Role of the School Improvement Board

Consilium is a Multi-Academy Trust with a family of nine schools across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. Within each school a School Improvement Board (SIB) has been established, including in Washington. The SIB is group that has delegated school improvement responsibility from the Trust Board’s Performance Committee.

The School Improvement Board is chaired by a member of the Trust School Improvement Team and consists of Senior Leaders from other schools in the trust, LAB members and representation from Washington Local Authority.

In order to clearly delineate the SIB and the LAB, the LAB takes responsibility for ensuring that the voices of the community including parents, teachers and students are heard whilst the School Improvement Board focusses on the progress made on School Improvement priorities for the school through a balance of challenge and support.

School Improvement Board (SIB) Structure

Chair of the School Improvement Board  

Mrs Vanessa Winspear 

Representation from School Leaders in other Trust schools

Gareth Webb

Washington Academy School Leadership Team (SLT)

Mrs V Carter 

Mr J Castling

Mrs J Mitchell 

Mrs L Parkin 

Mr M McHugh 

Miss H Brooke 

Mrs A Taylor 

Mrs K Oakland 

Mr D Gilboy-Dodds 

Washington Academy Local Academy Board (LAB)

Mrs V Carter 

Mrs K Oakland 

Mrs A Robson 

Mrs V Winspear 

Mr P Hillman 

Mr L Barrett-Duggan

SIB chair

Chris Davis

LAB chair

Vanessa Winspear

LA SIB Rep

Richard Cullen

Consilium is a Multi-Academy Trust with a family of nine schools across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. Within each school a Local Academy Board has been established, including in Wyvern.  Local Academy Boards (LAB’s) may also be known at other Trusts as ‘Academy Committees’, ‘Local Governing Boards’ or ‘Local Advisory Committees.

Each LAB is composed of different members, there are two Parent places available within the LAB, parents of our pupils who are interested in becoming a member are encouraged to apply.  Parent members are elected through the school, using a process which is defined in a key document called the ‘Articles of Association.’

Parent members play an important role within the board. The role is to support the Trust itself through providing insight on behalf of other parents of students who attend Wyvern.  A key function of the LAB is to engage in a meaningful way with all parents and carers as a whole.

The Trust Board determines the level of delegation or responsibility which is to be passed to the Local Academy Boards. This is subject to review on a yearly basis and responsibilities can be added or removed dependent on how well the Trust Board feel that the LAB is managing its role.  Local Academy Boards are a formal and important part of the governance of Consilium Academies and the contributions of members are very much valued by the Trust Board.

Some of the typical areas which are covered at local level may be;

• Support of the efficient and effective operation of the Trust and its policies
• Support and challenge (where appropriate) to the school leaders
• Share issues and risks with the Trust Board if necessary
• Scrutiny of reports which may be supplied by school leaders or LAB members themselves
• Provide a meaningful link with the community, parents and the students of the school, sharing feedback with the Board, regarding challenges but also to celebrate successes
• Provide feedback to the Trust Board in relation to policies and practices which are personal to the school, (policies which are delegated to the LAB are identified in a document called the Scheme of Delegation.

Local Academy Board Representation

The LAB has representation from the community, staff, and parents as well as directors of Consilium Academies (MAT). Any staff or parent vacancies that arise are advertised through the website and via an email to staff for staff LAB member vacancies. Once self-nominations have been received a ballot paper is drawn up, should there be multiple nominations, which is then circulated and voted upon. The staff are balloted for any staff member vacancies and parents are balloted for any parent member vacancies. These results are then publicised and the successful candidate informed.

Chair,  Vanessa Winspear, can be contacted via email at washingtonenquiries@consilium-at.com

Name	Member Type	Term From	Term To	Roles
Victoria Carter	Headteacher			Head teacher – Ex Officio
Mrs Kelly Oakland	Staff (Teaching) Member	20 Nov 2020	19 Nov 2024
Mrs Amanda Robson	Parent member	07 Dec 2020	6 Dec 2024
Mrs Vanessa Winspear	Appointed member	16 Jul 2019	15 Jul 2027	Chair
Mr Paul Hillman	Parent Member	29 Jun 2022	28 Jun 2026
Mr Lee Barrett-Duggan	Appointed Member	06 Dec 2023	05 Dec 2027

Ms Vanessa Winspear chairs SIB Meetings.

Name	Lead Role	Business or Other Interests	Other Governor Roles
Vanessa Winspear	Local Academy Board Acting Chair	None	None
Paul Hillman	Local Academy Board Member	None	None
Amanda Elizabeth Robson	Local Academy Board Member	None	None
Kelly Oakland	Local Academy Board Member	None	None
Lee Barrett-Duggan	Local Academy Board       Member	None	None

 

LAB Meeting Attendance 2023-2024

Member	7/12/23	7/02/24	12/06/23
Amanda Robson	✓	✓	✓
Vanessa Winspear	✓	✓	✓
Lee Barrett-Duggan	N/A	✓	✓
Paul Hillman	✓	✓	✓
Kelly Oakland	A	✓	✓