Governance
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:
- Finance and Resources with Audit, Risk and Compliance
- Curriculum and Standards
- Pay and Staffing
- Admissions
- Head Teachers Performance Review
Current Trustees/Directors/Governors
| Name | Appointed by | Position | Terms of Office |
Committee Membership |
| Anthony Moffat | LSU Members |
Trustee Link Governor for Pupil Premium |
March 2020- August 2022 |
Finance and Resources with Audit, Risk and Compliance Pay and Staffing HT Performance Review |
| Pat Barber | LSU Members |
Trustee Link Governor for Religious Education/Catholic Life |
March 2020- August 2022 |
Admissions Pay and Staffing HT Performance Review |
| Kim Ngugen-Quan | LSU Members | Trustee |
March 2021- February 2025 |
Finance and Resources with Audit, Risk and Compliance |
| Robert Clarke | LSU Members |
Trustee Safeguarding Link Governor |
October 2020- October 2024 |
|
| David Hackett | LSU Members | Trustee |
May 2021 - April 2025 |
Curriculum and Standards |
| Nigel Mascarenhas | LSU Members | Trustee |
October 2020- October 2024 |
Curriculum and Standards |
| Nicola Thompson | Headteacher | September 2021 | All | |
| Tracey Aromolaran | Parents/ Carers | Governor | December 2021 - December 2025 | TBC |
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 |
|
Rosemary Gould |
Members |
01/01/2022 |
|
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:
Janet Nelms resigned on 31 October 2021.
Sr Julie Wheatley resigned on 30 November 2021
Andrea Soubrier resigned on 22 June 2022
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.