Core Purpose

Wellsway Multi Academy Trust’s purpose is to ensure that each academy within the trust achieves outstanding outcomes and high standards in all aspects of its work, so that children and young people receive a first class education that enables them to realise their potential and leave school as confident, caring and well-rounded individuals.

We will achieve this through excellent teaching that challenges and inspires and through providing enrichment opportunities that support each child’s development. We want children and young people to enjoy school and to have positive experiences they will remember for the rest of their lives.

We will build a strong and cohesive identity for our trust whilst recognising that each academy within the Trust has its own unique characteristics. Through collaboration and joint working, we will ensure that all our academies share in, and benefit from, each other’s strengths

Values –

Our aim as a multi academy trust is to work together to:

The Governance structure at Wellsway Multi Academy Trust is best illustrated by the following diagram:

The Board of Trustees – the Board is responsible for setting high standards and levels of student achievement and for monitoring performance and ensuring accountability.   It is tasked with driving continuous improvement through regular review planning and evaluation activities.  It also manages  corporate communication and stakeholder engagement.   Once strategies have been agreed, the Board delegates most operational activity to the Executive Leadership Team.

There are three Trust standing committees which have duties to support the Board of Trustees in these responsibilities, to focus on the delivery of the vision against the Trust’s standards and engage with stakeholders internally and externally to ensure that their needs are being met, as follows:

Finance & Resources Committee:

The committee’s core functions cover all financial services and other resources including human resources and facilities. It has a critical role in overseeing budget formulation, monitoring, and treasury management. Its financial functions extend into value for money and procurement. It also covers all matters relating to human resources including staff related performance management/review, disciplinary, under-performance and capability issues, continuing professional development, attendance, welfare and quality of work-life. It also has a wider brief covering asset management, facilities management, lettings, information technology, and health and safety.

Audit & Risk Committee:

This committee has a number of core functions that include internal controls, external and internal audit, fraud, and risk management. The committee also receives and considers in detail the statutory accounts for the Trust and recommends them to the Board of Trustees for approval prior to presentation to Trust Members at the AGM. It also recommends the appointment of the external auditors to the Board of Trustees for subsequent approval by the Trust Members at the AGM.

Remuneration & Selection Committee:

This committee’s role is to oversee all matters relating to the contracts, terms and conditions, and remuneration of the Executive Leadership Team and the rest of the staff team. It also has a wider brief in relation to governance and deals with all matters relating to recruitment and selection of trustees, governors and other committee members; skills audits and succession planning; training and development. The committee also deals with the review of performance of all trustees, governors and other committee members.

The Board has also established committees known as ‘local governing bodies’ for each academy within the Trust.  Their role is to oversee all matters relating to students’ learning and well­being. The core functions of a local governing body covers all factors which relate to, and underpin, good teaching and learning. It has a critical role in monitoring the progress and impact of personalised learning interventions to ensure high standards and student outcomes in line with the Trust’s vision and strategy. 

The Board of Trustees (Directors)