Governors

The purpose of governance is to provide confident and strong strategic leadership which leads to robust accountability, oversights and assurance for educational and financial performance.

Governance has 3 core functions:

  • Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
  • Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff
  • Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

Within a multi-academy trust such as Lionheart Educational Trust, governance is led by the Trust Board, with some responsibilities delegated to the Local Governing Body of the school. These delegations are captured in the Scheme of Delegation.


FURTHER TRUST AND GOVERNANCE INFORMATION

 

TRUST ORGANISATION

SCHEME OF DELEGATION

The Trust operates under a Scheme of Delegation agreed by the Board which outlines all key delegated responsibilities.


TRUST ACROSS ALL LAYERS OF GOVERNANCE

TRUST BOARD

Vision and ethos  |  Strategic direction  |  Risks and Opportunities

Finance  |  Overall responsibility

 

TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE

EDUCATION

AUDIT, COMPLIANCE & RISK  (ACR) 

REMUNERATION  

In compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook  

Delegated authority under the Trust Scheme of Delegation  

 

LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES (LGB)

Teaching & Learning  |  Pupil & Parent & Staff experience  | Safeguarding  |  Business & Community links

Each school


TRUST BOARD

The Trust Board has overall responsibility for all governance in the trust and carries the final accountability for this. The focus of the Board is on the big picture, working with the trust Executive Team to set the overall vision for the trust, lead strategically and identify and respond to risks and opportunities.


TRUST BOARD COMMITTEES

The purpose of Lionheart Committees is to ensure that the Trust adheres to the governance framework outlined in the Academies Trust Handbook and ensures there is a high level of scrutiny and oversight of key areas.

All Trust Board committees are made up of Trustees with specific knowledge and experience. The Chairs of Committees have the knowledge and skills to be able to lead discussions and make recommendations to the Trust board for decisions. The roles and responsibilities of the committees are defined in the terms of reference.


LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES

Each school has a Local Governing Body, which holds the school to account for the quality of teaching and learning, the experience of pupils, parents and staff, the processes to ensure safeguarding, and informal links with the local community and businesses. LGBs ensure that school leaders are mindful of the school’s context and work within the overall vision of Lionheart Academies Trust.


MEMBERS

The Members of a trust are not involved in the practical running of the organisation and do not take part in governing body or Board meetings, except as occasional observers. Their role is to ensure that the Board keeps its core priorities at the centre of its work – providing education for children and young people – and retains its stated ethos and values.

Members appoint some of the trustees and, in exceptional circumstances, can remove trustees who they have appointed.

SIR JONATHAN NORTH GIRLS’ COLLEGE GOVERNORS 2022-23

James McKenna
Chair of Governors
[email protected]

Governance Officer/Clerk
Rob Jones
[email protected]

GOVERNING BODY 2023-24

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2022-23

Musfera Fatima

Parent

14.11.22

13.11.26

 

 

n/a

James McKenna

Community

28.2.22

27.2.26

Chair

Safeguarding

Education

Leadership

Strategy

2/2

Harriet Latham

Community

1.7.20

30.6.24

Vice Chair

Finance

Business links & careers

Finance

4/4

Haybe Mohamed

Community

1.7.20

30.6.24

SEND & LAC

Governance

3/4

Resham Sandhu

Community

15.03.23

14.03.27

Community

SMSC, British Values, Interfaith

Pupil voice

Parent voice

Interfaith

Community development

2/4

Rose Angus

Ex Officio

Principal

1.3.19

 

 

 

4/4

Sandra Williams

Community

31.1.22

30.1.26

 

 

2/2

Andy Carruthers

Community

13.02.23

13.02.27

 

 

 

Inderjit Poonia

Parent

08.12.23

07.12.27

 

 

 

Usama Saad

Parent

08.12.23

07.12.27

 

 

 

 

GOVERNING BODY HISTORIC (left within last 12 months)

NAME

GOVERNOR TYPE

TERM FROM

TERM TO

ROLES

SKILLS

ATTENDANCE 2021-22

Jonathan Mansfield

Parent

 

1.1.20

23.2.22

Chair

Business & careers

Safeguarding

Parent voice

IT

2/2

Mohamed Ahmed

Community

1.7.20

5.10.22

Education & data

Safeguarding

Education (6th form)

Community

3/4

Ross Dimmock

Community

1.7.20

1.9.22

Business links & careers

Law

3/4

Robyn Cooper

Community

01.03.19

28.02.23

Antibullying

Pupil Premium

Wellbeing of pupils & staff

Governance

Education

3/4

Mathew Taunton

Staff

1.3.20

29.2.24

Staff voice Education & data

Education

2/4

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS 2022-23

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Musfera Fatima

 

 

 

 

 

James McKenna

LET – Beauchamp City Sixth Form

Principal

Education

Jan 2020

 

Harriet Latham

The Open University

Employee

 

1 September 2013

3 May 2022

University of Glasgow

Employee

 

3 May 2022

 

Haybe Mohamed

None

 

 

 

 

Resham Sandhu

 

None

 

 

 

 

Rose Angus

Leicester Partnership School

Management Committee Member

Education

4.11.15

 

Sandra Williams

None 

 

 

 

 

Andy Carruthers

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Executive Director

Healthcare

01.03.2020

 

REGISTER OF BUSINESS INTERESTS – Historic (left within last 12 months)

NAME

NAME OF ORGANISATION

NATURE OF INTEREST

NATURE OF BUSINESS

FROM

TO

Jonathan Mansfield

CS

Director

IT Related

Prior to joining the Trust

 

Leicestershire Police

S/Insp

Police

Prior to joining the Trust

 

Leicestershire Police Cadets

Youth Activities

Unit Head South Leics

Prior to joining the Trust

 

Lionheart

Trustee

Governance

3.7.19

 

Mohamed Ahmed

None

 

 

 

 

Ross Dimmock

Leicestershire Police

Policing

Member

1995

Ongoing

Education

Primary

Teacher

Circa. 1999

Ongoing

Robyn Cooper

Leicester City Council

Employee - Governance

Local Authority

9.12

 

Mathew Taunton

None