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Below is the structure of the Victoria Local Academy Committee (local governing body):
Name | Job Title | Terms | Voting | |
Janine Pierce | Head | Headteacher | Yes | |
Pete Davison | Staff | Assistant Head | 4 years | Yes |
Stuart Knagg (Chair) | Partnership | Operations Area Delivery Manager -BAE Systems | 4 years | Yes |
Tom Ellam (Vice Chair) | Partnership | Project Leader – BAE Systems | 4 years | Yes |
Jane Ridyard | Partnership | Retired Director of Learning – Furness College | 4 years | Yes |
Sarah Halligan | Partnership | Customer Service Advisor – Furness Building Society | 4 years | Yes |
Jill Postlethwaite | Parent | Receptionist | 4 Years | Yes |
Ann Turner | Partnership | Cover Supervisor | 4 Years | Yes |
Steven Olliver | Partnership | Director of Learning – Millom Secondary School | 4 Years | Yes |
Craig Rutherford | Partnership | 4 Years | Yes |
Victoria Academy Governors Business & Pecuniary Interests for the Academic Year 2021 – 2022 and Attendance data can be found here.
Minutes from Local Academy Committee and Board meetings are available upon request. Please contact the Clerk to the Trustees at nrae@furnesseducationtrust.co.uk
Furness Education Trust comprises of five members, nine Trustee and four co-opted Trustees at Trust level.
Members are responsible for appointing and removing Trustees and hold Trust Board to account for implementing the agreed strategy.
Trustees have ultimate responsibility for the running of all academies across the MAT. Trustees are responsible for the strategic oversight of the management of the Trust and also appoint the CEO and the CFO and hold them to account as well.
The authority for running each academy remains with the Headteacher and Local Academy Committee, as detailed above. This authority is defined in the scheme of delegation.
More information about the Trust governance structure can be found here.
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