The GLC Governance Structure 

The governance structure, outlined below, has been established to support the strategic development of the Gateway Learning Community and to ensure that all students and pupils receive their entitlement to the best possible education.

The GLC Members

The members of the trust are the subscribers to the trust’s memorandum of association. Members have a limited financial liability to the trust and can appoint and remove trustees.

Members will meet at least once a year at the GLC AGM.  At this meeting members will:

• Receive a report from the CEO on the performance of the Trust in the last academic year:
• Agree the annual accounts;
• Approve the auditors for the coming year.

Members	Name
Ormiston Trust	Peter Murray
Ormiston Trust	Di Murray
Ormiston Trust	Duncan Murray
GLC Board of Directors	Hilary Hodgson
GLC Board of Directors	Maggie Smith
GLC Board of Directors	Lynda Pritchard
Total	6

The GLC Board of Directors Composition

The directors [or trustees] oversee the running of the MAT and determine its strategic direction. They are also responsible for ensuring compliance with charity and company law and the academy trust’s funding agreement. They are accountable to the members of the trust and the Secretary of State.

Category	Name	Appointment Status	Expertise
Chair	Lynda Pritchard	Board Appointment	Education
Director/ Member/ Vice Chair	Hilary Hodgson	Sponsor appointment	Third Sector, Education, Sponsor
Director	Paul Connew	Sponsor appointment	Finance, Policy, Risk Management
Director	Viki Reid	Ex Officio	Education
Director	Lucy Harris	Board Appointment	PR, Community, Inclusion
Director	Peter Ward	Board Appointment	Finance, Compliance, Risk Management
Director	Bronwen Seaton-Wood	Board Appointment	HR/ Remuneration and Pay
Director	Courtney Freese	Board Appointment	Education
Vacancy
Total	9

In a MAT, the board of directors may delegate some of its functions to ‘local governing bodies’ in each or some of the schools. Local governors who sit on local governing bodies are not trustees unless they also sit on the trust’s board.

Committee of the GLC Board of Directors	Scheme of Delegation	Meetings
GLC Progress Boards	Academic standards for all and groups of pupils Curriculum breadth, quality and compliance Leadership and Management	Half Termly [but not summer 1]
Local Governing Body	Pupils’ behaviour, attendance and attitudes to learning [including its impact on progress] Safeguarding Pupils’ personal development Preparation for transitions The well-being of pupils and all employees	Termly
GLC Finance Committee	Resource management [short and long term] Audit Compliance Risk Management	Termly
GLC Discipline Panel	Convenes as necessary to her permanent exclusion cases	As Necessary
GLC Pay Committee	These will convene annually [before 31st December in each academic year] to consider the performance of the CEO and to make pay recommendations and to set performance targets for the academic year. See Annex 6, Schedules 1-4	Annually
GLC Scrutiny Committee	To oversee the appointment of Directors and Governors as necessary	As required

More Information: 

• Board of Directors Terms of Reference Scheme of Delegation 2023-2024
• Register of Business Interests for Directors December 2023 
• Director Attendance at Meetings 2022-2024