The Roseland Trust has a three tier governance structure: Local Monitoring Governors, Trustees and Members. Our Trust’s Articles of Association along with our Governance Framework set out the roles and responsibilities of each level of governance.
Our two Local Monitoring Committees are our community links for our schools. We have established one committee to oversee the work of our secondary schools, and another committee to oversee the work of our primary schools. These committees monitor the Quality of Education in our schools and our schools’ Improvement Plans through their attendance at regular meetings, interrogation of independent reports and data and through first hand visits to the schools to observe and meet with our staff and students.
These committees each have three parent and two staff Local Monitoring Governor positions, along with four community governor positions and any number of Trustee appointed governor positions.
The purpose of Governance is to provide:
▪ strategic leadership: the board defines the trust vision for high quality and inclusive education in line with its charitable objects. It establishes and fosters the trust’s culture and sets and champions the trust strategy.
▪ accountability and assurance: the board has robust effective oversight of the operations and performance of the academy trust, including the provision of education, pupil welfare, overseeing and ensuring appropriate use of funding and effective financial performance and keeping their estate safe and well-maintained.
▪ engagement: the board has strategic oversight of relationships with stakeholders. The board involves parents, schools and communities so that decision-making is supported by meaningful engagement.
The Members sit above the Trustees, holding ultimate responsibility for the Trust achieving its charitable objectives. The Members appoint the majority of the Trustees and ensure that the Trustees are carrying out their duties effectively. The role of Trustees and Members is strategic, not operational and is often described as that of a critical friend, providing support but also challenge.
Members hold an annual general meeting and attend Board meetings as observers periodically. The Board of Directors meet five times a year. Our Local Monitoring Committees meet six times a year.
All Local Monitoring Governors, Trustees and Members can be contacted by using the details provided on the contacts page of each individual school’s website, or by emailing the Governance Team at Info@theroselandmat.co.uk