Agenda item

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

Members had before them a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services on governor appointments.

The following matters were raised:-

·         The Chairman noted the terms of office of governors across the Family of Schools and commented on the benefits of governors’ terms of office aligning with the academic year. It was agreed that this, and other matters relating to governing bodies in the Family of Schools, would be considered as part of the Governance Review being discussed at the Board’s Away Day in March 2019.

·         That the Chairmen of the City Corporation’s three independent schools, the Chairman of the City of London Academies Trust Boar and the CEO of the City of London Academies Trust, as well as the Chairmen of the two co-opted sponsored academies governing bodies would be invited to the Governance Review item at the Education Board Away Day in March 2019.

RESOLVED – That

(a)  the appointment of Professor Richard Verrall as Chairman to the City of London Academy Islington governing body be noted;

(b)  the appointment of Clare Tunley, Nick Worsley and Christopher Hill to the City of London Academy Highbury Grove governing body be noted;

(c)   the appointment of Simon Beck to Newham Collegiate Sixth Form governing body be noted;

(d)  the appointment of Shravan Joshi to City of London Academy Southwark governing body be noted;

(e)  the biographies of the City school’s governing bodies set out in appendix 1 be noted; and

(f)    the Terms of Office and membership for the City Family of Schools governing bodies set out in appendix 2 be noted.