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Board Of Directors' Role

The Role of Foundation Trustees / Foundation Board.

Foundation Trustees sit together as the Foundation Board which has responsibility for protecting the interests and assets of each Foundation school, as well as for ensuring that the ethos and values of the Foundation are maintained.

Foundation Board is responsible for the group strategy, management and governance of the Foundation together with the financial and educational performance of the schools.

Foundation Board are the legal governors and are accountable for all statutory functions. Many of these functions are discharged on behalf of the Foundation Board by the Executive Team.

At local level, trustees delegate governance functions to a LGB at each school. Trustees have complete discretion over what is delegated to each LGB. They may, for example, decide to delegate all functions to academies in the chain that are performing well and only a few to those academies that need greater support.

It is important to note that local governors are not trustees of a school, unless they also sit on the Foundation Board. The Board of Directors details can be found under About Us - Who are we?

ESF Board Declarations

ESF Board Attendance.

ESF - Structure Chart

The Board has implemented the following committees:

Committee Name of Trustee Responsibility Date of Appointment
Finance and Resources Peter Pickthall Chairman, Human Resources, Health & Safety (Bede, Emmanuel and Grace) 16/06/2017
Martin Oldknow Health & Safety (Trinity, The King's and Christ's), Safeguarding 16/06/2017
Stewart McKinlay
27/03/2019
Simon Goon 16/06/2017
Education, Standards and Performance Maura Regan
16/06/2017
Anthony Bird 16/06/2017
Mark Pike 16/06/2017
Mark Chambers Chair 20/03/2019
Remuneration
 Peter Pickthall
 11/10/2018

Mark Pike 11/10/2018

Stewart McKinlay 11/10/2018

Committee attendance and declarations of interest:

ESF - Finance and resources declarations

ESF Finance and Resources Committee Attendance

ESF Education Standards and Performance declarations

ESF Education, Standards and Performance Committee Attendance

ESF Remuneration Committee Declarations of Interest

ESF Remuneration Committee Attendance

The terms of reference are as follows:

Finance and Resources Committee - Terms of Reference

Education, Standards and Performance Committee - Terms of Reference

Remuneration Committee - Terms of Reference

The duty of each Committee is to ensure that ESF discharges its responsibilities for educational improvement in providing excellent education both in terms of academic attainment and character development, consistent with the ethos and values of ESF, so that all students are able to progress, achieve and to go on to succeed in life.

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