Agenda item

Governor Appointments Update

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

 

NB – This item features a Non-Public appendix at item X.

Minutes:

Members considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding an update on Governor Appointments at the City of London Family of Schools.

 

Members discussed the implementation of their recommendation that all governor appointments within the Family of Schools should align with the academic year. It was felt that the same parameters ought to be set for appointments to the Academies Trust Board, however Members were advised that this process would require further approvals.

 

This recommendation to appoint governors in line with the academic year was approved by COLAT at their Trust Board meeting in December 2019 along with a number of other governance recommendations proposed by the Education Board at its meeting in July 2019. The only recommendation that was not agreed, related to the imposition of a minimum of two, and a maximum of four, Common Councillor governors on each Governing Body.

 

It was noted that the Boards of Governors of the City’s independent schools had, for their co-opted governors, adopted the recommendation to align terms of appointment to the academic year.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

·         the appointment of Caroline Haines as Chair of Governors to the Local Governing Body of Newham Collegiate Sixth Form, City of London Academy (NCS), be noted;

 

·         the appointments of Anna Foreshaw, Andriea Vamadevan and Catherine Danner to the Local Governing Body of NCS for four-year terms, be noted;

 

·         the appointment of Sarah Matthias, Naureen Bhatti and Neela Moorghen to the Local Governing Body of City of London Primary Academy Islington (CoLPAI) for four-year terms, be noted;

 

·         the resignation of Ann Holmes as Chair of the CoLPAI Governing Body, be noted;

 

·         the appointment of Shireen Fraser to the Local Governing Body of City of London Academy Highgate Hill (CoLAHH) for a four-year term, be noted;

 

·         the reappointment of Andrew McMurtrie be noted as a Trustee of City of London Academies Trust (CoLAT) for a four-year term commencing 14 January 2020 following his nomination by the Policy & Resources Committee;

 

·         the reappointment of Lucas Green be noted as a Co-opted Trustee of CoLAT for a four-year term commencing on 27 January 2020 following approval by the CoLAT Board; and

 

·         Delegated authority be granted to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, to establish and seek the necessary approvals from Policy & Resources and the Court of Common Council, to ensure that CoLAT Board appointments are made in line with the academic year.

 

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