Governors
Welcome to the Governor's section at Portfield Primary.
Please click on the purple boxes to find out more info
LGB constitution:
1 Headteacher
2 Staff Governors
5 Appointed Governors - 2 Vacancies
2 Parent Governors
Chair of Governors: Helen Seear
Vice-Chair of Governors: Lisa Gauntlett
If you wish to contact the governors then please email: governors@portfield-tkat.org
or write to:
Portfield Primary Academy
St James Road
Chichester
PO19 7HA
Please click the button on the right for the link to to the Governors Impact Statement for 2021/22.
Functions of the Local Governing Body
The TKAT Board has delegated the following responsibilities to Local Governing Bodies:
Represent the Academy’s local community and stakeholders by ensuring that the Academy’s policies and practice meet the community’s needs:
contribute to the development, review and monitoring of Academy policies (without burdening meetings)
ensure appropriate parent engagement, providing a point of contact for parents, carers and other members of the local community and ensuring their contribution is valued
promote collaboration with other Academies in the Trust
Support Directors of Education to improve Academy outcomes:
support and challenge the implementation of the Trust’s development plan
support and challenge the implementation of the Academy plan
support and challenge progress towards the Academy performance targets
have oversight of the budget ensuring the priorities meet the need of the school community and that expenditure is within its budget
Support the Senior Leadership Team to ensure staffing is efficient and effective:
contribute to the development and review of the staffing structure
be involved in key staffing appointments
have oversight of the Academy’s performance management process
The Chair of Governors will be involved in the Headteacher’s Performance Management
Portfield Primary Academy is a 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.
Please click the button on the right for the link to the Governors Scheme of Delegation.
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.
Please click here to link to the TKAT Trustees - https://www.tkat.org/670/meet-the-trustees
Please click here to link to Governance information relating to TKAT, including the structure of governance and relevant details about Trustees terms of office, attendance and business interests - https://www.tkat.org/1120/governance
Please click here for key documents including the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts - https://www.tkat.org/673/documents
Please click the button on the right for the link to the Governors Constitution.