Governance at Mayflower – Local Governing Body

Welcome to the Local Governor’s page for Mayflower Community Academy. We would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about ourselves, our roles, and our aims.

Mayflower Community Academy became part of the Learning Academies Trust on 1 October 2018.

The Learning Academies Trust Board is accountable in law for all decisions about its academies. However, the Trust Board have agreed within their scheme of delegation that many decisions can and should be delegated to the local governing bodies. Details of the trustees and their attendance records can be viewed here.

Our Local Governing Body comprises up to eleven governors, all of whom bring different skills to governance.

Local governors are volunteers who give their time, diverse skills and commitment to meet to discuss standards and support and challenge the school leadership. The Local Governing Body also contributes to Ofsted inspections.

Our aim:
To be an effective board in challenging and supporting the school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively, and our statutory responsibilities are met.

We endeavour to do this by:

Holding six meetings per year
Appointing a clerk to record our work
Electing a Chair and Vice Chair
Advising all parents of any parent vacancies, all staff of staff vacancies and looking to appoint members of the community as co-opted governors
Adopting, reviewing, approving, and monitoring the Academy Improvement Plan
Noting term dates for the academic year and agreeing the non-pupil days
Receiving Headteacher reports three time per year
Reviewing and monitoring examination/national test results
Reviewing the level of exclusions
Receive reports on pupil achievements
Have an overview of the quality of teaching and learning in the school
Review the effectiveness of curriculum arrangements
Monitoring attendance of pupils and staff
Review and determine impact of Pupil Premium
Ensure governors communicate the view of the Local Governing Body to the CEO
Inducting new governors to the local governing body
Visiting school to see how strategies are being delivered in school
Reviewing, adopting, and monitoring the procedures for dealing with complaints
Annually elect local governors for the following responsibilities: – English, Mathematics, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability), Safeguarding (including Child Protection and Looked After Children), Early Years and Pupil Premium
Maintaining and updating a file of business interest declarations
Organising support and training for governors

As you can see there is a great deal expected of all local governing bodies, which is why it is important that responsibilities are shared.

For more information about becoming a school governor, please contact the Chair of the Local Governing Body via the school office to see if there are any vacancies.

Who is on our Local Governing Body?

If you wish to make contact with the Local Governing Body you can email them at the following email address: chair@mayfloweracademy.co.uk

Name	Governor Type	Date of Appointment	Term Ends	Appointed By	Register of Interests	Attendance 2020/21 2021/22
David Walters Chair	Co-Opted	07/11/2018	06/11/2022	Local Governing Body	None Declared	6/6 2/2
Natalie Berry	Parent	07/11/2018	06/11/2022	Elected by Parents	None Declared	5/6 1/2
David Sammels	Headteacher	07/11/2018		Learning Academies Trust	Family Link to Larry Speare Ltd	6/6 2/2
Rachele Greco	Parent	20/01/2021	19/01/2025	Elected by Parents	None Declared	4/4 2/2
Colin Doctor	Co-Opted	07/11/2018	06/11/2022	Local Governing Body	None Declared	4/6 2/2
Ellie Hern	Staff	22/01/2020	21/01/2024	Elected by Parents	Phase Leader at Mayflower	5/6 2/2
Ross Wilcox	Staff	15/09/2021	14/09/2025	Elected by Parents	Class Teacher at Mayflower	0/0 2/2
Chris Warne	Co-Opted	06/05/2020	05/05/2024	Local Governing Body	Owner of Kaya Gallery	3/6 0/2
Jo Arscott	Co-Opted	15/07/2020	14/07/2024	Local Governing Body	None Declared	2/6 0/2
Nicky Howourth	Co-Opted	24/11/2021	23/11/2025	Local Governing Body	None Declared	0/0 1/1
Vacancy
Margaret Smith	Clerk

Name	Governor Type	Date of Appointment	Stepped Down	Appointed By	Register of Interests
Jack Harman	Co-Opted	18/11/2020	31/08/2021	Local Governing Body	Co-Owner of Hutong Café