Governance
The Vine Schools Trust is a multi-academy trust and is the accountable body for all twenty three of its schools. Therefore, the overarching responsibility for the governance of the Trust and its schools lies with the Vine Board of Directors. They fulfil the three core functions of governance:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
To enable the Directors to fulfil their responsibility eight regional Local Schools Board’s work on their behalf and undertake delegated local governance of between two and four schools. Community Boards in each school enable local support and provide information to enable good governance.
The key principle is that all three Boards together with Executive Leaders will provide an aspect of governance the other cannot as set out in this chart.
This model of governance is undertaken under delegated responsibility. For full details see below.
Governors Declaration of Business Interests
Name | Role | Appointed by | Date of Appointment | Business Declaration | Family Declaration |
Mrs T Boothman | Chair of Local Governing Body | Trust | 01/01/2021 | Self-employed Governance Consultant Vine Schools Trust Trust Governance Lead Hogarth Primary School SIB member Wimbish Primary School IEB member Southminster TIB member/Chair St Cedds LSB member/Chair Grange Primary School SIB member Tillingham TIB member/Chair Rolph LSB Chair Wickford PS SIB member Great Clacton Juniors LSB Chair St Andrews Weeley LSB Chair Latchingdon CofE Primary LSB Chair | None |
Mr D Hardman | Local Governor | Trust | 01/01/2021 | Board Member and Director – Student CoOps Housing Ltd Member of Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) Member of Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (CIA) | None |
Mrs C Holdaway – Resigned 24/01/2022 | Local Governor | Trust | 01/01/2021 | None | Children are pupil’s at St Andrew’s |
Ms R Everett | Local Governor | Trust | 01/01/2021 | None | None |
Ms L Dale | Local Governor | Trust | 01/01/2021 | Howbridge CE Junior School Headteacher | None |
Ms K Siggery | Local Governor | Trust | 26/03/2021 | Headteacher at Burrsville, part of the Reach2 Academy Trust. | None |
Ms B Fairhead | Local Governor | Trust | 26/03/2021 | Lead Specialist Leader of Education for the Vine Schools Trust | None |
Mrs D Fawcett | Headteacher – St Andrew’s | Ex Officio by Vitrue | 01/01/2021 | Director of Mid Tendring Education Partnership | None |
Mrs K Jones | Executive Headteacher – Great Clacton and Rolph | Ex Officio by Vitrue | 01/01/2021 | None | Husband is a member of another Vine Schools Trust LSB |
Governors Meeting Attendance September 2021 to August 2022
NAME | ROLE | 22/09/2021 | 08/11/2021 | 24/01/22 | 07/03/2022 | 03/05/2022 | 20/06/2022 |
Mrs T Boothman | Chair of Local Governing Body | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
Mr D Hardman | Local Governor | Attended | Attended | Attended | Apologies | Attended | |
Mrs C Holdaway | Local Governor | Attended | Attended | Attended | N/A | N/A | |
Ms R Everett | Local Governor | Apologies | Apologies | Attended | Attended | Apologies | |
Ms L Dale | Local Governor | Apologies | Attended | Attended | Attended | Apologies | |
Ms K Siggery | Local Governor | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
Ms B Fairhead | Local Governor | Attended | Attended | Apologies | Apologies | Attended | |
Mrs D Fawcett | Headteacher – St Andrew’s | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | |
Mrs K Jones | Executive Headteacher – Great Clacton and Rolph | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Governors Meeting Attendance January 2021 to August 2021
NAME | ROLE | 07/01/2021 | 08/02/2021 | 25/02/21 | 04/03/2021 | 24/03/2021 | 26/04/2021 | 26/04/2021 – PAY COMMITTEE | 29/06/2021 |
Mrs T Boothman | Chair of Local Governing Body | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Mr D Hardman | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Partially Attended | Attended | Partially Attended | Attended | N/A | Attended |
Mrs C Holdaway | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Partially Attended | Apologies | Attended | Attended | Attended | N/A | Attended |
Ms R Everett | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | N/A | Attended | Attended | Apologies | Attended | N/A | Attended |
Ms L Dale | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Attended | Attended | Partially Attended | Attended | N/A | Apologies |
Ms K Siggery | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attended | N/A | Apologies |
Ms B Fairhead | Local Governor | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attended | N/A | Apologies |
Ms C Bickersteth | Acting Headteacher | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | N/A |
Mrs D Fawcett | Headteacher – St Andrew’s | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Apologies | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Mrs K Jones | Headteacher – Great Clacton | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended |
Mrs L Webb | Business Manager – Rolph and St Andrew’s | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | Attended | N/A | Attended |
Mrs K Umney | Business Manager – Great Clacton | Postponed – due to lockdown / pandemic | N/A | Attended | Attended | Apologies | Attended | N/A | Attended |