Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

To be read in conjunction with the non-public appendices at item 32 of the agenda.

Members considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding the Governor appointments update. The following matters were raised:

·         Given the number of new governors due to start after the summer, Members requested that officers consider providing induction training (including safeguarding training) early in the academic year.

·         Members were informed that some of the Governing Bodies of the Family of Schools were still carrying vacancies for September. The City was striving to fill those places with candidates that met any skills gaps on each Board and promoted a diverse membership.

·         A number of governor terms were due to end in August 2020, this was because many of them had been appointed when COLAT was first established. Efforts were being made to ensure that the conclusion of governor terms were staggered in the future. Some larger governing bodies would also likely be reduced in size.

·         It was noted that some updates were needed for the local governing body of City of London Academy Islington. It was the hope of the Chair of the Education Board and the Chair of COLAT, that a more up-to-date process for this reporting may be available to Members in future.

RESOLVED, that

·         the appointment of Mary Robey as Chair of Governors to the Local Governing Body of City of London Primary Academy Islington (CoLPAI), be approved;

·         the appointment of Martin Jermyn as Chair of Governors to the Local Governing Body of City of London Academy Highbury Grove (CoLAHG), be approved;

·         the appointment of Shravan Joshi as Chair of Governors to the Local Governing Body of City of London Academy Southwark (CoLAS), be approved;

·         the appointment of Bethan Ferguson, Ann Holmes and Mary Robey to the Local Governing Body of CoLPAI, be noted;

·         the appointment of Colette Bowe, Joe Caluori, Maggie Elliott and Rachel Sherman to the Local Governing Body of the CoLAHG, be noted;

·         the appointments of Nadia Forde and Megan Gerrie to the Local Governing Body of Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (NCS), be noted;

·         the appointment of Alderman Robert Howard, Barbara Hamilton, Ryan Shorthouse, Sheila Scales and Rita Krishna to the Local Governing Body of City of London Academy Shoreditch Park (CoLASP), be noted;

·         that all new governor appointments will be for a four-year term aligned to the academic year, be noted;

·         that Dawn Brook has been re-appointed as a Co-opted Trustee of the CoLAT Board of Trustees for a four-year term expiring July 2024, be noted;

·         that it be noted that the CoLAT Board of Trustees have appointed Tijs Broeke as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at their meeting on 9 July 2020; and

·         that it be noted that the Policy & Resources Committee appointed Deputy Edward Lord as their appointee to the CoLAT Board of Trustees at their meeting on 9 July 2020 for a four-year term expiring July 2024.