Governance

Academy Committees  

The Academy Committees (ACs) support the Trustees to fulfil their responsibility for oversight of each school within the Trust, acting as the eyes and ears of the Board at local level. Their role is more focused than that of a traditional school governing body. The SAST central team manages – finance, HR, Estates, IT, and others.

The ACs responsibility is to monitor and scrutinise teaching and learning, welfare, and safeguarding issues. The ACs provide challenge and support to the Headteachers and senior leadership team, and represent the Trust to local stakeholders – parents, students, staff and the community. Two representatives of each AC are elected from among that school’s parents, while a further representative will be elected by the staff. The Headteacher is ex officio. The remaining representatives are appointed by the Trustees following recommendation from the AC and Headteacher, based on skills and experience, or in our Church of England academies, the Diocese of Salisbury and the Diocese of Bath & Wells receive and consider nominations and appoint. Ex ‘VA’ schools must have a majority of foundation representatives and ex ‘VC’ 25% of representatives must be foundation. Each AR is appointed for a term of four years, after which time, AC representatives, with agreement from the Diocese or Trustees, may agree to renewal of further term(s).

The AC will meet at the beginning of each full term (three times a year), plus an additional meeting to review published exam performance. Typically, this additional meeting will take place during the summer term for primary schools, once the SATS results have been published, whereas for secondary schools, this meeting will take place during the autumn term.

Academy Committee 2023/2024:

The clerk to the AC is Sonia Knight and she can be contacted at sonia.knight@sast.org.uk.
Yvonne Bright
Tom Crassweller
Jim Gower
Neil Grenyer
Julie Philpin
Matthew Punch

Meeting dates for 2023/2024:

05 October 2023
16 November 2023
18 January 2024
07 March 2024
13 June 2024

Documents:
Register of Attendance at Academy Committee Meetings 2022-2023
Terms of Office Dates and Attendance Data 2022-2023
Term of Office Dates and Attendance Data 2021-2022
Term of Office Dates and Attendance Data 2020-2021
Term of Office Dates and Attendance Data 2019-20

Registered Business Interests 2023/2024
Summary of Relevant Business Interests 2021-2022

“Governors integrate the Christian vision into excellent management of all aspects of the school.” – SIAMS – 2022

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