Local Governing Body

Havant is an academy as part of the Kemnal Academies Trust. 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 here to link to the 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 Directors of the TKAT Board. 

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.

Please click here for key documents including the Master Funding Agreement, Articles of Association and Accounts.

The Chair of Governors will Chair the Pay Review Committee. 

There are no employees of Havant Academy who have a gross salary and benefits of £100,000 or more

Havant Academy Local Governing Body (LGB)

Mission Statement

The Local Governing Body is committed to realising the vision that Havant Acadamy will become an outstanding provider of education.

Through a proactive process of support and challenge we will strive to ensure that:

• the potential of every pupil is unlocked

• the quality of teaching and learning is of the highest standard

• pupils are offered inspirational and motivational opportunities

• all pupils are empowered to respond and succeed in a dynamic world

Please click here to view the Governors Impact Statement for 2022-2023

The Havant Academy LGB is run without sub committees.

The Havant Academy constitution is made up of 12 governors.

• 1 Headteacher

• 2 staff governors 

• 2 parent governors

• 7 appointed governors 

We currently have vacancies for 2 parent governors and 1 appointed governor.

Chair of Governors:             Bob Ainsworth - Appointed Governor

Vice-Chair of Governors:    Nikki Daniels - Appointed Governor 

If you wish to contact governors, please do so via the school contact details.

Please click here to see our current constitution. 

Structure

There are four meetings of the full Local Governing Body each academic year.  In addition to this, there are three committees who have delegated responsibility laid out in their terms of reference.

Personnel and Finance

The Committee is focused on ensuring that the school has a well-qualified, valued and highly committed staff, both teaching and support staff, so that the best educational opportunities are offered to all students and the culture of success is supported.

The committee will ensure that:

• The school’s recruitment and retention practices, which follow safeguarding and safer recruitment guidelines, ensure the appointment of outstanding staff.

• Staff are valued as individuals and high quality effective continuing professional development offered to enhance their professional skills.

• High professional standards are maintained through robust performance management and disciplinary systems.

• The staffing structure and staff performance are annually reviewed and recommendations made to the Pay Committee in line with the Pay Policy

The Committee gives advice on setting and reviewing budgets and providing resources in line with the School Improvement Plan.

The committee will:

• Monitor the efficient use of funds, ensuring that the school remains solvent.

• Strive to maximise the effectiveness of the resources available to the students whilst promoting economic use of the school’s budgets.

• Strive to use the pupil premium to overcome barriers to learning, including reading, writing and mathematics.

• Ensure that the school premises provide a safe environment in which to learn and work.

Quality and Standards

The Quality and Standards Committee strives to provide all students with outstanding educational experiences, where there is significant growth in students’ knowledge, resulting in exceptional achievement and students being fully equipped for the next stage in their careers.

The committee will ensure that:

• Curriculum developments are responsive to national reform and inspire all learners and ensure high standards.

• Attainment towards targets is monitored throughout the academic cycle and is challenged where required.

• They are fully involved within the development and application of initiatives to support the progress of learning and raising the expectations of our students.

• They support the development of an inspiring environment which excites creative imagination.

Chairs Committee

The Chairs committee is a non-decision making committee, consisting of the Chair and Vice Chair of Governors and the Chair and Vice Chair of each of the committees.  The role of this committee is to have a strategic and coordinating role and to decide the priorities of each of the other committees.

In addition to these three committees, there is a Pay Committee who meet once a year to consider and agree pay recommendations.

There are six meetings of the full Local Governing Body each academic year.  In addition to this, there is a Pay Committee that meets in the autumn term to review the Headteacher’s proposals for staff performance related pay.

The Local Governing Body meetings of Havant Academy are ‘open’ meetings, so, if you are interested to come along as an observer, you are welcome to attend.

Those planning to attend are required to give a minimum of two school week's notice. Please note that you will not be eligible to speak and will be required to leave the meeting at request of the Chair, for example, during any ‘confidential’ items.

If you would like to attend a meeting please e-mail ChairofGovernors@havant-tkat.org

Information about TKAT governance is found at http://www.tkat.org/140/governance

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

• 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

Pay Reviews:

• To implement the Pay Policy in a fair and objective manner and to consider any individual representations that may be made in respect of pay decisions.

• To undertake an annual pay review for each member of staff based on the criteria set out in the Pay Policy with effect from 1 September.

• To observe all statutory and contractual obligations, including making arrangements to notify pay decisions to individual members of staff within appropriate timescales.

• To consider recommendations of the reviewer/Headteacher for pay rises.

• To recommend the annual budget required for pay purposes, including provision for discretionary pay awards arising from performance reviews.

For correspondence with the Governors please contact the Clerk to Governors, Emma Symonds emma.symonds@havant-tkat.org 

or in writing to the school address which can be found here