
Governance
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is structured in accordance with its Articles of Association. There are three levels of governance within the Trust: the Members, The Trust Board of Directors, and the governors who make up the Local Governing Body for each academy in the Trust
The Trust comprises Members who are accountable to the DfE 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 remove the Directors. The Members include representatives from the Diocese of Newcastle and Hexham. The majority of the Members are independent of the Directors to provide challenge and scrutiny to the Board.
The ultimate responsibility for the running of our schools resides with the Directors of the MAT. They set the strategic direction for the MAT and are accountable to the Secretary of State for the performance of the schools within it. This is set out in a legal document known as the ‘funding agreement‘. As charity trustees, they must also ensure that they are complying with charity law requirements. Directors are appointed on the basis of skills need.
Directors meet at least twice each term as a full Board. The Board has three committees established to undertake detailed and focused work in the areas of standards, finance and audit.
The Directors delegate aspects of governance and the day to day oversight of school leadership to a Local Governing Committee as per our Scheme of Delegation.
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is a growing organisation and has responsibility for a number of academes, all of which are judged by Ofsted to be either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’. We have vacancies across some of our schools for both Foundation and Non Foundation Governors. See here for more information.
Useful Links
Link to Governance Key Documents
Governance CPD Brochure 2023/2024
Diocese CPD Brochure 2023/2024
NGA – National Membership Assosiation for Governors
Local Governing Committees
Please see details of the Local Governing Committees for each school within the Trust on the dedicated pages by clicking on the links below: