Our Governing Body
Who are the Local Governing Body and What Do They Do?
Boothroyd Primary Academy is part of Focus-Trust, a charitable primary schools trust based in the North West of England.
Every school in Focus-Trust is the legal responsibility of the Trust Board. This board focuses on statutory duties and delegates most day-to-day governance responsibilities to each school’s individual Local Governing Body (LGB). This means that Governors are able to concentrate on the things that really matter – educational strategy, school outcomes and aspiration.
Focus-Trust is non-denominational and does not make any profit from running its schools. Focus-Trust’s relationship with the Secretary of State is set out in the Master Funding Agreement. There are also supplemental funding agreements for each individual school in the Trust, including Boothroyd Primary Academy.
The Focus-Trust Master Funding Agreement and Boothroyd Primary Academy’s Supplementary Funding Agreement are available on the Trust website – here.
Other key statutory information, including the Focus-Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements, Articles of Association and Scheme of Delegation can be found on the Focus-Trust website - here.
The School’s Governing Body
Chair of the Governing Body
Governor
Governor
Governor
Staff Governor
Ex-Officio (Principal)
Tracey Thornton
Donna Popek
Ruth Hargreaves
Asima Terzic
Lisa Lynch
Matthew Birkett (January 2023)
See GIAS link: Boothroyd Primary Academy - (GOV.UK get-information-schools.service.gov.uk)
Contact address for Chair of Governors tracey.thornton@focus-trust.co.uk
The Governing Body at Boothroyd Primary Academy thanks parents and carers for working in partnership. It is important that parents and the school work together to make every child’s school experience the best it can be, which will help each child to achieve their very best.
Scheme of Delegation
The underlying principles for this Scheme of Delegation are:
- That all academies, ultimately, are in a partnership of equals irrespective of their length of membership
- Focus-Trust is a registered charity and remains true to its aims and objectives.
Focus-Trust is mindful that their function is to ensure that all statutory obligations are met
- Focus-Trust believes that involving governors, staff, parents and children is the best means of ensuring engagement and involvement with the local community.
- Focus-Trust Board’s intention is to reflect the various governance arrangements across the trust and apply a differentiated approach to individual academies within the scheme of delegation dependent on performance and capacity.