Not exact matches
As well as forcing schools to become
academies, the government intends to remove the
requirement for governing bodies to have parent governors, with multi
academy trusts (MAT) being able to close down the governing bodies
of individual schools.
Now, contentiously the handbook includes a
requirement for
academies to publish details
of relevant and pecuniary interests
of members, trustees and local governors on the
trust's website irrespective
of whether or not there has been a transaction.
Sam Tse, Head
of Finance at the South Dartmoor Multi
Academy Trust had a list
of key
requirements a solution should meet before coming to a decision; including competitive pricing, flexibility and ease
of use for both the school and parents.
For example, some dioceses will give consent only if the proposed governance structure
of the
academy trust meets the diocese's
requirements, or the school agrees to pay the diocese's legal costs arising from the conversion.
«I have now reviewed the position further and I am pleased to inform you that I am content that the conditions are all met and that I am satisfied that the
trust has in place the required financial controls and processes to comply with the
requirements of the funding agreement and
academies financial handbook.»
In a letter to Dr Achmad da Costa, chair
of Oldknow
Academy Trust, Lord Nash said it was not meeting the
requirements set out in its funding agreement.
Arguably, the extension
of the PSC
requirement to
academy trusts is an unintended consequence, but this doesn't absolve
academy trusts from having to comply.
There are a number
of requirements to be aware
of, namely the board must include two elected parent trustees (where the trustees have not appointed local governing bodies or there is no provision made for at least two parent local governors on each local governing body), no more than a third
of the board can be employees
of the
academy trust and the number
of trustees who are local authority associated persons must not represent 19.9 % or more
of the total number
of trustees.
Marginalise parents in the governance
of schools by removing the
requirement for elected parent places on the governing boards
of academy trusts.
Dave Baker, executive head
of Olympus
Academy Trust in South Gloucestershire, said in - school programmes such as School Direct and Teach First may help balance out the
requirement for extra language teachers.