Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Edward Benzecry, and Lucas Green.

There were no declarations.

Trustees confirmed that all necessary declarations had been made.

The Chair welcomed Ben Murphy to the Board, appointed by the Policy & Resources Committee, to replace Deputy Edward Lord.

The Chair expressed his thanks on behalf of the Board to the recently-retired clerk Antoinette Duhaney for her hard work and dedication, and welcomed Jayne Moore to the position.

The Chair also thanks all the staff and teachers at the academies for their hard work and dedication during a challenging year, and wished everyone a happy Christmas.  

To agree the public minutes of the meeting of 10 September 2021.

RESOLVED, That the minutes of the meeting of 10 September 2021 be approved as an accurate record of the meeting.

To receive the public minutes of the Audit & Risk Committee meeting of 30 September 2021.

The Board received the minutes of the Audit & Risk Committee meeting of 30 September 2021.

To receive the public minutes of the Finance & Operations Committee meeting of 30 September 2021

The Board received the minutes of the Finance & Operations Committee meeting of 30 September 2021.

To receive the public minutes of the Standards & Accountability Committee meeting of 10 November 2021

The Board received the minutes of the Standards & Accountability Committee of 10 November 2021.

To receive the list of outstanding public actions

The Board received the updated outstanding public actions list.

The Board agreed that action 6 had been completed and could be removed from the list.

Report of the Clerk

The Board heard that Chairs of the relevant boards are being encouraged to proactively manage and handle governor vacancies.

The Board agreed that the Governing Body Succession Plan is to be circulated for use as a template.

RESOLVED, That Trustees approve:

1.    The Governing Body Succession Plan for CoLA Highbury Grove to include:

-       the reappointment of four co-opted and one parent governor;

-       the appointment of a new governor;

-       the phased reduction in the number of co-opted governors on the LGB.

2.    The appointment of two new staff governors at CoLPAI.

3.    The reappointment of two governors of CoLPAI, including the Chair of the LGB. 

To receive the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Board received the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Chair expressed his thanks on behalf of the Trust to Gerard Mehrtens, Director of Academy Development, for his support and dedication.  

There were no questions.

There was no other business.

MOTION – That the public be excluded for the remaining items of business as they are likely to involve discussion on matters deemed commercially sensitive to the City of London Academies Trust.

RESOLVED, that the public be excluded from the following items of business.

To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting of 10 September 2021

The Board considered the non-public minutes of the meeting of 10 September 2021.

To receive the non-public minutes of the Audit & Risk Committee meeting of 30 September 2021

The Board received the non-public minutes of the Audit & Risk Committee of 30 September 2021.

To receive the non-public minutes of the Finance & Operations Committee meeting of 30 September 2021

The Board received the non-public minutes of the Finance & Operations Committee meeting of 30 September 2021.

To receive the non-public minutes of the Standards & Accountability Committee meeting of 10 November 2021.

The Board received the non-public minutes of the Standards & Accountability Committee meeting of 10 November 2021.

To receive the outstanding non-public actions

Members received the updated list of non-public outstanding actions.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer.

Trustees considered the report of the CFO.

Report of the Chief Financial Officer.

Trustees received an update report of the Chief Financial Officer.

Report of the Chief Executive Officer.

Trustees considered an Executive Summary of the Chief Executive Officer.

Report of the Chief Executive Officer.

Trustees received the report of the CEO.

To receive the report of the Chief Executive Officer

Trustees received the report of the CEO.

Report of the Director of Estates and Facilities Management

Trustees received an update report of the Director of Estates and Facilities Management.

To receive the Safeguarding Report of the Chief Standards Officer.

Trustees received the report of the Chief Standards Officer.

To receive the Report of the Chief Standards Officer.

Trustees received the report of the Chief Standards Officer.

Report of the Director of Information and Communication Technology.

Trustees received an update report of the Director of Information Communication and Technology.