Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section. 

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.

The schools are part of The Broad Horizons Education Trust, which formed on 1st July 2022. Prior to this, the schools had joined the Yare Education Trust as converter academies on 1st February 2018. The main registered office is at:

Sewell Park Academy

St. Clements Hill

Norwich

NR3 4BX

Details of the Trust’s Funding Agreements, Articles of Association, Scheme of Delegation, Financial Information and other detailed governance arrangements can be found on the Trust’s website.

The Local Governing Board ( LGB) sets the strategic direction of the schools by:

• promoting high standards of education, ensuring that the needs of every child are catered for
• supporting and challenging in order for the schools to move forward
• having a long term view to ensure the schools work together to achieve their aims

We are committed to continuous improvement. Our governors are able to bring a range of expertise and skills and this helps to direct the Federation in a positive and effective way. If you would like to contact the Governors, then please ring or email the school office and they will pass on your message.

Governing Body responsibilities

 A key responsibility of the LGB is to act as a ‘critical friend’ to the schools: to support, to challenge, to ask questions, ultimately to represent the school community.

The Local Governing Body works in close partnership with the Headteacher, staff and the Trust.  Whilst the Headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance.  It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.

Membership of the Governing Body includes parents, teaching staff and representatives from the local community. The Full Governing Body meets at least once each term; additionally, there are sub-committees which also meet termly.

The Governing Body has a range of powers and duties laid down by various Education Acts. In the main, these responsibilities relate to:

• Setting targets and promoting high standards of educational achievement
• Setting the strategic framework within which the school operates
• Ensuring that the curriculum for the school is balanced and broadly based

If you would be interested in joining the Governing Body please contact the Chair of Governors via the school office.

For more information about how governance works in a Multi Academy Trust please follow this link https://www.bhetrust.co.uk/governance-information to the Trust website.

Members of the Governing Body

What our Governors have done:

Each year we produce an annual governance statement outlining what our Governors did. You can view the report below.

Full Governing Body Register of Business/Pecuniary/Other Interest

Dated: 17th November 2022

Register of attendance for 2021-22:

Attendance of governors no longer serving: