Academy NameScheme of DelegationDEMAT
SCHEME OF DELEGATION
made by
THE DIOCESE OF ELY MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
In respect of
The LGB of [ACADEMY NAME]
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1st September 2014
This Scheme of Delegation was resolved by the Board of the Diocese of Ely Multi Academy Trust at its meeting of 17th September 2014
This Scheme of Delegation was received by the [name of the acdemy] Local Governing Body at its meeting of [Date].
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DEMAT New Scheme of Delegation 24 September 2014 V2Page 123.10.2014
Academy NameScheme of DelegationDEMAT
THIS SCHEME OF DELEGATION (which in this document is referred to as the "Scheme") is made on [date] between:
(1) The DIOCESE OF ELY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales under company number 08464996 (the "Company"); and
(2) THE LGB OF [NAME OF THE ACADEMY] (the "LGB").
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 In this Scheme:
"Academy" has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 2.1;
"Academies Financial Handbook” means the DfE’s financial handbook for
Academies in force from time to time;
"Articles" means the Articles of Association of the Company (and references in this Scheme to a numbered "Article" or "Articles" shall mean those specific provisions of the Articles);
"Budget" means the annual budget set by the Directors for the Academy in accordance with the Master Funding Agreement and/or the Relevant Funding Agreement;
"DBE" means the Diocesan Board of Education for the diocese within which the Academy is situated;
"Directors" means the directors of the Company;
"Effective Date" means [Date of becoming an academy]
"Incumbent" means the priest incumbent of the parishes of [parish name or names];
"LGB" means the Local Governing Body of the Academy constituted by clause 4.4 of this Scheme and pursuant to Articles 100 - 104;
"Master Funding Agreement" means the Master Funding Agreement entered into by the Company and the Secretary of State on [Date of Funding Agreement];
"Principal" means the head teacher of the Academy;
"Relevant Funding Agreement" means the Supplemental Funding Agreement entered into by the Company and the Secretary of State in respect of the Academy on [date of funding agreement];
"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State for Education and his successors; and
"Trustees" has the meaning given to that term in the Articles
1.2 Except as expressly provided in this Scheme, words and expressions not defined in this Scheme shall have the same meaning accorded to them in the Articles and the Relevant Funding Agreement entered into by the Company.
1.3 Reference in this Scheme to clauses, paragraphs and annexes shall, unless otherwise stated, be to clauses, paragraphs and annexes of this Scheme.
1.4 In the event of conflict between any provision of this Scheme and the Articles, the Articles shall prevail.
2. INTRODUCTION
2.1 As a charity and company limited by guarantee, the Company is governed by a board of Directors who are responsible for, and oversee, the management and administration of the Company and the academies run by the Company. [Name of the Academy] (the "Academy") is one of the academies.
2.2 The Directors are accountable to external government agencies including the Charity Commission and the Department for Education (including any successor bodies) for the quality of the education provided by the Company and they are required to have systems in place through which they can assure themselves of quality, safety and good practice. [As the Academy is a Church of England academy, designated as such, the Directors are also accountable to the DBE under the provisions of the Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991, and to the Trustees to ensure that the Academy is conducted as a Church of England school.]4
2.3 In order to discharge these responsibilities, the Directors may appoint people with appropriate skills and knowledge to serve on the LGB which has been established to assist with the good governance of the Academy in accordance with clause 4.4 of this Scheme and Articles 100 - 104.
2.4 This Scheme explains the ways in which the Directors fulfil their responsibilities for the leadership and management of the Academy, the respective roles and responsibilities of the Directors and the members of the LGB and the commitments to each other to ensure the success of the Academy.
2.5 This Scheme has been put in place by the Directors from the Effective Date in accordance with the provisions of the Articles and it should be read in conjunction with those Articles as well as with:
(i) the Directors' strategic plans and policies for the Academy;
(ii) any budget set for the Academy; and
(iii) any directions given or rules and regulations set by the Company Directors.
3. ETHOS AND MISSION STATEMENT5
3.1 The Academy's ethos is as follows:
Recognising its historic foundation, the Academy will preserve and develop its religious character in accordance with the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at Parish and Diocesan level.
3.2 The Academy's mission statement is as follows:
[The Academy aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils.]
4. DIRECTORS' POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 The Directors have overall responsibility and ultimate decision-making authority for all the work of the Company, including the establishing and running of schools and in particular the Academy as a Church of England school. This is both exercised through strategic planning and the setting of policy and is managed through business planning, monitoring of budgets, performance management, the setting of standards and the implementation of quality management processes. The Directors have the power to direct change where required.
4.2 The Directors have a duty:
4.2.1 to comply with any lawful directions issued to the Company;
4.2.2 to act in the fulfilment of the Company's objects; and
4.2.3 to have regard to the advice of the DBE generally and in particular in respect of upholding the Company's objects.
4.3 Directors will have regard to the interests of the other academies for which the Company is responsible in deciding and implementing any policy or exercising any authority in respect of the Academy.
4.4 Articles 100 and 101 provides for the appointment by the Directors of committees to whom the Directors may delegate certain of the functions of the Directors. In further recognition of the Directors' power to delegate under Article[s 102] and 105, and from the date of this Scheme, responsibility for the running of the Academy from the Effective Date will be delegated to the committee established by this Scheme and which shall be known as the LGB of the Academy.
4.5 The constitution, membership and proceedings of the LGB are determined by the Directors and this Scheme expresses such matters as well as acknowledging any authority delegated to the LGB in order to enable the LGB to assist with the running of the Academy and fulfil the Academy's mission.
