LGB Terms of Reference

 

▪ Seek to understand and question how the school is led and managed, acting as a critical friend: the school Headteacher/Head of School will report on how the school is fulfilling the Trust’s ethos, vision, and strategy.

▪ Act as the panel when reviewing the school Headteacher/Head of School’s decisions on exclusions, and other committees as required.

▪ Be the consultative body for the school’s stakeholders.

▪ Represent the school’s stakeholders.

▪ Forge links with the community and provide a vehicle for Trust board engagement with the school, its parents and local community, to help ensure that the Academy Trustees stay connected.

▪ Act as an ambassador for the school.

▪ Monitor and challenge, reporting on concerns from the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to the Trustees Educational Standards Committee.

▪ Bring issues and risks to the attention of the Trust Board.

▪ Provide constructive feedback to the Board where a policy may not be effective in the local context, and suggest alternative approaches.

▪ Help ensure the Trust works as one entity, in the interests of all its schools equally.

▪ Deal with any other matters which the Board of Trustees may refer from time to time.

▪ Report to the Board of Trustees annually on members contribution and the impact of the LGB.

▪ Ensure value for money is being achieved from school budgets. (This does not include formal financial accountability which is delegated to the CFOO).

▪ Provide a consultative forum for the school for the implementation of new policies and procedures.

▪ For church schools, to monitor and support the Christian distinctiveness and church ethos of the school.

▪ Make recommendations to the Trust board on pay progression for teaching staff.

▪ Act as the panel for salaries, complaints and pupil and staff disciplinary/dismissal committees.