Governance
GLC: Governance Structure
The governance structure, outlined below, has been established to support the strategic development of the Gateway Learning Community and to ensure that all students and pupils receive their entitlement to the best possible education.
GLC: Members
The members of the trust are the subscribers to the trust’s memorandum of association. Members have a limited financial liability to the trust and can appoint and remove trustees.
Members will meet at least once a year at the GLC AGM. At this meeting members will:
- Receive a report from the CEO on the performance of the Trust in the last academic year:
- Agree the annual accounts;
- Approve the auditors for the coming year.
Members |
Name |
Ormiston Trust |
Peter Murray |
Ormiston Trust |
Di Murray |
Ormiston Trust |
Duncan Murray |
GLC Board of Directors |
Hilary Hodgson |
GLC Board of Directors |
Vacancy |
Nominee of the Secretary of State for Education |
|
Total |
5 |
GLC: Board of Directors Composition
The directors [or trustees] oversee the running of the MAT and determine its strategic direction. They are also responsible for ensuring compliance with charity and company law and the academy trust’s funding agreement. They are accountable to the members of the trust and the secretary of state.
Gateway Learning Community: Board of Directors Composition
Category |
Name |
Appointment status |
Expertise |
Director/ Member/ Chair |
Hilary Hodgson |
Sponsor appointment |
Third Sector, Education, Sponsor |
Director |
Paul Connew |
Sponsor appointment |
Finance, Policy, Risk Management |
Director |
Graham Foster |
Sponsor appointment |
Policy, Government, Education |
Director/ CEO |
Kevin Sadler |
Ex Officio |
Education |
Director |
Lucy Harris |
Board Appointment |
PR, Community, Inclusion |
Director |
Peter Ward |
Board Appointment |
Finance, Compliance, Risk Management |
Director |
Lynda Pritchard |
Board Appointment |
Education, |
Director |
Ravi Bhalla |
Board Appointment |
Finance, Legal, Business |
Director |
|
Vacancy |
|
Total |
9 |
|
|
Register of Business Interests
In a MAT, the board of directors may delegate some of its functions to ‘local governing bodies’ in each or some of the schools. Local governors who sit on local governing bodies are not trustees unless they also sit on the trust’s board.
GLC Committee Structure
Committee of the GLC Board of Directors |
Scheme of Delegation |
Meetings |
GLC Progress Boards
|
|
Half Termly [but not summer 1] |
Local Governing Body |
|
Termly |
GLC Finance Committee |
|
Termly |
GLC Equality Steering Group
|
|
Termly |
GLC Discipline Panel |
|
As Necessary |
GLC Pay Committee |
|
Annually |
GLC Scrutiny Committee |
|
As required |
Higher Paid Staff
The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £100,000 for the period 19’20 was:
In the band £100,000-£110,000 1
In the band £110,001-£120,000 1
In the band £120,001-£130,000 0
In the band £130,001-£140,000 0
In the band £140,001-£150,000 1