Governance
Governance Structure at Viking Academy Trust:
The Viking Academy Trust is a company limited by guarantee and a charitable trust. Responsibility for the academies that make up the trust and for the funds granted by Parliament for providing education in those academies is entrusted to the Board of Trustees.
These Trustees are also the Directors of the company. Much of the work of the Board is delegated to committees; in particular there is a separate committee for each of the academies which works as a Local Advisory Body (LAB). The LAB’s role is to champion the Trust’s ethos and mission, hold to account and support the Head of School and to monitor the Academy’s key performance indicators (KPIs).
Overview: Composition of Governance Elements
Viking Academy Trust: Members
- Founding members (of which there are four)
- Persons appointed by the Members by special resolution (currently one)
- Persons in this group to be known as ‘Members’
Viking Academy Trust: Board of Trustees
- Chief Executive Officer (Executive Headteacher)
- 9x Trustees appointed by the Members
- Persons in this group to be known as ‘Trustees’
Viking Academy Trust: Local Advisory Body (LABs)
- Head of School
- Parent Local Governors
- Staff Local Governors
- Co-opted Local Governors
- Persons in this group to be known as ‘Local Governors'
VIKING ACADEMY TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES
Name of Committee |
Chair of Committee |
Trust Board |
Neil Roby |
Finance, Audit & Risk (FAR) |
Jon Cleverdon |
Personnel & Appraisal (PA) |
Elizabeth Somers-James |
Members of Trust Board
Name |
Role |
JOANNA BRAND |
MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF RAPS LAB, SAFEGUARDING TRUST LEADER. |
MARK BUTLER |
TRUSTEE |
JON CLEVERDON |
CHAIR OF FAR COMMITTEE |
ROBIN CURTIS |
VICE CHAIR OF TRUST BOARD, MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF UPTON LAB. SAFEGUARDING TRUSTEE FOR UPTON |
MICHAELA LEWIS |
CEO, TRUST BOARD MEETINGS, MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTTEE |
BOB MACFARLANE |
MEMBER & TRUSTEE |
NEIL ROBY |
CHAIR OF TRUST BOARD, MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF CHILTON LAB |
NICK ROWLAND-HILL |
MEMBER & TRUSTEE |
ELIZABETH SOMERS-JAMES |
CHAIR OF PA COMMITEE |
PHIL VOTTA |
TRUST STANDARDS LEADER. |
LOCAL ADVISORY BODY (LAB) COMMITTEES
Academy |
Chair of LAB |
Head of School |
CHILTON PRIMARY |
Neil Roby |
Kate Law |
RAMSGATE ARTS |
Joanna Brand |
Nick Budge |
UPTON JUNIOR SCHOOL |
Robin Curtis |
Darci Arthur |
For more information on the role of a Local Governor click here.
For more information on the role of a Trustee, please click here.
For details of the breakdown of the governance groups please refer to Governance Handbook.
If you are interested in becoming a Local Governor or Trustee, please contact the Trust Secretary in the first instance.