5/23 |
67% |
Rachael Holley |
Appointed |
Vice Chair of governors
ACE (A Champion for Every child) & SEND |
Nill return |
Start date: 7/5/19 Term: 7/5/19 - 6/5/23 |
50% |
Sam Thomas |
Parent
|
Link Governor SEN/Safeguarding |
Nill return |
Start date: 7/5/19 Term: 7/5/19 - 6/5/23 |
100% |
Meera Tiwari
|
Appointed |
Health and Safety & Finance |
Nill return |
Start date: 30/9/20 Term: 30/9/20 - 29/9/24 |
83% |
Yemisi Saromi |
Parent
|
Attendance & Wellbeing |
Nill return |
Start date: 4/5/21 Term: 04/05/21 - 31/04/25 |
100% |
Carol Thomas |
Clerk |
Clerk to Governors |
Clerk at other TKAT schools. Family member works in a TKAT school |
Clerk |
100% |
Matthew Armstrong | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned on 24/9/21 | Resigned on 24/9/21 | 80% |
Louise Lynch | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | 100% |
Paul Humfryes | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | 50% |
Paula Smith | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | Resigned | 50% |
Governors who left office in academic year (2020-21)
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 Resigned: 24/9/21 |
80% |
Paul Humfryes | Appointed | Finance | Nill return |
Resigned: 13/07/2021 |
50% |
Louise Lynch |
Ex - Officio Executive Headteacher |
Executive Headteacher |
Nill return |
Start date: 1/9/14 Resigned: 3/5/21 |
100% |
Hassan Wager |
Appointed |
Finance | Nill return |
Start: 1/9/20 Term: 1/9/20 - 1/5/21 |
33% |
Paula Smith | Appointed | Curriculum | Nill return | Start: 1/11/19 - 1/5/21 | 50% |
Governors who have resigned (2020-21)
Name |
Date of Leaving |
---|---|
Paula Smith |
19/01/2021 |
Louise Lynch |
30/04/2021 |
Paul Humfryes |
13/07/2021 |
Local Governing Body Register of Attendance 2020 - 2021
Name | Percentage of Governors Meetings Attended |
---|---|
Louise Lynch | 100% |
Zoe Faragher | 100% |
Paul Humfryes | 50% |
Cathi Barker | 67% |
Rachael Holley | 50% |
Sam Thomas | 100% |
Penny Holmes | 100% |
Paula Smith | 50% |
Hassan Waqar | 33% |
Meera Tiwari | 83% |
Matthew Armstrong | 80% |
Yemisi Saromi | 100% |