Governance

Welcome from the Chair

It is with a great sense of pride that I chair the Salterns Academy Trust Board. The Trust Board provides the strategic direction and vision for the Salterns Academy Trust and its principal purpose is the education and wellbeing of its staff and pupils.

The members of the Board are accountable for the governance of the Trust, the educational provision in its two schools, and for creating an environment for the Headteachers’ to manage the teaching, learning and personal development of the pupils at Admiral Lord Nelson School and Trafalgar School.

The Trust Board ensures strategic and financial decisions support high quality education in our schools and ensure that every student is empowered to achieve their true potential and become a positive influence on society now and in the future.

As a Trust we are proud that both schools embrace inclusivity and place student’s wellbeing and education at the centre of all they do. We set high aspirations for all pupils and staff to ensure that as a Trust and as Schools we are evaluating our performance and seeking continuous improvement to our provision.

Each School has achieved OFSTED recognition as a Good School. Both schools have also achieved the UNICEF Rights Respecting Silver Award. We are proud of the way in which our leaders and staff embody these principles in their schools. The Silver Award reflects our values of providing high quality educational provision and inclusivity along with being community focussed, and these values and principles underpin everything we do.

Andy Cree
Chair
Salterns Academy Trust Board

Trust Members

Roles and Responsibilities

Every Trust has Members who have a similar role to shareholders of a company limited by shares. Salterns Trust has three Trust Members, but the Articles of Association establish the Chair of the Trust Board as a fourth Member.

Members are kept informed about Trust business so they can be assured that the Board is exercising effective governance. This includes providing the Members with the Trust’s audited annual report and accounts.

Name	Type	Pecuniary Interest
David Giles	Founding Member	None
Mike Park	Signatory to Articles	None
Scott Taviner	Independent	None

Trust Directors

Roles and Responsibilities

The Trustees should focus on three core functions:

Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction
Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its students and the performance management of staff
Overseeing and ensuring effective financial performance

They must comply with the Trust’s charitable objects, with company and charity law, and with their contractual obligations under the funding agreement. As an employer, the Trust has a range of wider obligations including such matters as employment law and health and safety.

Name	Type of Appointee	Date Appointed	Date Resigned	Pecuniary Interest
Steven Labedz	Chief Executive	02/02/2015	Current Director	Board of Trustees MEI Advisory Board UNLOC UTC Portsmouth Member and Trustee
Andy Cree (Chair)	Co-opted	25/05/2016	Current Director	UTC Portsmouth: Founding Member Governor at Merchant Taylors school Member of UPAT Maritime UK Solent Shadow Board Member
Paul Hayes (Vice Chair)	Co-opted	17/07/2017	Current Director	University of Portsmouth: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) University of Portsmouth Services Ltd: Director UTC Portsmouth: Member for UoP
Amanda Barrett	Independent	17/01/2018	Current Director	None
Claire Copeland	Trust Appointee	17/01/2018	Current Director	Headteacher: Trafalgar
Nys Hardingham	Trust Appointee	25/02/2015	Current Director	Headteacher: ALNS
Tania Osborne	Trust Appointee	25/02/2015	Current Director	Chair of Governors: ALNS
Joanne Bennett	Trust Appointee	13/09/2018	Current Director	Chair of Governors: Trafalgar School Portsmouth City Council
Felicia Drummond	Co-Opted	17/07/2017	25/11/2019	None
Maria Phillips	Trust Appointee	02/05/2018	31/03/2020	None
Matthew Stratton	Trust Appointee	01/01/2017	30/09/2018	None
Mike Park	Trust Appointee	01/04/2015	31/01/2019	None
Sue Wilson	Trust Appointee	01/10/2018	31/08/2019	None

The Trust Board currently has 3 vacancies.

Structure Chart

The Trust has delegated authority to the Local Governing Body (LGB) for each school (as per the Scheme of Delegation document below). Each LGB meets at least six times a year. Each LGB has its own terms of reference and meetings etiquette. LGB information is found on the relevant school’s website.