Truro and Penwith Academy Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee (Company number 08880841). Governance of the Trust falls within the responsibility of Members and the Board of Trustees.
The
Members:
- are signatories to the articles of association (which sets out the trusts’ charitable objects and governance structure) and have the power to amend the articles of association
- have the power to appoint a number of the Trustees and to remove any or all serving Trustees
- may issue direction to the Trustees to take a specific action
- have power, ultimately, to wind up the academy trust.
The
Trustees are both charity trustees and company directors and have the legal responsibility for conducting the business of the trust. They may choose to delegate certain powers to committees or to the local governing boards of academies in accordance with a Scheme of Delegated Authority (SoDA).
In particular, Trustees have responsibility to:
- ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- hold executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
- oversee the financial performance of the organisation and make sure its money is well spent.
The current Members are:
Mr P Callen MBBS FRCS FRCOG
Mrs Vicky Pearson BSc (Hons) MSc PGCE
Mr Martin Tucker BEd(Hons)
Mrs Anita Firth (Chair of Trust Board) BA(Hons), QTS, PG, Dip Ed Mgt2
Mrs Ellen Winser MBE MA(Cantab) DL
Trustees