Governance

Drapers Mills is an academy as part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).

TKAT is a multi-academy trust which was established on 1st September 2010.  Its constitution is set out in the Articles of Association and this is shared with individual academies via the Scheme of Delegation.  TKAT have, through the Scheme of Delegation, established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies

Please click here for the Scheme of Delegation

The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.

Please click here to link to the Directors of the TKAT Board

Please click here to link to Governance information relating to TKAT, including the structure of governance and relevant details about Trustees terms of office, attendance and business interests.

Please click here for key documents including the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts.

THANET LOCAL GOVERNING BODY

VISION

The Thanet Local Governing Body is committed to TKAT’s mission: Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives

Our vision is to put children first to build a better world.

• We will ensure that the life chances of all pupils in our Academies are significantly improved as a result of our educational provision.

• We will provide outstanding teaching and learning to enable all children – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - to reach their potential and meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.

   

  PURPOSE

   

  The Purpose of the Joint Governing Body is to:

1. Provide strategic leadership and overview of educational provision through challenge and support of senior leaders
2. Provide strategic overview of financial management and other key Governance responsibilities
3. Ensure equality of opportunity and provision across all schools – fair capacity sharing and ensuring no school is disadvantaged

RATIONALE

The TKAT Thanet Academies serve the same community, already have a Director of Education working across all the schools and there is increasing close working between the schools.

The educational benefits from working collaboratively include:

• Better shared responsibility for the joint education of the children in all schools

• Greater commitment to ensuring the moral duty to provide equally for all children in the TKAT Thanet Primary Academies

• Flexibility with provision for children

• Recruitment and retention of staff – greater opportunities for promotion between schools

• Increased capacity for school improvement between schools

• Flexibility and greater stability with funding and finance

• Greater consistency of embedding TKAT values

   

  All Schools share similar values and have a common core moral purpose but all have and their individual identity

   

   

  GOVERNANCE

   

  The following are key elements of the proposed Governance Structure:

• A single joint Local Governing Body for all schools

• One Chair and Vice-Chair for the joint Local Governing Body

• The Joint LGB holds the legal responsibilities for all LGBs

• Initially membership of the Joint LGB will be drawn from members of the existing LGBs via a skills audit. In future Governors may be recruited directly to the Joint LGB.

• The Joint LGB will agree and monitor the budgets for all five schools

• Governors on the Joint Governing Body will have specific responsibility for all schools including: Finance, Standards and Assessment, Behaviour and Welfare, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, SEND, EYFS and HR/Legal.

   

  GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

   

  The composition of the Joint Governing Body is:

   

  Chair of Governors

  Vice Chair of Governors

  Eight appointed Governors

  The Director of Education (Ex officio)

  The Heads of School (Ex officio)

   

  Each school has its own School Governance Committee responsible for:

  Standards and curriculum

  Behaviour, attendance and Welfare

  Community Links

   

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THANET REGIONAL BOARD

The Joint LGB will be accountable to the Regional Board for the collective performance of the schools.

Individual School Governance Committees will be accountable to the Board for the performance of their individual schools.

CONSTITUTION  OF THE  JOINT LOCAL GOVERNING BODY

CONSTITUTION OF THE JOINT LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OF

____TKAT THANET PRIMARY ACADEMIES______

Part of The Kemnal Academies Trust

17th December 2018

1. The names of the Academies governed by this Joint Local Governing Body are Dame Janet Primary Academy, Drapers Mills Primary Academy, Newlands Primary School, Northdown Primary School and Salmestone Primary School.

    

2. The name of the Joint Local Governing Body (JLGB) is The Joint Local Governing Body of TKAT THANET PRIMARY ACADEMIES. Each individual school has a School Governance Committee.

3. The Joint Local Governing Body shall be constituted of up to 12 Governors.

4. The School Local Governance Committees shall be constituted of up to 12 Governors, to allow for 4 staff governors (2 teaching, 2 non-teaching) at the Joint School Governance Committee of Dame Janet Primary Academy and Newlands Primary School.

5. The Term of Office for each class of Governor shall be in accordance with the Scheme of Delegation of the JLGB as granted by the Directors of The Kemnal Academies Trust.

6. This Constitution is made by The Kemnal Academies Trust and the TKAT THANET PRIMARY ACADEMIES Joint Local Governing Body effective from 1th December 2018..

MEMBERSHIP OF THE THANET JOINT LOCAL GOVERNING BODY

Terms of Reference for the Local Governing Body (LGB)

The Directors of TKAT Board of Trustees delegate their responsibilities for the day-to-day operation of Drapers Mills Primary Academy (DMPA) and the whole of the funding granted by the DfE for the benefit of DMPA directly to the LGB through the Scheme of Delegation.

Membership

We currently have Membership of 9 Governors:

• 1 Headteacher
• 1 Staff Governor
• 6 Appointed Governors
• 1 Parent Governor (vacancy)

Chair of Governors: Mr Roger Silk, Appointed Governor

Vice-Chair of Governors: Miss Dawn Watson, Appointed Governor

Drapers Mills Local Governing Body

Structure

There are four meetings of the Governing Body each academic year.

Meet Our Governors

School Governors are people who want to make a positive contribution to children's education.  Governors are one of the largest voluntary forces in the country and have an important part to play in raising school standards, by supporting and challenging school leaders

Or governing body at present consists of up to 12  members supported by the Clerk.

The purpose of the Clerk's role is to:

• Provide advice to the governing body on governance, constitutional and procedural matters
• Provide effective administrative support to the governing body
• Ensure the governing body is properly constituted
• Manage information effectively in accordance with legal requirements

Public Minutes

If you would like access to the governing body Minutes of meetings please contact the Clerk who will arrange for you to view them

Contacting the Governing Body

Chair of Governors

Mr Roger Silk

c/o Drapers Mills Primary Academy

St Peter's Footpath

MARGATE
Kent

CT9 2SP

rsilk@dmpa-tkat.org

If you are interested in joining our Governing Body or wish to contact a member of the Governing Body please send an email via the Clerk to Governors below