Governing Body
Governing Body
The Thanet Joint Local Governing Body
Newlands Primary Academy is an academy as part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).
TKAT is a multi-academy trust which was established on 1st September 2010. Its constitution is set out in the Articles of Association and this is shared with individual academies via the Scheme of Delegation. TKAT have, through the Scheme of Delegation, established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies.
The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.
Click here to link to the Scheme of Delegation
Click here to link to the Directors of the TKAT Board
Click here to link to the TKAT Governance Page including the structure of governance and relevant details about Trustees terms of office, attendance and business interests.
Click here for key documents including the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts.
Governance for Newlands Primary Academy is provided through the Thanet Joint Local Governing Body which is a Governance partnership between Newlands, Dame Janet, Drapers Mills, Northdown and Salmestone Primary Academies.
VISION
The Thanet Local Governing Body is committed to TKAT’s mission:
- Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives
- Our vision is to put children first to build a better world.
- We will ensure that the life chances of all pupils in our Academies are significantly improved as a result of our educational provision.
- We will provide outstanding teaching and learning to enable all children – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds – to reach their potential and meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
PURPOSE
The Purpose of the Joint Governing Body is to:
- Provide strategic leadership and overview of educational provision through challenge and support of senior leaders
- Provide strategic overview of financial management and other key Governance responsibilities
- Ensure equality of opportunity and provision across all schools – fair capacity sharing and ensuring no school is disadvantaged
RATIONALE
The TKAT Thanet Academies serve the same community, already have a Director of Education working across all the schools and there is increasing close working between the schools.
The educational benefits from working collaboratively include:
- Better shared responsibility for the joint education of the children in all schools
- Greater commitment to ensuring the moral duty to provide equally for all children in the TKAT Thanet Primary Academies
- Flexibility with provision for children
- Recruitment and retention of staff – greater opportunities for promotion between schools
- Increased capacity for school improvement between schools
- Flexibility and greater stability with funding and finance
- Greater consistency of embedding TKAT values
All Schools share similar values and have a common core moral purpose but all have and their individual identity
GOVERNANCE
The following are key elements of the proposed Governance Structure:
- A single joint Local Governing Body for all schools
- One Chair and Vice-Chair for the joint Local Governing Body
- The Joint LGB holds the legal responsibilities for all LGBs
- Initially membership of the Joint LGB will be drawn from members of the existing LGBs via a skills audit. In future Governors may be recruited directly to the Joint LGB.
- The Joint LGB will agree and monitor the budgets for all five schools
- Governors on the Joint Governing Body will have specific responsibility for all schools including: Finance, Standards and
- Assessment, Behaviour and Welfare, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, SEND, EYFS and HR/Legal.
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
The composition of the Joint Governing Body is:
- Chair of Governors
- Vice Chair of Governors
- Eight appointed Governors
- The Director of Education (Ex officio)
- The Heads of School (Ex officio)
Each school has its own School Governance Committee responsible for:
- Standards and curriculum
- Behaviour, attendance and Welfare
- Community Links
The composition of the School Governance Committee is:
- The Chair of the Joint LGB (or their representative)
- Any other member of the Joint LGB associated with the school
- 2 Parent Governors
- 1 Staff Governor
- Other appointed Governors who wish to serve on the School Governance Committee but not the Joint LGB
Headteacher and other members of the School’s leadership team as appropriate (Ex officio)
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THANET REGIONAL BOARD
The Joint LGB will be accountable to the Regional Board for the collective performance of the schools.
Individual School Governance Committees will be accountable to the Board for the performance of their individual schools.
CONSTITUTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY
SCHEME OF DELEGATION
Newlands and DJPA Governance Committee
We currently have 10 governors:
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1 Executive Head Teacher
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2 Head Teachers
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2 Appointed Governors
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4 Staff Governors
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1 Parent Governor
Chair of Governors: Roger Silk
Vice Chair: Georgina Glover
Name (Date appointed) | Role | Term of office | Declaration of Interest, including transactions to Aug '20 | Attendance '19/20 |
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Roger Silk (17.07.17) | Chair (Chair Salmestone and JLGB) | 08.02.21-08.02.25 | *Governor at Draper Mills Primary Academy *Governor at Dame Janet Primary Academy *Governor at Salmestone Primary Governor at Northdown Primary *Governor at Simon Langton Grammar school *Trustee, director and company secretary at Kent cricket board Thanet *Director and trustee at Westgate and Birchington golf club | 4/ 4 |
Nicola Haughie (01.05.17) | Parent Governor-DJ | May 17-May 21 | None | 4/4 |
Sam Atkinson (01.09.13) | Executive Headteacher Newlands & DJPA | Ex officio | None | 4/4 |
Sarah Hutley (01.09.14) | Staff-DJPA | May 17-May 21 | None | 3/4 |
Juliet Herd (01.01.17) | Staff-DJPA | Jul 17- Jul 21 | None | 4/4 |
Gemma Sherwin (01.09.20) | Head of school- DJPA | Ex officio | None | not in office |
David Bailey (01.09.18) | Head of school-Newlands | Ex officio | *Hannah Bailey-TKAT SCITT primary programme lead *Hannah Bailey- HB Education | 4/4 |
Georgina Glover (27.09.18) | Vice Chair | Sept 18- Sept 22 | *Governor at Simon Langton Grammar School for girls. *Governor at Hoath & Chislet C of E Federation. *Governor at the Stour Academy *Canterbury City Council Councillor *Kent County Council legal consultant. | 3/4 |
Diana Grant (16.07.20) | Appointed | July 20-July 24 | None | 1/1 |
Georgina Gothard (02.06.20) | Appointed | June 20- June 24 | None | 2/2 |
Thanet Joint Local Governing Body
We currently have 12 governors:
- 1 Director of Education
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1 Executive Head Teacher
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3 Head Teachers
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7 Appointed Governors
Chair of Governors: Roger Silk
Vice Chair: Daniel Barham
Name (Date appointed) | Role | Term of office | Declaration of Interest, including transactions to Aug '20 | Attendance '19/20 |
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Roger Silk (17.07.17) | Chair | July 17-July 21 | *Governor at Simon LangtonGrammar school *Trustee, director and company secretary at Kent cricket board Thanet *Director at Westgate and Birchington golf club | 3/3 |
George Kup (09.09.19) | Appointed | Sept 19-Sept 23 | None | 2/3 |
Matthew Harris (01.09.20) | Headteacher Northdown Primary School | Ex officio | None | not in office |
Sam Atkinson (17.07.17) | Headteacher Dame Janet Primary Academy | Ex officio | None | 3/3 |
Joe Manclark (17.07.17) | Headteacher Drapers Mill Primary Academy | Ex officio | *Director at Our Kitchen Thanrt *Board member KAH East Kent *Amanda Manclark TA Drapers *Nicola Love TA Drapers | 3/3 |
Nigel Pantling (17.07.17) | Headteacher Salmestone Primary School | Ex officio | None | 3/3 |
Daniel Barham (13.02.20) | Vice Chair | Feb 20-Feb 24 | None | 1/1 |
Nicola Furneaux (12.11.20) | Director of education | Ex officio | None | not in office |
Amy Ward (12.11.20) | Appointed | Nov 20-Nov 24 | *Media relations officer at the EKC Group | not in office |
Imogen Dobie (12.11.20) | Appointed | Nov 20-Nov 24 | None | not in office |
Eni Timi-Bui (12.11.20) | Appointed | Nov 20-Nov 24 | None | not in office |
Julie Bartlett (12.11.20) | Appointed | Nov 20-Nov 24 | None | not in office |
Governor Resignations
Name (Date appointed) | Term of office | Date of Resignation | Registered Business Interest | Role | Attendance '19/20 |
Jamie Weir (19.03.18) | March 18-March 22 | 01.09.20 | *EKC group *Director East Kent housing | JLGB Appointed Governor | 2/3 |
Jannette Watson (01.05.17) | May 17-Oct 19 | 01.10.19 | None | DJ&N Governing Committee -Staff- Newlands | 0/1 |
Bill Hammond (01.01.13) | Jan 13- Jul 19 | 01.07.19 | None | DJ&N Governing Committee Appointed-DJ | 0/0 |
Patricia Childs (01.01.16) | Jan 16- Sept 19 | 01.09.19 | None | JLGB- Vice Chair | 0/1 |
Jannette Watson (17.07.17) | July 17- Oct 19 | 01.10.19 | None | JLGB- Appointed | 0/1 |
Additional Documents
- D. More Business Interest 20-21
- J. Collins Business Interest 20-21
- L. Manning Business Interest 20-21
- K. Metcalfe Business Interest 20-21
- R. Silk Business Interest 20-21
- N. Haughie Business Interests 20-21
- s. Atkinson Business Interest 20-21
- S. Hutley Business Interests 20-21
- J. Herd Business Interests 20-21
- G. Sherwin Business Interest 20-21
- D. Bailey Business Interest 20-21
- G. Glover Business Interests 20-21
- D. Farbrace Business Interest 20-21
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Newlands Primary School
Dumpton Lane, Ramsgate,
Kent, CT11 7AJ
Phone: 01843 593 086
Phone: 01843 593 086
Email: office@newlands-tkat.org
The Kemnal Academies Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under company number 7348231. Its registered address is The Atkins Centre, Kemnal Technology College, Sevenoaks Way, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5AA. “Newlands Primary School” is a business name used by The Kemnal Academies Trust.