Governors

Our Governing body follow the 3 core functions set out in the Governance Handbook 2020:

1. To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
2. Hold the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the Academy and its children;
3. Oversee the financial performance of the Academy and making sure its money is well spent.

Together, the Governors are responsible for:

• Setting aims and targets for the Academy and checking the Academy’s progress towards attaining these.
• Monitoring how well the Academy’s policies and plans are working.
• Accounting for the performance of the Academy and the Local Governing Body (LGB).
• Working with the Head teacher to make sure that teaching at the Academy is effective and good quality and the children are making the best possible progress.
• Taking general responsibility for the Academy and its budget.
• Challenging and supporting the senior management team and taking opportunities to show interest in and appreciation of staff and children.
• Promoting the interests of the Academy and its children in the wider community.

Elevate Governance:

As a multi-academy trust, Elevate is a charitable company limited by guarantee. This means that Elevate is a single legal entity, but it has several Academies within its family. Currently, Elevate has 14 Primary Academies. These are mainly situated across North Yorkshire with 1 Academy in West Yorkshire.

Elevate and their Academies work in collaboration with a single shared vision. The governance structure is designed to reflect the overall responsibility of the Board of Trustees, the (operational) leadership of the CEO supported by the School Improvement Team for education and the Operational Team; for the day to day running of the Academies by the Executive Head Teachers (EHT) and Head teachers coupled with the value of local experience and understanding of the LGBs in assessing the performance of our Academy and their interaction with the local community.

Elevate has established 3 key layers of governance: 

• Members
• Trustees
• Local Governors 

Although Elevate’s Trustees are accountable for all of the Academies within the Trust, it highly values the work undertaken by local governors in supporting, and challenging, our Academies and senior leadership teams to deliver high quality and inclusive education.

Elevate LGBs have a pivotal role in the overall framework of the Trust by having:

• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of their Academies;
• Sustaining uniqueness of their Academy whilst aligning with Elevate’s educational vision;
• Forging and maintaining links with their community;
• Providing the vital governance link between themselves and Trustees to enable the Trustees to carry out their responsibilities as leaders of the Trust.

The different responsibilities overseen by Trustees and Local Governors are set out in the Scheme of Delegation, which is reviewed on an annual basis.

Link to Scheme of Delegation

Link to Articles of Association

The LGB comprises of:

The Head Teacher

Staff governor - elected by the staff at the Academy 

2 Parent governors - elected by parents at the Academy

4 Co-opted governors - Invited by the LGB for their skill set from the local community

Associate member - Appointed by the governors to provide short term support in areas identified by the LGB. They have no voting rights and their term of office will be limited to 1 year. 

Chair of Governors: D.wilson@aspinparkacademy.org; 

                                   Aspin Park Academy, Wetherby Road, Knaresborough HG5 8LQ

Aspin Park Governors 

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