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).

Viking Academy Trust Governance structure

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
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
ROBERT KENYON	TRUSTEE
MICHAELA LEWIS	CEO, TRUST BOARD MEETINGS, MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTEE
NEIL ROBY	CHAIR OF TRUST BOARD, MEMBER OF FAR COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF PA COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF CHILTON LAB
NICK ROWLAND-HILL	MEMBER & TRUSTEE
LUCY SHORING	TRUSTEE
ELIZABETH SOMERS-JAMES	CHAIR OF PA COMMITTEE
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.