Governance
The Role of Trustees & Governors
The roles of individual Trustees, and subsequently members of a Local Governing Body (LGB) 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 role of the Trustees & Academy Governors is to be a source of challenge and support to the Principals i.e. a 'critical friend'
The Trustees and 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 LGBs (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 Trustees of Venturers Trust are listed below and further biographical details can be found here
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 |
|---|---|
| David Moran, Interim Chief Executive Officer | 01/11/2023 |
Members
| Name | Date of Appointment |
|---|---|
| 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 |
4 years |
12/07/24 |
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 |
| Nick Weller | 08/09/22 | 4 years | 07/09/26 |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) until 08/10/23 Co-opted Trustee effective 09/10/23 |
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 | |
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