Governance
The Role of Trustees
The roles of Trustees is to 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 the Trustees & Education Directors is to be a source of challenge and support to the Headteachers i.e. a 'critical friend'
The Trustees and Education Directors 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.
To contact the Chair of Trustees please email info@venturerstrust.org or write to Chair of Trustees, Venturers Trust, Gatehouse Avenue, Bristol, BS13 9AJ.
Accounting Officer
Name | Term of Office |
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David Moran, Interim Chief Executive Officer | 01/11/2023 |
Members
Name | Date of Appointment |
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Chris Curling | 1 Sept 2017 |
Fiona Francombe | 1 Feb 2022 |
Judith Squires | 1 Sept 2017 |
Katharine Finn | 1 Sept 2019 |
Mike Bothamley | 1 Sept 2019 |
Composition of the Trust Board
Last updated September 2023
SMV - Society of Merchant Venturers; UoB - University of Bristol
Name |
Date of Appointment |
Term of Office |
Term End |
Appointed as |
Meetings Attended 2022/23 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Trustees: | |||||
Gail Bragg |
30/01/23 Appointed Chair 14/02/19 |
4 Years | 29/01/27 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of the Trust Board |
5/6 |
Caroline Duckworth |
31/07/21 |
4 Years |
30/07/25 |
Co-opted Trustee |
6/6
|
John |
31/07/21 |
4 Years |
30/07/25 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair Finance & Audit Committee |
6/6 |
Lucy Collins |
01/09/19 Reappointed 26/09/23 |
4 years | 25/09/27 |
Sponsor Trustee (UoB) Co-Vice Chair of Trust Board |
6/6 |
David Powell |
01/09/19 Reappointed 26/09/23 |
4 years | 25/09/27 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of Property & Estates Committee
|
5/6 |
Ruth Bailey |
13/07/20 Reappointed 13/7/24 |
4 years |
12/07/28 |
Sponsor Trustee (UoB) Chair Quality of Educaton and Welfare committee |
6/6 |
Heather Frankham | 09/02/22 | 4 years | 08/02/26 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV)
|
5/6 |
Alison Golden-Wright | 25/05/23 | 4 years | 24/05/27 | Sponsor Trustee (UoB) Named Safeguarding Trustee |
1/1 |
Mark Burchfield | 29/06/23 | 4 years | 28/06/27 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Named Audit Trustee |
1/1 |
Trustees that have resigned during the past 12 months | ||||||
Sarah Purdy | 13/07/20 | 4 Years | Resigned 31/03/23 |
Sponsor Trustee (UOB) Co Vice Chair Named Safeguarding Trustee |
4/4 | |
Richard Holmes | 01/09/19 | 4 Years | Resigned 18/07/23 | Co-opted Trustee | 6/6 | |
Gillian Camm | 19/04/22 | 4 Years | Resigned 11/09/23 | Sponsor Trustee | 4/6 | |
Nick Weller | 09/09/22 | 4 Years | Resigned 08/02/24 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) to 8/10/23 Co-opted Trustee effective 9.10.23 |
5/6 |
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