Governors

The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversights and assurance for educational and financial performance.

Governance has 3 core functions:

  • 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
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

Within a multi-academy trust such as Lionheart Educational Trust, governance is led by the Trust Board, with some responsibilities delegated to the Local Governing Body of the school. These delegations are captured in the Scheme of Delegation.


FURTHER TRUST AND GOVERNANCE INFORMATION

 

TRUST ORGANISATION


SCHEME OF DELEGATION

The Trust operates under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Board which outlines all key delegated responsibilities.

TRUST ACROSS ALL LAYERS OF GOVERNANCE

TRUST BOARD

Vision and ethos  |  Strategic direction  |  Risks and Opportunities

Finance  |  Overall responsibility

 

TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE

EDUCATION

AUDIT, COMPLIANCE & RISK  (ACR) 

REMUNERATION  

In compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook  

Delegated authority under the Trust Scheme of Delegation  

 

LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (LGB)

Teaching & Learning  |  Pupil & Parent & Staff experience  | Safeguarding  |  Business & Community links

Each school


TRUST BOARD

The Trust Board has overall responsibility for all governance in the trust and carries the final accountability for this. The focus of the Board is on the big picture, working with the trust Executive Team to set the overall vision for the trust, lead strategically and identify and respond to risks and opportunities.


TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

The purpose of Lionheart Committees is to ensure that the Trust adheres to the governance framework outlined in the Academies Trust Handbook and ensures there is a high level of scrutiny and oversight of key areas.

All Trust Board committees are made up of Trustees with specific knowledge and experience. The Chairs of Committees have the knowledge and skills to be able to lead discussions and make recommendations to the Trust board for decisions. The roles and responsibilities of the committees are defined in the terms of reference.


LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES

Each school has a Local Governing Body, which holds the school to account for the quality of teaching and learning, the experience of pupils, parents and staff, the processes to ensure safeguarding, and informal links with the local community and businesses. LGBs ensure that school leaders are mindful of the school’s context and work within the overall vision of Lionheart Academies Trust.


MEMBERS

The Members of a trust are not involved in the practical running of the organisation and do not take part in governing body or Board meetings, except as occasional observers. Their role is to ensure that the Board keeps its core priorities at the centre of its work – providing education for children and young people – and retains its stated ethos and values.

Members appoint some of the trustees and, in exceptional circumstances, can remove trustees who they have appointed.

JUDGEMEADOW GOVERNORS 2023-24

Della Bartram
Chair of Governors
[email protected]

Rob Jones
Governance Officer/Clerk
[email protected]

GOVERNING BODY 2023-24

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2022-23

Della Bartram

Community

8.6.22

7.6.26

Co-chair

Education

n/a

Faika Saiyed

Community

30.10.21

29.10.25

 

Further Education

3/4

Jason Smith

Ex Officio

Principal

2.7.18

 

 

 

4/4

Khalid Patel

Community

25.2.22

24.2.26

Vice chair

Safeguarding

Community

Education

Community development

4/4

Mohammed Patel

Parents

8.6.22

7.6.26

 

LA Safeguarding Lead

n/a

Valerie Khalidi

Staff

22.03.23

21.03.27

Staff voice

Secondary education

languages

4/4

Waheed Nagdi

Parents

8.6.22

7.6.26

 

Public services

n/a

Darshan Mistry

Community

6.4.23

5.4.27

 

 

n/a

GOVERNING BODY HISTORIC (left within last 12 months)

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2021-22

Caitlin Field

Community

21.1.19

20.1.23

SEND & LAC Year 7 catch up Education & Data

Secondary education languages

3/4

Mo Dassu

Community

4.12.19

8.6.22

Parent voice

Data management

Education

finance

3/3

Jaimini Ratan

Community

26.2.22

15.06.23

Wellbeing

HR

4/4

Toby Chapman

Staff

22.3.23

15.11.23

Staff Voice

Secondary education sciences

4/4

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS 2022-23

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Della Bartram

LET – Humphrey Perkins

Governor & Associate Principal

Education

28.6.2018

 

Family Member

Humphrey Perkins

 Casual work – exams invigilation

Education

occasional

 

Faika Saiyed

 

 

 

 

 

Jaimini Ratan

None

 

 

 

 

Jason Smith

None

 

 

 

 

Khalid Patel

Family Member 1

LET – Beauchamp City

Employee – attendance officer

Education

 

 

Family Member

LET – Beauchamp College

Employee - teacher

Education

 

 

Mohammed Patel

Leicester City Council

Employee

Safeguarding in Education officer

2.9.25

 

Valerie Khalidi

Judgemeadow

employee

 

 

 

Waheed Nagdi

None

 

 

 

 

Darshan Mistry

Goldman Sachs International

Employee

Investment Bank

01.02.2022

 

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS – Historic (left within last 12 months)

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Mo Dassu

None

 

 

 

 

Zeenat Sayani

Gateway College

employee

6th form

4.21

 

Jaimini Ratan

None

 

 

 

 

Toby Chaplin

None