GEMS Twickenham Primary Academy
Inspiring Education and Achievement for Life
As the GEMS Learning Trust has grown this year, we have taken the opportunity to re-structure our governance. The changes below will take effect from September 1st 2020.
Group | Maximum Members | Role Type | Meetings per year | Oversight |
---|---|---|---|---|
Members | 5 | Member | 1 | Setting and achievement of Trust Vision |
Trust Board | 9 | Director | 3 | Overall performance - Educational, Financial, Operational |
Quality of Education and Safeguarding Regional Board South West London* |
9 | Governor & Director | 4 |
Progress towards Educational Targets and Safeguarding at TPA and SPA |
Quality of Education and Safeguarding Regional Board Oxfordshire* |
9 | Governor & Director | 4 |
Progress towards Educational Targets and Safeguarding at WPA and DPA |
Operations Committee | 3 | Director | 4 |
Financial Performance Employment Terms and Conditions Health and Safety |
*Quality of Education and Safeguarding Committees has replaced the Local Academy Boards and the Standards Committee. New from September 2020/2021
Merging the LAB and Standards Committee
We have merged the Local Academy Boards with the Standards Committee, which are now called Quality of Education and Safeguarding.
We have made this decision for a number of reasons:
1. To improve communication between the schools and the Trust Board
2. To avoid repetition of information shared with the Standards Committee and the LABs
3. To give members of the LABs a stronger role to play in governance
Membership of the new QES Regional Boards
From September 1st 2020 members of the QES Regional Boards will be called Governors.
Elections will be held to replace parent members and votes will be held amongst staff to replace staff members if vacancies should arise. WPA will have elections and votes in the Autumn term 2020.
Status of Governors
Governors appointed to the QES Boards will not be appointed as Directors to the Trust Board and will not need to attend full Board Meetings.
QES Meeting Cycle
There will be four QES meetings per year, the location will rotate between schools in the hubs (Hub 1, DPA and WPA in Oxfordshire and Hub 2. TPA and SPA in South West London) and membership of the two QES Boards will consist of:
Oxon QES - Membership
SWLON QES - Membership
Key
TPA: Twickenham Primary Academy
DPA: Didcot Primary Academy
SPA: Surbiton Primary Academy
WPA: Wantage Primary Academy
Name |
Role |
Appointed by |
Committee |
End of Office |
Jason Murphy | Director | Trustees | Operations | 20/11/23 |
Rowena Duff | Director | Trustees | Operations | 20/11/22 |
Silvia Holgado- Gomez | Director | Trustees | QES SWLON | 20/11/24 |
Danielle West |
Director |
Members |
Operations |
07/03/21 |
Jodie Croft |
CEO, Director |
Trustees |
Operations, SWLON & OXON QES |
Ex-Officio |
Lara Robson |
Director |
Trustees |
OXON QES |
01/10/22 |
Pari Dhillon |
Director |
Trustees |
CEO Appraisal |
20/11/23 |
Alison Hill | Director | Trustees | OXON QES | 01/03/24 |
Kizzie Elliot |
Staff Governor TPA |
Staff |
SWLON QES |
01/11/20 |
Stewart Bessant | Parent Governor TPA | Parents | SWLON QES | 20/11/21 |
Clare Head | Community Governor TPA | Principal | SWLON QES | 14/06/21 |
Sarah Gladwin |
Parent Governor DPA |
Parents |
OXON QES |
14/06/21 |
Laura Maynard |
Parent Governor DPA |
Parents |
OXON QES |
14/06/21 |
Lauren Cronk |
Staff Governor DPA |
Staff |
OXON QES |
14/11/23 |
To be appointed | Parent Governor WPA | Parents | OXON QES | |
To be appointed | Parent Governor WPA | Parents | OXON QES | |
To be appointed | Staff Governor WPA | Staff | OXON QES |
Performance
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Special Educational and Physical Needs
School development and improvement
Stakeholder engagement