Governance

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A Multi Academy Trust comprises a number of academy schools who join together in one trust, governed by one group of trustees.

The MAT is one legal entity, a charitable company limited by guarantee.

There are three levels of Governance:

1. Members, who agree articles which define the charitable purpose and how the MAT will run, appoint Trustees and remove if necessary, receive the company accounts and annual report and hold the Board of Trustees to account.

2. A Board of Trustees (Directors) who have ultimate responsibility for running each academy and will deal with the strategic running of the MAT. The Board delegates day-to-day running of each academy to a Local Governing Body (LGB). The level of delegation can be different for each academy. Accountability always remains with the Board of Trustees.

3. A School advisory board who have powers delegated by the Board of Trustees to oversee the day to day running of each academy.

Annual funding is allocated to each academy on an individual basis. The MAT is a single employer, sharing procurement and resources across the group.

CENTRAL ACADEMIES TRUST MEMBERS

Mr Mark Bailie

Mark is currently the Executive Headteacher at Finham Park I and Finham Park II schools.  Finham Park I is Outstanding from two Ofsted judgements of 8th and 9th December 2010 and 20th and 21st January 2015.  He is an National Leader in Education, an Ofsted Inspector and Chief Executive Officer of the Finham Park Multi Academy Trust. 

Mr Alan East

Alan is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Rights in Criminal Proceedings) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  He has extensive litigating experience but has diversified and works as a Senior Lecturer in Law at Coventry University with a research interest in the pedagogy of problem-based learning.

Mrs Randhir Auluck 

CENTRAL ACADEMIES TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mr Peter Thomas

Peter is the Executive Headteacher at President Kennedy Academy and Barr’s Hill Community Schools in Coventry.  President Kennedy is Outstanding from Ofsted judgement in July 2013.  He is an Ofsted Inspector and National Leader in Education.  President Kennedy is also a national Support School and recently established ‘The Futures Trust’ as a Multi Academies Trust.

Dr David Kershaw

David is a retired Headteacher with almost fifty years’ experience in education. For twenty one of those years, he was a highly successful Headteacher of an 11-18 comprehensive school for 1,800 students. He has also undertaken Executive Headships for three schools in Leicester and Bradford, taking challenging schools out of Special Measures. His most recent appointment was as a Regional Director of a large Academy Trust supporting school improvement in some the country’s most challenging schools. His latest project has been to support Primary Headteachers in Coventry as Cabinet Member for Education on the Coventry City Council.  During this time, the percentage of Primary Schools judged Good or Outstanding by Ofsted rose from 42% to 85%. He is Governor of two Secondary Schools, two Multi Academy Trusts and is a member of an Interim Executive Board in Coventry.

Mr Victor Bellanti

Victor is a highly qualified and experienced Accountant.  He is Chief Executive of Norman Hay PLC Coventry/Leeds, a role he has played for eight years and he is also non-executive Director of David Burbage PLC, Coventry.  Previously, he was the Finance Director of Norman Hay PLC.

Mr Ken Holmes


Mrs Patricia Cox

Patricia brings a wide experience of administration in schools and academies in both primary and secondary phases.

Mr Ian Dunn


Central Academies Trust, is a Multi Academy Trust, a limited company and a charitable company registered in England and Wales. The trust's company number is 8678162. Central Academies Trust is authorised by The Secretary of State for Education and regulated by The Department of Education. The company is bound by the provisions of its Funding Agreement and the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010.

The Trust's Registered Office is:

Lordswood Boys' School

Hagley Road

Birmingham

B178BJ

0121 464 2837


Lordswood Boys' School • Hagley Road • Harborne •  Birmingham • B17 8BJ 

Tel: 0121 464 2837 

Email: enquiry@centralacademiestrust.co.uk

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