The Trust governance is based on a system of Members, Trustees and Local Academy Boards.  The Articles of the Trust and the schemes of delegation outline the responsibilities devolved to the Trustees and Local Academy Boards to address and reflect the local and particular priorities of the Academies in the Trust.

Members

Members have an overarching responsibility for the viability and performance of the LET Education Trust through the appointment of some Trustees, receiving of the annual accounts and appointing auditors. They have the power to amend the Articles of Association that govern the way the Trust is constituted and managed.

Trustees

Trustees are responsible for the strategic direction, broad policy framework and oversight of the Trust and all its academies. They take decisions that are in the best interests of the MAT as a whole and are not representative of any one of the constituent academies. The Trustees are also Directors of the Trust which is a company limited by guarantee and registered as such at Companies House.

Trust Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FAR) including Personnel and Premises

The Trust’s FAR Committee oversees all financial practice, internal and external scrutiny and development of our schools sites and facilities to ensure;

  • consistent policies and systems across the Trust’s academies;
  • efficiency savings;
  • opportunities, through financial economies of scale, to develop key expertise in specialist areas;
  • the deployment of resources monitored to maximise impact on standards.

Standards Committee

The Trust’s Standards Committee oversees the performance of pupils within our schools, including those with SEND and those considered disadvantaged to ensure;

  • good attendance is maintained;
  • pupils achieve well at all stages, including in National Tests and GCSEs;
  • pupils behave well and schools work to support this;
  • pupils progress successfully to their next stage of education;
  • data is used effectively to evidence these aspects.

Local Academy Boards

The primary function of the Local Academy Boards (LAB), is to support and critically appraise the quality of the work of the Academy leadership in meeting the overall aims of the MAT, particularly in ensuring that the students and staff in the MAT are given every opportunity to thrive and achieve their best.

Local Academy Boards are sub-committees of the Trust Board. The Board should support and strengthen the Academy’s leadership and, by working with the CEO and other Executive Leaders, hold them accountable for the performance of pupils and staff.  The parent body is represented by the election of two Parent Governors on each LAB, dependant on the skills identified through audit.  Staff Governors are also elected to the LAB.

Links to the Local Academy Boards of our four school are below.

The Chairs of our Local Academy Boards are:

  • The Hollins – Javed Younis
  • West End – Samantha Baron
  • Huncoat – Nick King

The Chair of the Rhyddings Interim Board is Paul Trickett.

Becoming a Governor

If you would like to become a Governor and you share our high aspirations for our pupils and staff we would be delighted to hear from you. For more information on being a Governor at one of our schools please contact enquiries@let-edu.org or the individual school directly via the links on this website.

For more information about joining the LET Education Trust, please email: ceo@let-edu.org