5. CONSTITUTION OF THE LGB
5.1 Members of the LGB
5.1.1 The number of people who shall sit on the LGB shall be not less than four but, unless otherwise determined by the Directors, shall not be subject to any maximum.
5.1.2 The LGB shall have the following members:
5.1.2.1 Up to 8 members, appointed under clause 5.2.1;
5.1.2.2 Not used
5.1.2.3 Up to 2 staff members, appointed under clause 5.2.3;
5.1.2.4 Not less than 2 parent members [1]elected or appointed under clause 5.2.6;
5.1.2.5 the Principal; and
5.1.2.6 The Incumbent; “Incumbent” means at the discretion of the Archdeacon either the priest incumbent of the parish[es] of [parishes names] or such other person from within the Archdeaconry as the Archdeacon shall nominate, and the Directors shall approve..
The Local Governing Body may continue to act notwithstanding a temporary vacancy in its composition – see Appendix One Clause 6.11.
5.1.3 The LGB may also have co-opted members appointed under clause
5.3.
5.1.4 The Directors (all or any of them) shall also be entitled to serve on the LGB and attend any meetings of the LGB. Any Director attending a meeting of the LGB shall count towards the quorum for the purposes of the meeting and shall be entitled to vote on any resolution being considered by the LGB.
5.1.5 All persons appointed or elected to the LGB shall give a written undertaking to the Company and Directors to uphold the object of the Company. This undertaking will be by way of signing a register upon appointment, which explicitly states that upon affixing his/her signature, the Member undertakes to uphold the object of the Company, and acknowledges their duties as LGB members and agrees to fulfil them to the best of their ability, and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Scheme of Delegation (and by reference the Articles of Association, Master Funding Agreement and Relevant Funding Agreement (i.e. the Supplemental Funding Agreement – which is defined as "Relevant Funding Agreement" in the Scheme).
5.2 Appointment of members of the LGB
General members
5.2.1 The Directors may appoint up to 8 persons to serve on the LGB, and may seek but is not bound by
5.2.1.1 the nomination of up to four (4) individuals recommended by the Diocesan Board of Education to serve on the LGB; and
5.2.1.2 the nomination of up to four (4) individuals recommended by the PCC(s) of [name(s) of the local Church(es)] to serve on the LGB, such nominations where possible to be split equally between the PCCs involved.
5.2.2 Not used
Staff members
5.2.3 The Directors may appoint up to 2 persons who are employed at the Academy to serve on the LGB through such process as they may determine, provided that the total number of such persons (including the Principal) does not exceed one third of the total number of persons on the LGB. The positions held by those employed at the Academy (e.g. teaching and non-teaching) may be taken into account when considering appointments.
5.2.4 In appointing persons to serve on the LGB who are employed at the Academy the Directors may invite nominations from all staff employed under a contract of employment or a contract for services or otherwise engaged to provide services to the Academy (excluding the Principal) and, where there are any contested posts, shall hold an election by a secret ballot. All arrangements for the calling and the conduct of the election and resolution of questions as to whether any person is an eligible candidate shall be determined by the Directors.
Ex officio members
5.2.5 The Principal and the Incumbent shall both be treated for all purposes as being ex officio members of the LGB.
Parent members
5.2.6 Subject to clause 5.2.10, a parent member of the LGB shall be elected by parents of registered pupils at the Academy and a parent member must be a parent of a pupil at the Academy at the time when he or she is elected and during his / her period of office.
5.2.7 The Directors shall make all necessary arrangements for, and determine all other matters relating to, an election of the parent members of the LGB, including any question of whether a person is a parent of a registered pupil at the Academy. Any election of persons who are to be the parent members of the LGB which is contested shall be held by secret ballot.
5.2.8 The arrangements made for the election of the parent members of the LGB shall provide for every person who is entitled to vote in the election to have an opportunity to do so by post or, if he prefers, by having his ballot paper returned to the Academy by a registered pupil at the Academy.
5.2.9 Where a vacancy for a parent member of the LGB is required to be filled by election, the LGB shall take such steps as are reasonably practical to secure that every person who is known to them to be a parent of a registered pupil at the Academy is informed of the vacancy and that it is required to be filled by election, informed that he is entitled to stand as a candidate, and vote at the election, and given an opportunity to do so.
5.2.10 The number of parent members of the LGB required shall be made up by persons appointed by the Directors if the number of parents standing for election is less than the number of vacancies.
5.2.11 In appointing a person to be a parent member of the LGB pursuant to clause 5.2.10, the Directors shall appoint a person who is the parent of a registered pupil at the Academy; or where it is not reasonably practical to do so, a person who is the parent of a child of compulsory school age.
5.3 Co-opted members of the LGB
5.3.1 The Directors may co-opt up to 8 persons to be “co-opted” to the LGB. A person who shall be "co-opted" to the LGB means a person who is to serve on the LGB without having been otherwise appointed or elected to serve on the LGB. The Directors may not co- opt a person who is employed at the Academy if thereby the number of persons employed at the Academy serving on the LGB would exceed one third of the total number of persons serving on the LGB (including the Principal).
5.4 Term of office
5.4.1 The term of office for any person serving on the LGB shall be 4 years excepting when the Academy first opens when the Directors may determine that the first term of office for any person serving on the LGB shall be 2, 3 or 4 years. The first term of office or 4 year term time limit shall not apply to: any parent governor appointed at conversion to ensure continuity and prior to the arrangement of a ballot under s 5.2.6.