St Catherine’s Catholic School is a standalone academy trust, a company limited by guarantee and a charitable trust.

Responsibility for the Academy and for the funds granted by Parliament for providing education in it, is entrusted to the Board of Trustees.

Trustees are also the Directors of the company and Governors.

The Trust/Governing Board focuses on the three core functions of governance:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction for the school
• Holding the Executive Headteacher, Headteacher and other Senior Leaders to account for the educational performance of the academy, the performance of key groups and the performance of staff
• Overseeing the financial performance of the Trust, agreeing the 3-year budget and ensuring its money is spent well.

As the composition of the governing body at St Catherine’s is currently small, the majority of academy business is carried out by the full governing body.  However, the following committees are in place and hold key responsibilities:

• Business and Compliance (including finance, audit & risk)
• Admissions
• Pay and Staffing

Current Trustees/Directors/Governors

Full Name	Appointed by	Committee Membership	Named Responsibilities	Term of Office
Pat Barber Chair of Governors	Members	Business & Compliance (including finance, audit and risk) Admissions	Safeguarding & Looked After Children	March 2020 – August 2021
Robert Clarke	Members			October 2020-October 2024
David Hackett	Members			May  2021 - April 2025
Nigel Mascarenhas	Members			October 2020-October 2024
Anthony Moffatt	Members	Business & Compliance (including finance, audit and risk) Admissions Pay & staffing	Pupil Premium	February 2020 – August 2021
Janet Nelms	Members	Business & Compliance (including finance, audit and risk) Pay & staffing	SEN	March 2020 – August 2021
Kim Nguyen-Quan	Members			March 2021-Febuary 2025
Andrea Soubrier	Members			November 2019 – November 2023

Members ensure that Trustees are exercising effective governance by utilising a range of powers including:

• Appointing and removing Trustees/Directors/Governors
• Appointing and removing Members
• Directing Academy Trustees, by special resolution, to take specific action where Academy Trustees are unable or unwilling to act in the best interests of the academy
• Amending the Academy trust’s Articles of Association
• Appointing and removing Auditors.

Full Name	Appointed by	Appointment date
Sr Michele Totman	Members	01/12/2011
Sr Julie Wheatley	Members	01/09/2018
Maureen Agnes Christine Williams	Members	19/09/2019
Lyn Margaret Bourne	Members	22/06/2019
Congregation of La Sainte Union as a Corporate Member	Original (signatory) members	01/12/2011

Governors and/or Members who have resigned within the past 12 months:

No Governors or Members have resigned within the past 12 months.

 

The Clerk to Governors, Catriona Tuplin can be contacted via clerk@stccg.co.uk.  Any communications for the Chair of Governors should be sent to her via the Clerk. Alternatively, you can write to her at the school. All communications will be treated with the strictest of confidence.

 

Please see attachments below for details of attendance at Governors’ meetings, Business & Pecuniary interests, Scheme of Delegation and Articles of Association.