Governance
The Role of Governor
Within England there are over 300,000 School/Academy Governors who form the largest volunteer force in the country.
The roles of individual Governors, and subsequently members of a Governing Body, work collectively to perform a strategic role and carry out key functions such as:
- Discuss and set the aims and objectives for the Academies and Trust
- Set the required policies for achieving those aims and objectives
- Set the required targets for achieving those aims and objectives
- Monitor and evaluate the progress that the Academies and Trust is making towards their set aims and objectives
- Finally the role of role of the Academy Governor is to be a source of challenge and support to the Principals i.e. a 'critical friend'
The Governors are committed to ensuring that children at the Academies achieve their potential and are well-equipped for life after school. We believe that every child can be successful, and as staff work hard to make sure this happens, we expect our students to do the same.
Venturers Trust is a multi-academy trust. Ultimate responsibility for the Academies within it rests with the Board of Trustees of the Trust but much of the work of the Trust Board is delegated to the Local Governing Bodies (the Governors of the respective Academies) and details of the Local Governing Bodies can be found on the websites of each Academy. The details of the Governors of Venturers Trust are listed below and further biographical details can be found here
Accounting Officer
| Name | Term of Office | Business and Pecuniary Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Samantha Williamson - Principal Merchants' Academy | 07/03/2019 | None |
Members of the Multi Academy Trust Board
(Venturers Trust Board)
| Name | Date of Appointment | Relevant Business and Pecuniary interests |
|---|---|---|
| Denis Burn | 1 Sept 2017 | Member Society of Merchant Venturers, Vice Chair Bristol Old Vic, Chair University of Bristol |
| Chris Curling | 1 Sept 2017 | Member Society of Merchant Venturers and Chair of the SMV Education Committee, Member Learning City Partnership Board |
| David Marsh | 1 Sept 2017 | Trustee Bristol Old Vic and Chair of the Finance Committee |
| Tim Ross | 1 Sept 2017 | Churngold Construction Holdings Ltd, SMV Trustee Company Ltd, Merchants' Academy Services Ltd, Member Society of Merchant Venturers, Governor Colston's School, Member The Colston Society |
| Judith Squires | 1 Sept 2017 | Chair Cultural Development Partnership, Partner Bristol Green Capital Partnership, Member Economic-Social Research Council |
Composition of the Trust Board
Last updated July 2019
|
Name |
Date of Appointment |
Term of Office |
Appointed as |
Relevant Business and Pecuniary Interests (w.e.f. 01/09/2017) |
Meetings attended 2018/19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Smallwood | 1 Sept 2017 Resigned 14 Feb 2019 | 4 Years |
Chair of Venturers Trust Board |
Stage Electrics Partnership, UKRD Group, SLX Group Ltd | 3/3 |
| Colin Skellett | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Deputy Chair of Venturers Trust Board Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Group Chief Exec Wessex Water Services | 5/5 |
|
Steve Allpress |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 04 July 2019 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Trustee Bristol Old Vic, Director Folio Intelligence | 5/5 |
|
Ross Ancell |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Director Churngold Construction Ltd, Director Churngold Venturers Ltd, Director Churngold Remediation Holdings Ltd, SMV Standing Committee Member |
4/5 |
| Gail Bragg | 14 Dec 2017 Appointed Chair as of 14 Feb 2019 | 4 Years |
Chair of Venturers Trust Board Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Director Gail Bragg Consulting, Bishop Fleming consultant, KPMG by association |
4/5 |
|
Anthony Brown |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 3 Sept 2018 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Director TRB Holding Ltd, Director TR Brown & Sons Ltd |
N/A |
| Gillian Camm | 13 Dec 2018 | 4 Years | Sponsor Governor (SMV) | None | 4/5 |
|
Jacqueline Cornish |
1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years | Sponsor Governor (SMV) | NHS England Uni Hospital Bristol Foundation Trust | 3/5 |
|
Caroline Duckworth |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Co-opted Governor (employee of SMV) |
Governor of Colston School Governor of Wycliffe College |
5/5
|
| Kath Henry | 1 Sept 2017 Resigned 14 Dec 2018 | 4 Years | Co-opted Governor | None |
2/2 |
| John Laycock |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 04 July 2019 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (SMV) |
Chairman of Stage Electrics Partnership | 5/5 |
|
Lynn Robinson* |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (UoB) *named Trust Board level Safeguarding Governor |
None |
5/5 |
|
Ros Sutherland |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 14 Jan 2019 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Governor (UoB) |
Trustee of SS Great Britain |
1/2 |
|
John
|
1 Sept 2017
|
4 Years
|
Sponsor Governor (SMV)
|
Gardiner (Holdings) Ltd, Gardiner, Sons & Co Ltd
|
5/5
|
| David Sands | 20 May 2019 | 4 Years | Sponsor Governor (UoB) | None | 2/2 |
| Doug Jennings | 20 May 2019 | 4 Years | Sponsor Governor (UoB) | None | 1/2 |
