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Governance

Effective governance with robust oversight and assurance enables confident, high-quality leadership. Governors oversee financial, academic and pastoral performance and hold the Trust to account for the support it provides.

Good governance is at the heart of Wellspring. Our governance structures bring rigour, challenge and accountability. Those involved in our governance at all levels share a common objective – a determination to secure the best possible life chances for the children and young people in our care…

SPONSOR: BARNSLEY COLLEGE

Barnsley College is a Government approved Multi-Academy Trust sponsor, responsible for setting up the Wellspring MAT. The sponsor appointed the original Members and has the right to appoint Directors. The sponsor is able to demonstrate robust governance and clear lines of accountability. The Trust is the vehicle for sponsoring schools. There is no contractual relationship between the College and EFA in relation to the Trust.

MEMBERS

Barry Eldred – Company Director, Deputy Lieutenant for South Yorkshire. Former Non-Executive. Director of Barnsley Building Society (twice Chair). Northern Ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and trustee of various other bodies.

Russell Gill – MBA, Head of Community Delivery, Co-op Group. Chair of Co-op Academies Trust & trustee of the People’s History Museum. Board Appointed.

Hearl Lenton – FRICS, Senior Partner at Holroyd Miller Chartered Surveyors.

Prof Rachel Lofthouse PhD BSc – Professor of Teacher Education at Leeds Beckett University

Dianne Murray – BA, Cert Ed. Former Vice-Principal, Barnsley College. Currently a part-time consultant with Luminate Education Group.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Gordon Beever – Member of ICSA. Company Director. Board appointed.
Molly Beever – B.Ed. Retired Work-related Learning Consultant & Assistant Director of Faculty. Board appointed.
Colin Booth OBE – LSIS MBA Post Grad Diploma in Social Education. Group CEO of Luminate Education Group. Board appointed.
Neil Clephan – National Leader of Education. Education Consultant. Board appointed

Jennifer Field – MBA CIPFA , Independent Consultant. Previous Deputy Director of Finance & Strategy, Health Education England. Board appointed.
Amarron Frederick – LIBF. Vice President – Relationship Director – SME Business Banking at Barclays Bank.
Stewart Harper – BA PgCert. Company Owner, Former Deputy Secretary & Registrar.Board appointed.
Cheryl Hobson – CIPFA MBA. Financial & Business Consultant. Board appointed.

Yiannis Koursis – CMgr FCMI FRSA. Principal & CEO of Barnsley College. Sponsor appointed.
Jayne Lawrence – MBA, Head of Operations, Department of Computer Science, University of York. Board appointed
Hearl Lenton – FRICS. Chair of the Trust Board and Member. Senior Partner at Holroyd Miller Chartered Surveyors. Board appointed.
Mark Wilson – National Leader of Education. CEO of Wellspring Academy Trust. Ex-officio.

BOARD SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

Audit & Risk Committee	Finance & Resources Committee	Standards Committee
Chair: Stewart Harper	Chair: Cheryl Hobson	Chair: Neil Clephan

CO-OPTED MEMBERS OF BOARD SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

Audit & Risk Committee	Finance & Resources Committee		Standards Committee
–	Matthew Welsh Luke Sheriff		Ken Battye	Steven Geraghty	Mark Pawson

TRUST FUNCTIONS

Central Office
Management

Human
Resources

Payroll

Finance

School
Improvement

Internal &
External Audit

Quality
Assurance

Governance

ACADEMIES

Academy Name & Location

Academy Conversion & Type of Conversion.

Type of Academy (Primary/Special/Alternative Provision or Secondary)

Ofsted Grade

(Executive) Principal in charge of the Academy.

Local Governing Body the Academy is part of & their Chair.

The Forest Academy (Barnsley)