Local Governing Body - Overview

Weyfield Primary Academy Local Governing Body

Weyfield is an academy as part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT). 

TKAT is a multi-academy trust which was established on 1st September 2010.  Its constitution is set out in the Articles of Association and this is shared with individual academies via the Scheme of Delegation.  TKAT have, through the Scheme of Delegation, established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies.

Please click here to link to the Scheme of Delegation

The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.

Please click here to link to the Directors of the TKAT Board.

Please click here to link to Governance information relating to TKAT, including the structure of governance and relevant details about Trustees terms of office, attendance and business interests.

Please click here to meet the TKAT Trustees 

 Please click here for key documents including the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts.

 

 Governors Vision Statement

As Governors we will work with staff and parents to help children enjoy their learning and achieve their best in all aspects of school life. Our vision for our children is evidenced in the school’s vision:

‘’Raising expectations, creating opportunities, celebrating success.

We will provide every child with an outstanding education, so that they can develop into confident young people with a sense of self-worth -who believe they can make a difference in the world’’

and values:

‘Academic Excellence, Building Character, Happy-Healthy-Safe’.

 

We would like to see Weyfield Primary Academy continue its positive trajectory in achieving an outstanding provision, therefore as Governors we aim to:

  • Improve the school’s year on year achievement levels

We work closely with the Headteacher to ensure a cycle of continual improvement.  Governors are individually linked with school priorities and undertake regular visits to school relating to their specific responsibilities. We ensure support for all groups of children, to include boys, girls, more able, vulnerable learners, pupil premium and children with special educational and/or medical needs is of the highest standard so all children are supported to achieve their best potential.
 

  • Develop the Governing Body to provide more challenge, rigour and strategic support to the school.

Support the Headteacher and Staff, as well as constructively challenge and build on their own expectations to ensure the best possible outcomes for children are achieved. Continually evaluate strategic plans and policies. Provide input into school development plans, to include curriculum development, which cover the school’s immediate future and show the longer term progress the school will make over the next three to five years.

Ensure that the school is financially sound, making best use of its income in ways which have a positive impact on the quality of teaching and learning, achievement, assessment and pupils’ experience of school.

 

  • Develop a more visible and transparent style of governorship within the school community in order to ensure that parents and pupils are being heard and involved.

We’d like to create and sustain a school community in which all parents and carers, pupils, staff and visitors feel welcomed and valued. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the development of the school and the quality of education it provides, through the sharing of ideas, developments, achievements, celebrations, needs and concerns. We also aim to learn from the best: working in collaboration with other schools in our local community and the wider education community to share best practices and ensure that all pupils receive the best provision possible.
 

Our LGB constitution document can be found here

Our Governor impact statement can be found here

 

Please see our Governor Details page for details or our current and recent LGB members. 

 

Our Chair of Governors contact details:

 

Mrs Serena Baker

c/o Weyfield Primary Academy

School Close, Woking Road,

Guildford

Surrey

GU1 1QJ

 

Email serena.baker@weyfield-tkat.org 

 

Should you wish to contact The Clerk please contact Coral Davis at the following email address: coral.davis@weyfield-tkat.org 

 

Structure

There are six meetings of the full Local Governing Body each academic year.  In addition to this, there two committees who have delegated responsibility laid out in their terms of reference.

 

LGB COMMITTEES

Committees and membership details

Admissions Committee Terms of Reference

DIscipline Committee Terms of Reference

Pay Committee Terms of Reference

 

  • Pay Committee

The School LGB is responsible for adopting and implementing this policy.  The governing body has fully delegated its powers to the pay subcommittee to administer the Pay Policy on its behalf. Responsibilities are delegated as follows:

  1. The pay sub-committee is responsible for reviewing and  agreeing staff salaries as recommended by the Headteacher in accordance with the School’s financial budget plan and this policy, and for making recommendations to the governing body for the annual budget needed for pay;

  2. An appropriate appeals panel will be responsible for hearing appeals from staff in respect of pay decisions.