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1 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Welcome to Merley First School

2 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL

3 Nigel Paton Chair of Governors Merley First School Our vision for the future of education across our schools

4 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Our Proposal Wimborne Academy Trust Colehill First School

5 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Why a formal Partnership? History of positive working together that we can build upon To share staff & expertise, train together, improve further Common catchment area / families in multiple schools Take advantage of changes in education system to become leaders in our field Keep control of education locally and develop the Teaching School Alliance Access more funds and adapt to reducing budgets to ‘deliver more for the same’ Share resources & generate efficiencies giving us more to spend on the children Preserve the church and community ethos while sharing the diversity The children benefit from us being Stronger Together

6 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL What it means for our schools Children An ‘all through’ learning journey – strengthen transition between phases Access to wider peer groups Access to greater learning resources To improve teaching and learning opportunities across all schools for all children Strengthen their links to the wider world Staff Ability to achieve more ambitious and better outcomes for all our pupils Greater opportunities for staff development Access to greater learning resources Sharing best practice, subject leadership and distributed leadership All staff employed by the Trust Opportunities to work in others schools Opportunities within the Teaching School alliance Community and Governance To continue to work with the Diocese To continue to be a part of the local community Local governance at the Trust and school level Shared policies Shared buying power to save money & release more funds for Teaching & learning

7 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Size StructureStatus Style Sharing c. 1900 children c. 250 staff c. £7.5m revenue c. £30m+ asset value All schools good or outstanding in latest Ofsted Inspection Governance based on skills, For the benefit of all. Friendly rivalry AND sharing best practice. Every school to embrace its unique ethos and construction. Why we can be successful

8 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL A Multi Academy Trust model Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) Diocese of Salisbury Education Trust (DSET) Wimborne Academy Trust Witchampton VA First SoS funding agreement St Michael’s VA Middle Hayeswood First Allenbourn Middle Colehill First Colehill First Merley First Merley First St John’s VC First Schools become academies within the Trust with their own leaders and governors Trust leadership LGBs will have appropriate Foundation representation to reflect their VA/VC/C status Colehill’s local Governing Body will retain it’s community status

9 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Local Governing Bodies (min 9 Governors) The Proposed Governance of the Trust Trust Members (5) Diocesan Foundation Members x 2 Non-CofE Members x 2 Chair of the Trust Board Board of Trustees (9 - min 50% Foundation) Elected Chairs from the 7 academies x 2 Skill based Trustees appointed by the Members x 6 Chief Exec of the Trust (Elected head – non voting) (Finance Director non-voting) Skills based Board selected from existing school Governing Bodies where available:- Finance Company management Educationalist HR/ Personnel Legal Assets PR /Comms Each school to retain a Local Governing Body with significant delegated responsibility

10 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL The Academy Trust Governance roles A charitable company limited by guarantee Members Agree the articles which define the charitable purpose and how the AT will run Appoint some trustees and power to remove trustees Sign off company accounts and annual report Power to amend Articles Hold Board of Trustees to account Trustees Company directors and charitable trustees responsible for operation of the Academy Trust, including: The 3 core functions common to all governing bodies Set Strategic Direction Create Robust Accountability Ensuring Best Use of Financial Resources Ensuring compliance with charity and company law and Funding Agreement agreed with SoS Local Governors Responsibilities delegated from the trustees to support the running of the individual academy - empowered to do so by a “Scheme of Delegation”. Core focus on: Academic performance Local community and stakeholders Other delegated functions as agreed Reports back regularly to the Directors enabling them to monitor the Academy’s performance

11 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL What stays the same The three tier system of education Our children’s teachers and our staff Our school’s name and ethos Our school’s status as a Community school We will continue to have our own local governing body as will the other schools Each school would still be bound by the statutory codes for Special Educational Needs Our admissions criteria and catchment areas We value our relationships with other local schools and these will not change The school day and terms Our School uniform

12 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL What it means for Merley First? We will retain our name and uniform We will retain our school ethos Our children will benefit from being part of a larger community of schools with increased opportunities for learning. Our staff will have better career opportunities meaning we can develop our leaders within our school family All our staff will become employed by the new trust, they will TUPE across – and they will be consulted We will be able to buy things more cost effectively and so have more money to spend on education Our children will have a stronger route through school phase transition

13 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Project Key phases Key stages – Academy applications & respond to DfE queries – Academy orders granted – Establish Governance and Operational leaderships plans – School performance evaluation and improvement planning – Communication and consultation – Financial due diligence and planning – Set up the Trust – Action land transfer and leases – Action contract novations and changes – Staff TUPE transfers Develop processes and systems

14 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Project Timeline From September 2014 to February 1st 2015 Academy Applications submitted end of April Draft school Improvement Strategy developed Academy Order approved August 2014 Development Governance and leadership model from October – November 2014 Consultation window from October- November 2014 TUPE transfer process window from October 2014 – January 2015 Legal Trust development and conversion work up to late January 2015 December/January – key Governing Body and Trust Board decision meetings January 2015 secure Funding Agreements February 1 st 2015 – Conversion date and complete TUPE transfers

15 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Project delivered through a series of work-streams

16 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL What are the risks? We are 7 schools joining together which means there may be times when we don’t see eye to eye – and so we may need to compromise on some aspects for the benefit of all There is a cost to the set-up of the Trust in both time and money – we aim to use the DfE grants available to fund this We are one of the first of this size, we are being innovative and so not all the processes we need to go through have been proven – but we get to develop them and be leaders in this field and we have secured external advisors to help guide us We understand some of our staff may be concerned about the changes and what it means for them – We have bought in external experienced advisors to help to ensure the TUPE transfer is carried out effectively and that all staff are supported The Trust will be a large company and we must get the governance and leadership right – We are working with experts in their field and with the DfE to ensure we create the Trust in the right way

17 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Size StructureStatus Style Sharing c. 1900 children c. 250 staff c. £7.5m revenue c. £30m+ asset value All schools good or outstanding in latest Ofsted Inspection Governance based on skills, For the benefit of all. Friendly rivalry AND sharing best practice. Every school to embrace its unique ethos and construction. Wimborne Academy Trust Growing from great foundations

18 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Why should Merley First join the new Wimborne Academy Trust? – Our staff will benefit from support from colleagues across the trust and sharing of good ideas and training – Our children will have increased contact with children from the other schools and benefit from shared activities like sport and music – Our children will benefit from better curriculum and learning opportunities as staff from the schools work together – High standards can be ensured as schools support one another – Our school will have greater purchasing power as part of a multi academy trust – Our community will be part of a larger, Wimborne, community

19 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL The children benefit from us being Stronger Together

20 WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST - PROPOSAL Questions & Comments If you have further questions or points of view, these can be sent to: watfeedback@yahoo.co.uk Or alternatively send in your feedback on the forms supplied We want to hear your views


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