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.