Governance
The Board of Trustees is the Governing Body for the organisation and remains accountable in law and to OFSTED for the exercise of it’s functions. It is the accountable body for all the Academies within the Trust and has four key functions:
- Ensures clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holds the CEO to account for the educational performance and the performance management of staff
- Oversees the financial performance of the Trust, ensuring financial probity and value for money
- Holds the Local Governing Boards to account
The Trust board meets at least termly and has a number of committees which also meet at least termly. Trustees have decision making powers described fully in the Scheme of Delegation and are both company directors and charity trustees as academy trusts have the status of both company and charitable trust.
Information about our Trustees, their committees and terms of reference can be found at: Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust - Governance
Jessica Hardie – Chair of Trust
Emma Neath – Vice Chair of Trust
Philip Sanders – Safeguarding Trustee
Graham Hill – Whistleblowing Trustee
Mark Harris
Edd Jones
Daniel Jenkins
If you would like to make contact with the Trust Board please email the Governance team: governance@dmatschools.org.uk
Our Governors
To support the work of schools and the Trustees, Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust ensures the local stakeholder voice is represented and heard through our Local Governing Boards. They are committees of the Trust Board and provide a local level of access and accountability for our parents and carers, provide a monitoring and challenge role and have some delegated decision-making as described in the Scheme of Delegation. This is the place where individual pupil and parent voice is heard and understood; where the lived experience of our provision and offer is felt and tested.
Local Governing Boards meet at least termly, and report directly to the Trust Board via Primary and Secondary Communications Boards.
Here are our local governors and key information.