Tredworth Infant and Nursery Academy

The Board of Trustees is a team of dedicated volunteers who meet as a full board four times a year, as wel as sitting on one of three committees including Finance, Audit and Risk; ( 6 meetings) People and Resources ( 3 Meetings) and Learning and Teaching ( 3 meetings). The Board is responsible for the overall strategic management and direction of the school. Trustees challenge and support the Head Teacher and Senior Leaders to ensure the best educational opportunities for all the children attending our school.

Individual Trustees have a champion responsibility. They arrange to visit the school regularly to enable them to gather information and fulfil their role. Visits include time spent in classes and looking at children’s work, talking to children, staff or parents, attending school events or staff training, and working with subject leaders.

This information gives an overview of an academy trustee's responsiblities.

Trustees have a strong focus on three core startegic functions:

• Ensuring Clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction;
• Holding the Head Teacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent.

Trustees are appointed to provide:

• strong links between the academy and the community we serve
• a wide experience of the outside world
• an independent view
• a focus on long term development and improvement
• accountability to the community for the use of resources and the standards of teaching and learning within the academy
• support for the Head Teacher and Staff

Trustees are expected to:

• attend regular meetings of the Board of Trustees
• work as a member of the Board of Trustees in the best interests of the academy
• show an interest in academy activities
• become well-informed about education in general and about our academy in particular
• become familiar with the rules of academy governance
• keep up to date with changes in education legislation
• attend training courses, where appropriate

Trustees are involved in the following activities:

• senior staff appointments
• the financial management for the academy
• safeguarding
• the curriculum
• community links

Acting Chair of Trustees: Marian Bullock

Vice Chair:         Elaine Etheridge     

Trustees:             Tracy Shipp ( Head Teacher)

                             Elizabeth Buckley

                             Lisa Drake

                             Moosajee Patel 

                             Dean  Newbery

                             Anne Gould

                             Rachael Bennett

Members:             Matt Earl

                             Justin Pinchbeck 

                             Christopher Brown

                             John Nash

Governance Professional: Christine Prosser                

To contact the Chair of Trustees you can either write a letter or send an email using the following address:  clerk_cprosser@tredworth-inf.gloucs.sch.uk Please mark all correspondence Private and Confidential.