Local Governing Body

Husthwaite and Sessay CE Federation  are proud to be part of the educational vision for Elevate Multi Academy Trust whilst retaining our own strong identity.  The Trustees have allowed its schools to retain the same composition for their local governing bodies, which is set out below. 

The three core functions of the local governing board are:

To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.

To hold the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the Federation and its children.

To oversee the financial performance of the Federation and make sure its money is well spent.

 

Chair of Governors: Stephen Brough

Contact: sbrough@sessayprimaryschool.org

Sessay CE Primary School, Sessay, Thirsk, YO7 3NA

Responsibilities

Together, the Governors are responsible for:

• Setting aims and targets for the Federation and checking the Federation’s progress towards attaining these.
• Monitoring how well the Federation’s policies and plans are working.
• Accounting for the performance of the Federation and the Governing Body.
• Working with the Head teacher to make sure that teaching at the Federation is effective and good quality and the children are making the best possible progress.
• Taking general responsibility for the Federation and its budgets.
• Challenging and supporting the senior management team and taking opportunities to show interest in and appreciation of staff and children.
• Promoting the interests of the Federation and its children in the wider community.

 Types of Governors 

There are several different types of Governor:

• Parent Governor

Elected from parents at each school by parents.

• Staff Governor

Elected from staff at both schools by staff at the Federation

• Co-opted Governors

Appointed by members of the Local Governing Body. They are intended to be representative of the local community and may add particular kinds of expertise.

• Foundation Governor

           Foundation governors are representatives of the Church of England. 

           The local vicar is normally appointed as the 'ex-officio' foundation governor;

           The other foundation governor will usually be appointed by either Leeds or York Diocese, following consultation with the local PCC.

 

Elevate Governance:

As a multi-academy trust, Elevate is a charitable company limited by guarantee. This means that Elevate is a single legal entity, but it has several Academies within its family. Currently, Elevate has 14 Primary Academies. These are mainly situated across North Yorkshire with 1 Academy in West Yorkshire.

 Elevate and their Academies work in collaboration with a single shared vision. The governance structure is designed to reflect the overall responsibility of the Board of Trustees, the (operational) leadership of the CEO supported by the School Improvement Team for education and the Operational Team; for the day to day running of the Academies by the Executive Head Teachers (EHT) and Head teachers coupled with the value of local experience and understanding of the LGBs in assessing the performance of our Academy and their interaction with the local community.

Elevate has established 3 key layers of governance: 

• Members
• Trustees
• Local Governors 

 

Although Elevate’s Trustees are accountable for all of the schools  within the Trust, it highly values the work undertaken by local governors in supporting, and challenging, our Academies and senior leadership teams to deliver high quality and inclusive education.

 

Elevate LGBs have a pivotal role in the overall framework of the Trust by having:

• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of their Academies;
• Sustaining uniqueness of their Academy whilst aligning with Elevate’s educational vision;
• Forging and maintaining links with their community;
• Providing the vital governance link between themselves and Trustees to enable the Trustees to carry out their responsibilities as leaders of the Trust.

The different responsibilities overseen by Trustees and Local Governors are set out in the Scheme of Delegation, which is reviewed on an annual basis.

 

Link to Scheme of Delegation

Link to Articles of Association