Governance Structure
The Governing Body (also sometimes known as “the Trustees” or “the Board of Trustees” is the key strategic decision-making body of every academy. It is our role to set the academy’s strategic framework and to ensure all statutory duties are met.
The Governing Body has three main responsibilities:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding the Principal to account for the educational performance of the Academy and its students, and the performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the Academy and making sure its money is well spent.
The Governing Body delegates some of its responsibilities to a group of Committees:
- Audit and Risk
- Finance and General Purposes (Pay and Performance Review is a sub-Committee)
- Quality of Education & Well-Being
Legal context: The Petchey Academy is a stand-alone sponsor academy. It is both a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity.
Governors are therefore company directors and are required to comply with the Companies Act.
An exempt charity is one that is not regulated by, and cannot register with, the Charity Commission. Nevertheless, it is still a charity. Governors are Trustees – for the Academy, the terms are interchangeable - and are required to comply with all relevant charity legislation.
Not currently Trustees & Members but were within the last 12 months (June 2022)
|
Name |
Role |
Appointed by |
From |
To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Andrew Billington |
Member |
Foundation/sponsor members |
01/02/2006 |
31/08/2021 |
|
Annie Gammon |
Trustee |
Appointed by LA |
01/10/2019 |
18/03/2022 |
|
Clare Borrill |
Trustee |
Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal |
01/09/2019 |
24/04/2022 |
|
Dorothy Dalton |
Chair of trustees |
Appointed by foundation/Trust |
11/12/2013 |
31/08/2021 |
|
Gemma Juma |
Trustee |
Appointed by foundation/Trust |
19/12/2017 |
18/12/2021 |
|
Joanne Shand |
Trustee |
Appointed by foundation/Trust |
19/12/2017 |
08/12/2021 |
|
Rosslyn Hudson |
Trustee |
Appointed by foundation/Trust |
11/07/2012 |
14/07/2021 |
Full Trustees / Governing Body & Committee Meetings attended in academic year 2020/2021
Full Governing Board Meeting Sept 2020 – Aug 2021
|
Governor |
Meetings Attended | Out of a possible |
|---|---|---|
| C Borrill | 4 | 4 |
| O Carrol | 4 | 4 |
| D Dalton (Chair) | 4 | 4 |
| R Davies | 2 | 2 |
| A Gammon | 4 | 4 |
| R Hudson | 3 | 4 |
| G Juma | 4 | 4 |
| J Shand | 4 | 4 |
| C Shofoluwe | 2 | 2 |
| M Stewart | 4 | 4 |
| Y Tomori | 4 | 4 |
| P Blackwell | 2 | 4 |
| A Donnelly | 3 | 4 |
| P Young | 4 | 4 |
| S Amirbayat | 3 | 4 |
| J Newnham | 4 | 4 |
| A Verjee | 2 | 2 |
Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee Sept 2020 – Aug 2021
| Governor | Meetings attended | Out of a possible |
|---|---|---|
| R Davies | 1 | 1 |
| J Newnham | 3 | 3 |
| Y Tomori | 3 | 3 |
| P Young | 3 | 3 |
| C Borrill | 2 | 3 |
| C Shofoluwe | 2 | 2 |
| O Carrol | 3 | 3 |
| G Juma | 3 | 3 |
Finance & General Purposes Committee Sept 2020 – Aug 2021
| Governor | Meetings Attended | Out of a possible |
|---|---|---|
| C Borrill | 3 | 3 |
| R Davies | 1 | 1 |
| O Carrol | 3 | 3 |
| J Shand | 1 | 3 |
| Y Tomori | 3 | 3 |
| M Ayoola (non-governor member) | 1 | 3 |
| P Young | 3 | 3 |
| C Shofoluwe | 1 | 1 |
Declarations of Relevant Interests + Hospitality & Gifts
Updated May 2022
| Governor | Relevant Interest |
|---|---|
| Gemma Juma |
Employed by the Jack Petchey Foundation Advisor to Paul Hamlyn Foundation Trustee for Rushey Green Time Bank/Lewisham Local |
| Trudy Kilcullen | Employed by the Jack Petchey Foundation |
| Peter Vincent Blackwell | Employed by Reach Out, provider of services to TPA |
Hospitality & Gifts
No hospitality or gifts have been received by Trustees or Members in the last 12 months.
