Governance
The Trust believes that schools need to be autonomous if they are to be truly effective in serving their community. This means headteachers have the authority to lead and run their school, working with local governing boards, explicitly aligned with and committed to the Trust’s aims, values and practices. There is a clear scheme of delegation. The Trust’s key role is to provide the support and challenge required for the school to deliver and maintain excellence.
The Trust offers value to the school by providing expert support from the centre for: the leadership and delivery of teaching and learning; finance; HR; ICT; estates. It also provides a range of central services, such as financial and management information systems, payroll, IT and larger procurement where it is evident that such services will provide better value in terms of time and cost.
Governance Structure
Effective governance within the DET is achieved through a shared vision and a connected thread of delegated responsibility and accountability. Whilst the Trust Board cannot ever delegate its accountability, it can delegate some of the detailed scrutiny, oversight and decision making. The Governance structure is composed of:
Members: the Members ensure the Trust meets its charitable objectives by appointing the Trustees, agreeing to the articles of association and appointing the auditors.
Trustees: the Trustees are the employer and are accountable to the Members. The Trust Board carries out the core governance functions, ensures compliance and appoints the CEO. They hold the executive leaders to account and are responsible for the development of the Trust, the strategic direction and strategic priorities.
Local Governing Board (LGB) Governors: the LGBs are the link between the Trust, schools, families, students and the local communities. They provide scrutiny of the delivery of the Trust's objectives and monitor expenditure against the school's budget, holding the school's leadership to account. For future details about each school's LGB, please visit: Dunraven School, Goldfinch Primary, Van Gogh Primary
If you wish to find out more about our Trust, please contact Kylie Burgess, Governance & Compliance Manager via info@det.org.uk
Members
David Bryan CBE
Member of the National Council for Arts Council England and the chair of Working with Men, David has previously been a successful small business owner, director of Brixton Village Community Arts Centre, board member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and director of Community Foundation Network. He has worked with several charitable trusts such as Comic Relief, Barings Foundation, the City Bridge Trust and Trust for London in a variety of roles including grant panel member and grant assessor. At Camelot Foundation he was vice-chair of the board. David designed and delivered the Arts Council England's training on Equality and Diversity for many years and has also held a number of lecturing posts at Birkbeck College, London South Bank University, Goldsmiths College and City Lit Institute.
Cathy Harvey
Formerly a technical sales specialist with IBM and then a local political organiser, Cathy is now a Citizens Advice adviser. She has been a school governor for 19 years, during which time she has been secretary of Lambeth Governors’ Forum, chair of governors at an outstanding local primary school as well as chair of Dunraven Educational Trust, where she is part of the team that steered the school through academy conversion.
Pat MacMahon
Pat taught art for many years in both secondary and all-through establishments, and then followed this by running a successful antiques business for 25 years. Pat is an active local community participant and in that role has sat on various local police and community health boards over many years.
Joel MacInnes
Anne Hudson
Helen George
Trustees
Stephen Adamson
Term of office - September 2018 to November 2021
Jennese Alozie
Term of office - July 2020 to July 2024
David Boyle CBE
Term of office - ex-officio
Kate Edwards
Term of office - July 2019 to July 2023
Malcolm Forbes
Term of office - January 2020 to December 2023
Helen George, Chair
Term of office - October 2019 to October 2023
Cathy Harvey, Vice-Chair
Term of office - November 2020 to November 2024
Ali Malsher
Term of office - June 2019 to May 2023
Anthony Blaiklock
Term of office - June 2021 to June2025
