The Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust (DCVST) is looking for Governors to join our dedicated and visionary Schools Governance Boards.
The Vine Schools Trust is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) set up by the Diocese of Chelmsford. We are a family of Church of England primary schools located throughout Essex and Thurrock. Our vision is to serve our local communities by providing excellent education rooted in our Christian values. Learn more about the Trust, here.
As a Governor on your school Governance Board you will:
• Be an advocate of the Trust Board so that pupils and schools will flourish in a place where the Trust and School vision and values are translated into action
• Provide support and challenge to school leaders
• Know each school well through focused monitoring to gain assurance of school progress and policy in action which will inform decision making
The closing date for applications is Thursday 13th July 2023 at 12.00pm. Interviews will be conducted w/c 17th July 2023.
Governance
The Vine Schools Trust is a multi-academy trust and is the accountable body for all twenty three of its schools. Therefore, the overarching responsibility for the governance of the Trust and its schools lies with the Vine Board of Directors. They fulfil the three core functions of governance:
To enable the Directors to fulfil their responsibility eight regional Local School Boards work on their behalf and undertake delegated local governance of between two and four schools. Community Boards in each school enable local support and provide information to enable good governance.
The key principle is that all three Boards together with Executive Leaders will provide an aspect of governance the other cannot as set out in this chart.
This model of governance is undertaken under delegated responsibility. For full details see below.
| Governor | Governor Type | 26th September 2022 | 4th November 2022 HT | 21st November 2022 | 30th January 2023 | 6th March 2023 | 24th April 2023 | 26th June 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Little – Chair | Member | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Gemma Smith | Headteacher | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| Hanli Bower – Vice Chair | Member | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| Sally Finch | Executive Headteacher Left May 2023 | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | |
| Belynda Fellows | Member | NO | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | |
| Rev. David Ibiayo | Member | YES | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | |
| Catherine Stalham | Member | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| Sarah Cushney | Other | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | |
| Deola Emmanuel | Headteacher | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | YES | NO |
| Suthan Samthaguru | Other | YES | ||||||
| Helen Stacy | Clerk | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Julie Taylor | Other | YES | ||||||
| Emma Wigmore | CEO | YES | ||||||
| Ellie Taylor | HeadTeacher | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | YES |
| Governor | September 2021 | November 2021 | January 2022 | March 2022 | April 20222 | June 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Little – Chair | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Gemma Smith | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Hanli Bower – Vice Chair | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | APOLOGIES GIVEN |
| Laurie Eve (Resigned January 2022) | YES | YES | YES | RESIGNED | RESIGNED | RESIGNED |
| Sally Finch | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Belynda Fellows | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Rev. David Ibiayo | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Catherine Stalham | YES | YES | APOLOGIES GIVEN | YES | YES | YES |
| Sarah Lonsdale | YES | YES | YES | YES | APOLOGIES GIVEN | YES |
