PRIMARY ACADEMIES TRUST

Company Number 7821367

A Company Limited by Guarantee

An Exempt Charity

Registered in England and Wales

Registered office companies:

WoodwaterAcademy, Woodwater Lane, Exeter, EX2 5AW

Meeting of the Primary Academies Trust HR & Personnel Committee Woodwater Academy, 1000 Tuesday 13 May 2014

Agenda

Item / Notes / Lead / Time
  1. Welcome and Introduction
  2. Apologies
/ Chair / 1000
1003
  1. * Minutes of the Previous Meeting
/ Chair
  1. Policies to be agreed:
  • Staff Leave and Absence Policy
  • Acceptable Behaviour Policy
  • Maternity and Adoption Policy
/ DCC models used.
Attached for discussion and decision
Areas in red to be agreed. / Chair/JS / 1005
  1. Pay Committee – set up & TORs
/ Chair / 1020
  1. Continuous Service
/ JS / 1035
  1. CEO Job Decsription
/ JS / 1050
  1. Admin restructure consultation feedback
/ HN & JS / 1055
  1. Appraisal tracking
/ JS / 1115
  1. Flexible working
/ New rules wef 30.6.14 / 1130
  1. Staffing structure 2014-15
/ GC / 1145
  1. HR Support 2014 -15
/ GC / 1205

Please read the relevant papers prior to the meeting and if you have any questions please raise them with the Chair /CEO by Monday 12 May for response at the Committee meeting.

Copies to: Hugh Whittaker, Gary Chown, Helen Nicholls, Rev David Kay, Jo Stuart (HR Lead), Emma (Co Sec)

PAT Business Cycle
Committee 4. HR & Personnel / Calendar / Year
STATUTORY
Elect chair / Autumn / Annually
Review TOR’s / Autumn / Annually
Agree Appraisal Policy / Autumn / Annually
Agree capability policy / Autumn / Annually
Agree Conduct Policy / Autumn / Annually
Agree Pay policy / Autumn / Annually
Agree Redundancy policy / Spring / Annually
Agree Grievance + discipline policy / Spring / Annually
Agree Recruitment + selection Policy / Autumn / 2014, 2017
Agree vetting and barring policy / Autumn / 2014, 2016
Agree admission arrangements incl. register of admissions
BEST PRACTICE
Agree staff leave and absence policy / *Summer / 2014, 2017
Agree Acceptable behaviour policy / *Summer / 2014, 2017
Agree staff drugs and alcohol policy / * Autumn / 2014, 2017
Agree whistle blowing policy / * Autumn / 2014, 2017
Agree maternity and adoption policy / *Spring / 2014, 2016
Agree flexible working policy / *Spring / 2014, 2016
Agree maximising attendance and managing absence policy / Spring / Annually
Agree secondment policy / *Autumn / 2014,2016
Agree support staff appraisal policy / Autumn / 2015
Agree statement against violence and aggression / Autumn / 2014, 2017
Policies awaiting priority decisions
Agree information sharing policy
Review consultation arrangements
Agree work life balance statement
Agree confidentiality policy

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Committee 4 – HR and Personnel Committee

  • Develop and implement training programme for Directors, Local Governors and Staff
  • Propose staff, HR, pay, performance and disciplinary policies
  • Review Salaries – Pay Committee
  • Review Staffing structure and staffing needs – Pay Committee