Community First Academy Trust - Statutory Information

Statutory Information

The Board of Directors of Community First Academy Trust

Trust Directors have legal duties, powers and responsibilities. They meet at least once a term and minutes of these meetings are available in school.

Directors are appointed by the Members of the Trust in accordance with the Articles of Association.

Mr Jack Pugh - Chair

Mrs Jane Chambers - Vice Chair

Click here to see our 2018-19 CFAT Governance Structure

The Board of Directors

Name	Director	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Date of Resignation (if within 12 months)
Members
Mr Jack Pugh	Member & Chair	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mr Neil Bailey	Member	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mrs Karen Ardley	Member - Secondary Education	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mrs Brenda Szwandt	Member - Primary Education	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mrs Angela Holland	Member - Further Education		4 Years
Trustees
Mrs Sue Darbyshire	CEO / Trustee	25th September 2017	4 Years
Cllr Carl Sweeney	Trustee - Community	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mr Mark Rowlands	Trustee - Estates / H&S	25th September 2017	4 Years
Mrs Debra Wood	Trustee - Secondary	1st April 2015	4 Years	13th December 2017
Mr Peter Harmer	Trustee - Community	1st April 2015	4 Years	13th December 2017
Mr Geoff Ashton	Co-opted Trustee - Secondary	16th September 2015	4 Years	6th July 2018
Mr Anthony Healy	Trustee - Business	1st September 2017	4 Years	30 January 2018
Mr Jonathan Boyers	Trustee - Finance	1st September 2017	4 Years	30 January 2018
Mr Simeon Woosey	Trustee - Finance	1 March 2018	4 Years
Mrs Ruth Rule-Mullen	Trustee - Legal Partner		4 Years
Mrs Jane Chambers	Vice Chair - Trustee - NLE	1 March 2018	4 Years

Mrs Yvonne Gaskell	Clerk (internal)	1st September 2017	annual

Directors with Specific Roles

Name	Specific Role
Mr Jack Pugh	*Vulnerable Children (including Safeguarding & CLA)
Mr Neil Bailey	Special Educational Needs & Disability
Cllr Carl Sweeney	Pupil Premium and Looked after Children
Mr Mark Rowlands	Health & Safety
Mr Simeon Woosey	*Finance

*Statutory

Record of Attendance

Name	22.05.18 Meeting of Trustees	08.05.18 Extraordinary Meeting	27.03.18 Meeting of Trustees	31.01.18 Extraordinary Meeting	13.12.17 Meeting of Trustees	25.09.17 AGM	11.07.17 Meeting of Trustees	13.05.17 Extraordinary Meeting	28.03.17 Meeting of Trustees	15.12.16 Meeting of Trustees	27.09.16 Meeting of Trustees
Mr Jack Pugh	✓	x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mr Neil Bailey	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	✓	n/a	✓	✓	✓	✓	n/a
Mrs Sue Darbyshire	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cllr Carl Sweeney	✓	✓	x	✓	x	n/a	✓	✓	x	✓	x
Mr Mark Rowlands	✓	✓	✓	x	✓	n/a	x				✓
Mrs Debra Wood	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	✓	n/a	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mr Peter Harmer	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	-	-	✓	x	✓	x	✓
Mr Geoff Ashton	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	n/a	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mrs Brenda Szwandt	n/a	n/a	n/a	✓	✓	✓	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mrs Karen Ardley	n/a	n/a	n/a	✓	✓	✓	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mr Tony Healy	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	x	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mr Jonathan Boyers	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	no longer a trustee	x	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mrs Jane Chambers	✓	✓	✓	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mr Simeon Woosey	x	x	✓	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mrs Ruth Rule-Mullen	✓	x	✓	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Directors Meetings - take place at Platt Bridge Community School at 17:30

To view the minutes taken from the Community First Academy Trust Directors meetings, please click the following link:

Directors Meeting - 11.07.18

Extra-ordinary Meeting of Members - 03.07.2018

Directors Meeting - 22.05.2018

Extra-ordinary Meeting of Trustees - 08.05.2018

Director Meeting - 26.03.18

Extra-ordinary Meeting of Trustees - 31.01.18

Directors Minutes - 13.12.17

Directors Minutes - 11.07.17

Directors Minutes - 28.03.17

Directors Minutes - 15.12.16

Directors Minutes - 27.09.16

NOTE - please note minutes are only added to the website once they have been approved by members or trustees.

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

Financial Statement

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

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust Financial Statement to 2016

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 2017

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 Articles of Association

Scheme of Delegation

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

Please click here to view Community First Academy Trust - 2017-18 Governance Structure

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 General Data Protection Regulation Information