Governance

Trustee and Governor Information Pack

Our Governance Statement and Attendance

Register of Interests

Governance Structure

Members

Members are the custodians of the governance of Cygnus Academies Trust.

Members are appointed by the rest of the Members Board.

The Members hold an Annual General Meeting and meet as required throughout the year.

Bola Ojo

Stuart Doubleday

Jane Orsborne

Trustees

The Members have appointed a Board of Trustees.

The trustees are responsible for:

Setting the strategic direction of the trust
Holding senior leadership to account
Overseeing the trust’s financial performance

Trustees are ultimately responsible and accountable for the trust. It is up to them to make sure the trust is compliant with its charitable objectives, but also with company and charity law.

Ryan Clifford	Chair of Trustees Link Trustee for Whistleblowing & GDPR Finance, Risk & Audit Committee Pay Committee
Sandra Herbert	Chair of Education Committee Pay Committee
Ashish Majithia	Chair of Finance, Risk & Audit Committee Link Trustee for Finance and Health & Safety Pay Committee
Jane Platt	Vice Chair of Trustees Finance, Risk & Audit Committee Link Trustee for GDPR
Sebrina Dawes	Education Committee Link Trustee for Safeguarding
Kevin Fox	Education Committee
Danielle Lewis-Egonu	Chief Executive Officer

To enquire about any Trustee vacancies at Cygnus Academies Trust, please contact heather.bannister@cygnus.org.uk and a member of the Governance Team will be able to tell you all about the role of a Trustee. Should a vacancy become available at Cygnus, you will be informed and you can put yourself forward. Please also visit Inspiring Governance or Governors for Schools to learn more about why Trusts and their schools need volunteers like you and the benefits and rewards of becoming a Trustee.

Governors

Local Governing Committees have the responsibility of holding school leaders to account and ensuring their school follows the trust's strategic direction.

The Local Governing Committees meet termly to monitor how the school is progressing against its stated objectives.

The Governors at our schools are diverse and have a variety of skills and backgrounds. They work closely with the Headteachers to ensure high-quality learning is accessible to all of our children, according to their individual needs. This is achieved by monitoring the children's results and learning progress, ensuring the school is a safe and welcoming environment, and delivering within the confines of the school's budget.

Our Governors all share the same purpose: to support and challenge the Headteachers to ensure that our schools deliver a curriculum that gives our children the skills and abilities needed to succeed in a challenging and fast-moving world, delivered in a safe, holistic and enjoyable way that encourages our children into a lifetime of learning.

Chair of Governors for each school:

Dartford Bridge Community Primary School	Paul Langridge
Gravel Hill Primary School	Jamie-Lee Byrne
Greenlands Primary School	Mel Shackleton
Manor Community Primary School	Ashlene Peltier & Kerry Williams
Royal Rise Primary School	Mel Shackleton
The Brent Primary School	Louisa Stevens
Westgate Primary School	Louisa Quarterman
Upland Primary School	Alison Scott

Details of all our Governors can be found on the individual school websites:

Dartford Bridge Community Primary School

Gravel Hill Primary School

Greenlands Primary School

Manor Community Primary School

Royal Rise Primary School

The Brent Primary School

Westgate Primary School

Upland Primary School

To enquire about governor vacancies at any of our schools please contact heather.bannister@cygnus.org.uk.

A member of the Governance Team will be able to tell you all about the role of a school governor.

Should a vacancy become available at any of our schools you will be informed and you can put yourself forward.

Please also visit Inspiring Governance or Governors for Schools to learn more about why schools need volunteers like you and the benefits and rewards of becoming a Governor.