Community First Academy Trust

Statutory Information 

Our Governance Structure ensures there are clear reporting lines of accountability to ensure probity, good governance and outstanding performance. 

Trustees and Members of the Trust are appointed in accordance with the Trust Articles of Association.

Trustees focus on three core functions of governance:

1. Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of the Trust;
2. Hold trust schools and its leaders to account for the educational performance of the schools and its pupils, and the performance management of staff; and
3. Oversee the financial performance of the Trust and make sure its money is well spent.

Mr Jack Pugh - Chair  Mrs Jane Chambers - Vice Chair

The role of Member

Meetings of Members are called 'General Meetings' and the decisions they make are called 'resolutions'. CFAT Members meet at least once a year at the Trusts Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The Member’s responsibilities is to ensure the continued adherence of the Trustees to the founding principles of the Trust, namely to secure the best educational standards, personal and academic, for all pupils within the Trusts. 

The role the Trustee

The role of Trustee is to oversee the strategic direction of the Trust and work with fellow Trustees to monitor the outcomes of pupils and the application of funds to ensure the continued viability of the Trust. It is also the Trustees role to provide constructive challenge so that they can demonstrate that they are effective and efficient managers of the Trust.

Trustees meet at least once a term to discuss key strategic and operational issues. 

The Board of Trustees is supported by a Finance, Audit and Risk Committee that meets once per term and Local Academy Boards at each school/academy.

The Board of Directors

Finance & Audit Committee 

Directors or Committees with Specific Roles

Formal Meetings of Members and Trustees 

All meetings of both Trust Members and Trustees take place at the Trust's registered office which is Rivington Ave, Platt Bridge, Wigan, WN2 5NG and generally start at 17:00hrs unless stated otherwise. 

Minutes of meetings are available for inspection on request from the Trusts registered office.

Request for Copies

Anyone can by law request a copy of the accounts from the charity at any time. Our accounts are displayed online at the footer of this page for review. If you would like to request copies of anything else please contact our Clerk in the first instance by emailing info@cfat.org.uk

Contact 
To contact any member of the Trusts Governing Board, please contact the Trust Clerk by emailing info@cfat.org.uk

Record of Attendance - Members and Trustees Meetings 2018-2019

P – present

A – apology received and accepted

N – apology received but not accepted

D – did not attend, no apology received

n/a - not required to be in attendance 

Record of Attendance - Members and Trustees Meetings 2019-2020 

P – present

A – apology received and accepted

N – apology received but not accepted

D – did not attend, no apology received

Meetings of Members 

Meetings of the Board of Trustees

in attendance 

Meetings of the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee 

in attendance 

Member and Trustee Training

All Trustees and Local Academy Boards for all CFAT partner schools are invited for ongoing training. Recent training has included the following: 

22nd March 2016 - RAISE online with Tauheedul Education Trust.

17th May 2016 - Using Fisher Family Trust Aspire

21st June 2016 - Performance Tables - Secondary with Tauheedul Education Trust.

13th September 2016 - Narrowing the Gap with Tauheedul Education Trust.

12th & 13th May 2017 – CFAT Annual Conference Review of Governance & Ofsted Framework Training

27th April 2018 - Members and Trustee Review of Governance Workshop 

May 2018 - Mandatory trust-wide GDPR training for Members and Trustees 

July 2018 – CFAT Annual Conference Review of Governance & Data Training 

28th September 2018 - CFAT Trustees Business Planning Workshop 

8th & 9th February 2019 - Confederation of School Trusts (CST) MAT Conference 

Financial Statement

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Financial Statement to 2018

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Financial Statement to 2017

Financial Regulations Manual

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Financial Regulations Manual.

Management Letter

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Management Letter 2018

Value for Money Statement

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Value for Money Statement

Articles of Association

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Memorandum of Association

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Articles of Association

Scheme of Delegation  

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Scheme of Delegation

Please click here to view the DfE's Governance Handbook 

Funding Agreement  

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Deed of Variation of Funding Agreement

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Supplemental Funding Agreement 

General Data Protection Regulations

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust General Data Protection Regulations

Trade Union Facility Time

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Trade Union Facility Time