Key Roles and Responsibilities

To promote, strengthen and continue to develop the values and principles of the Trust.

Admissions, Exclusions and Complaints:

• Formal Complaints are delegated to the Local Ethos Governance Committee in line with the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation and Complaints Policy.
• Exclusions are delegated to the Local Ethos & Governance Committee in line with the Trust’s Policy and Scheme of Delegation.
• Admission Appeals are delegated to the Local Ethos & Governance Committee in line with the Trusts Scheme of Delegation.

Community:

• Contribute to the positive profile and promotion of the schools within the local community.
• Support and promote the wellbeing of staff and pupils.
• Contribute to the strengthening of community links within and between Trust schools.
• Ensure the popularity of the school/schools to optimise growth in pupil numbers.

Communication:

• Work with the school/schools so that stakeholders can feel part of school life and have  the opportunity to access information and events.
• Work together across the Trust schools for the benefit of all children, as appropriate
• Visit school/schools, as required, as part of focus groups eg. Learning Walks, planned activities.
• Review enrichment activities (clubs, visits, extra-curricular activities).
• Be available for Ofsted Inspections and SIAMS inspections (if appropriate).
• Monitor its own effectiveness through Trust self evaluation processes and report to the Board of Trustees.

Celebration:

• Promote the celebration of staff, pupils and parents. 
• Attend and participate in school events as a visible and positive presence.

Pupil Outcomes and the Curriculum:

• Ensure suitable Safeguarding and SEND Policy and associated procedures are in place and monitor impact of arrangements for safeguarding pupils and their well being.
• Work with the Head of Academy to monitor and evaluate the christian distinctiveness (in church academies) and ethos.
• To take part in learning walks, arranged visits and events to understand the impact of the curriculum offer.
• Challenge and support leaders to secure outstanding teaching provision and outcomes for all children.
• Monitor the impact of the curriculum for all groups of pupils, especially the most vulnerable.
• Monitor progress towards the success criteria of the Academy Development Plan.  

• Reporting and communicating with the Board of Trustees through the Chairs Forum.
• Seek to challenge the impact of academy plans and actions against national Benchmarking.
• Review pupil experience through seeking views of pupils.
• Review and work towards pupil admission numbers being full.
• Review pupil attendance and punctuality.
• Review pupil behaviour and safety.
• Be available and well informed in order to support the school during an Ofsted inspection, meeting with inspectors to talk knowledgeably about the strengths and challenges in the school. 
• Monitor the Single Central Record (SCR).

Risk Management:

• The Local Ethos & Governance Committee will keep under review and contribute to the academy/academies risk  register.

Named Committee Members with responsibilities:

• Safeguarding (to be appointed at the first meeting).
• SENDCo (to be appointed at the first meeting).
• Ethos & Christian Distinctiveness  (to be appointed at the first meeting).
• Pupil Premium (to be appointed at the first meeting).

Church Schools, in addition to the above, will have additional roles and responsibilities