Board Committees
Remuneration
- Agree the framework and timetable for Pay awards within the Trust
- Agree the pay and performance management related policies within the Trust
- Agree the pay awards for Principals and Executive staff members
Standards
- Scrutinise the Trust’s educational performance to ensure that its business is fully compliant with all legal requirements
- Assist the Board in understanding educational implications of delivering the actions in the business plan
- Make recommendations to the Board on educational performance matters
- Ensure the highest quality reporting information is available to the Board
- Oversight of implementation of the Academy improvement plans
- Oversight of the management of standards within the schools/academies
- Oversight of internal and external professional reviews
- Oversight activity of the Local Governing Bodies
Finance, Risk & Audit
- Scrutinise the Trust’s finances to ensure that its business is fully compliant with all legal, audit and financial requirements
- Assist the Board in understanding financial and risk implications of delivering the actions in the business plan
- Make recommendations to the Board on risk and financial matters
- Ensure the highest quality financial information is available to the Board
- Maintain oversight of the relationship with the external Auditors
- Oversight of implementation of the ESFA Financial Handbook
- Oversight and implementation of the Trust Finance Manual
- Oversight of the management of Corporate Risk
- Oversight of external audit and internal Responsible Officer reviews
Health & Safety, HR and Estates
- Scrutinise the Trust’s H&S and HR to ensure that its business is fully compliant with all legal requirements
- Assist the Board in understanding H&S, HR and Estates implications of delivering the actions in the business plan
- Make recommendations to the Board on H&S, HR and Estates matters
- Ensure the highest quality reporting information is available to the Board
- Oversight of implementation of the H&S & HR policies
- Oversight of the management of H&S
- Oversight of internal and external professional reviews