Committees

Four committees advise on matters defined by their terms of reference: the Finance Committee; the Risk and Audit Committee; the Nominations and Remuneration Committee; and the Education, Standards and Performance Committee.

Committee Chairs

Finance Committee Chair - Mr Neil MacDonald

Risk & Audit Committee Chair - Ms Karima Fahmy

Nominations and Remuneration Committee Chair - Mr Ben Gordon

Education Standards and Performance Committee Chair - Dame Reena Keeble

Finance

Risk and Audit

Nomination and Remuneration

Group Education Standards and Performance

Finance

The Finance Committee’s purpose is to:

ensure that the charitable company properly plans the use of its finances and is adequately funded to undertake projected expenditure;
review and recommend the annual budgets for approval by the board;
monitor financial performance against agreed budgets;
ensure, with the Risk and Audit Committee, that the charitable company's financial statements are supported accurately by management accounts; and
monitor and review the charitable company's arrangements in relation to investments and make recommendations to the board in relation to the appointment and removal of investment advisors.

Risk and Audit

The Risk and Audit Committee’s purpose is to:

ensure implementation of a risk management framework for the Group
ensure the Charity's annual financial statements are reconciled to the management accounts
ensure effective audit functions are in place (both external and internal)
ensure adequate risk management processes are in place
ensure an adequate internal control environment is established.

Nomination and Remuneration

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee’s purpose is to:

oversee the appointments of the Charity Chairs and Trustees
to approve Executive salaries and remuneration
reviews the terms of office, skills and attributes of the Trustees
plan Trustee succession in order to ensure that the Board has available to it the range of skills and experience required to discharge its responsibilities.

Group Education Standards and Performance

The Group Education Standards and Performance Committee’s purpose is to:

ensure that the Trust discharges its responsibilities for educational improvement in providing excellent education so that all pupils are able to progress, achieve and to go on to succeed in life.
advise the Group Board with respect to group strategic educational priorities and key performance indicators
provide an overview, scrutiny and challenge of education performance of all schools
receive reports from the Executive Team regarding education standards and performance of schools, and to hold the Executive Team to account, against the approved group strategic priorities and key performance indicators relating to schools’ educational performance
review annually the performance of local/cluster governing bodies to ensure they are operating at maximum effectiveness

Committees

Committee Chairs

Finance

The Finance Committee’s purpose is to:

Risk and Audit

The Risk and Audit Committee’s purpose is to:

Nomination and Remuneration

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee’s purpose is to:

Group Education Standards and Performance

The Group Education Standards and Performance Committee’s purpose is to:

Trustees

School Governance

Statutory information