The Thomas Hardye School Governors
- List of Governors
- Governors Meetings for 2020-21
- Minutes from previous meetings
- Report & Financial Statements
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Thomas Hardye School is also part of Wessex Multi Academy Trust (WMAT). A Multi Academy Trust is a single entity established to undertake a strategic collaboration to improve and maintain high educational standards across a number of schools. A group of schools form a single MAT which has overarching responsibility for their governance.
Further information about WMAT and its governance can be found on this page. To contact WMAT, please call 01305 266064 or write to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Michael Foley c/o Thomas Hardye School, Queens Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT4 9LE
Chair of Directors: Mr Garry Batt
The Thomas Hardye Governing Body consists of the following Categories:
Foundation Governors 5
Staff Governors 2
Parent Governors 2
Co-opted 1
Head Teacher 1
Currently there are 11 Governors
The Clerk to the Governors is Mrs Vicky Smyth
VSmyth@thomas-hardye.net
Queens Ave
Dorchester
DT 2ET
The Governors of Thomas Hardye School are:
Foundation Governors:
Mr Garry Batt (Chair)
Mr Tony Foot
Mr Tim Gallego
Mr David Grassby (Acting Vice Chair)
Prof Hugh Griffiths
Parent Governors:
Mrs Rachel Turberville-Smith
Vacancy
Teacher Governor:
Mr Tom Hardinge
Support Staff Governor:
Mr Mike Faulkner
Co-opted Governor:
Mr Simon Conibear
Head Teacher:
Mr Mike Foley
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TopLink Governors 2020 -2021
Area |
Link Governor |
THS Lead |
Henning & Napier Colleges |
Vacancy |
Kate Biddle (Henning College) |
Stratford & Trenchard Colleges |
Mr S Conibear |
Ed Long (Stratford College) |
Sixth Form |
Mr D Grassby |
Richard Nicholls |
Curriculum |
Vacancy Prof H. Griffiths |
Rachel Glennie (English) |
Curriculum (Focus tbc) |
Mr G Batt |
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Disadvantaged & |
Mr T Foot |
Iain Cornell |
Education for Everyone |
Vacancy |
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Safeguarding |
Vacancy |
Jon Dean |
Teaching School |
Vacancy |
Tim Ennion |
Careers |
Ms R Turberville-Smith |
Jon Dean |
Governors without a link role/area of interest - Tim Gallego
Staff Governors – Mike Foley, Mike Faulkner, Tom Hardinge
Terms of Office – All Governor Terms end on 25/02/2024 APART from:, Mike Faulkner (12/12/20), Tom Hardinge (06/03/22), Rachel Turberville-Smith (28/03/22), Mike Foley (Ex-Offico)
Committees:
Performance & salary review – Vacancy, Vacancy and Mr G Batt
Appeal panels:
Staff pay – Performance & salary review appointed Governors Vacancy, Vacancy and Mr G Batt
Dismissals – 1st Committee and Appeals Committee from Gov. Body
Curriculum –
Discipline Committee – Prof H Griffiths, Vacancy and Vacancy
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| Garry Batt | Simon Conibear | |
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| Mike Faulkner | Mike Foley | Tony Foot |
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| Tim Gallego | David Grassby | Hugh Griffiths |
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| Tom Hardinge | Rachel Turberville-Smith |
More about Wessex Multi Academy Trust Governance
WMAT has three layers of governance. This is to ensure robust leadership, full accountability and to meet the requirements of the Memorandum, Articles of Association and Funding Agreements, which are statutory documents entered into with the Secretary of State for Education. The three layers are: Members, Trustees/Directors and Local Governors. The governance roles are all unpaid, voluntary roles.
Members: The Members are accountable to the Department for Education and have ultimate responsibility for the Trust achieving its charitable objectives. They sign off the Articles of Association and have the power to appoint and/or remove Trustees. There are five Members of the WMAT and they presently meet termly with the AGM taking place in January.
Trustees/Directors: The Directors set the strategic direction for the MAT and are accountable to the Secretary of State for the performance of schools within it. As charity trustees, they must also ensure that they are complying with charity law requirements. The Directors are appointed for their skills, knowledge or experience and fulfil the three core governance functions:
- ensuring the clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- holding the Chief Executive Officer to account for the educational performance of the Trust schools and their pupils and the performance management of its staff
- overseeing the financial performance of the Trust and making sure its money is well spent
The Scheme of Delegation details the powers delegated to the different bodies involved in the governance of the MAT and sets out who is responsible for making which decisions within the Trust. WMAT presently has seven Directors that meet monthly during term time.
Local Governing Body: Each school has its own Local Governing Body (LGB) which is a committee of the Trust Board of Directors. The LGB is made up of community representatives and elected parent and staff representatives, with the skills and experience that enable them to support the Directors and Headteachers by adding local context and challenge. This is to ensure that each school offers the very best provision. The LGB have governance functions delegated to them by the Trust Board of Directors for their particular school via the Scheme of Delegation and are accountable to the Trust Board of Directors.
Executive Leadership Team: The Executive Leadership Team are the operational management team of the MAT, employed to ensure excellent education and effective deployment of resources for all schools within the MAT.
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Meetings for 2020-21
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Autumn Term 2020
Governing Body - Results/Admissions
16/09/2020
4.30pm
CR
Governing Body (HPM/SIP)
14/10/2020
4.30pm
CR
Governing Body (PM)
25/11/2020
4.30pm
CR
Spring Term 2021
Governing Body
3/02/2021
4.30pm
CR
Governing Body
24/03/2021
4.30pm
CR
Summer Term 2021
Governing Body
19/05/2021
4.30pm
CR
Governing Body
7/07/2021
4.30pm
CR
HO Headteacher’s Office
CR Conference Room - Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body, 13th May 2020
- Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body, 5th February 2020
- Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body, 11th December 2019
- Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body, 9th October 2019
- Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body, 11th September 2019
Download Meetings for 2020-21 (pdf)
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14/10 |
25/121 |
3/02 |
24/03 |
19/05 |
7/07 |
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Meetings Attendance 2019-20 |
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11/9 |
9/10 |
11/12 |
5/02 |
25/03 |
13/05 |
15/07 |
| GB | N | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | Y | Y |
| TF | Y | N | N | N | Cancelled | Y | N |
| TG | Y | Y | N | Y | Cancelled | Y | N |
| DG | Y | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | Y | Y |
| HA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | Y | N |
| MFo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | Y | Y |
| SC | N | Y | Y | N | Cancelled | N | N |
| MFa | Y | N | N | Y | Cancelled | Y | Y |
| HG | N | N | Y | N | Cancelled | Y | Y |
| TH | Y | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | N | Y |
| RT-S | Y | Y | Y | Y | Cancelled | Y | N |
Minutes of Previous Meetings
List of Members, Governors, Trustees showing Business Interests - 2019/20 (pdf)
Annual Report and Financial Statement 2019 (pdf)
Scheme of Delegation (pdf)
Deed of Variation THS Supplemental Funding Agreement (pdf)
Supplemental Funding Agreement (pdf)
Master Funding Agreement Nov 18 (pdf)
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