Local Governing Body

Logic Studio School sits in Tudor Park Education Trust – a small family of schools working together to create opportunities and build strong foundations for the success of all our students.

Tudor Park Education Trust has 5 Members and a Board of 9 Directors who set the vision and ethos for all the schools in the Trust and ensure the overarching success of the whole family of schools. The Chair of Directors is Charlotte Warner- c.warner@tudorparkedcuation.org

http://www.tudorparkedcuationtrust.org

There is a Trust Scheme of Delegation that sets out the accountabilities and responsibilities of Directors, the CEO, Governors and Principals.

Scheme of delegation updated 2018

Together we form the Local Governing Body At Logic.  We audit our skills as governors to ensure that we have the right mix of people and talent to best support the success of the school. We all undertake safeguarding training every year and three of us are trained in safer recruitment.  We have a Clerk, Rebecca Wilson, who takes our minutes and advises us of our legal responsibilities.

Below is a table of our Governors, their business and pecuniary interests which are updated live and attendance at meetings 2023-24.

Local Governing Body

• Every student understands they have the right to feel safe, respected, and learn free from the disruption of others
• Every student is valued and have their achievements recognised and rewarded by all staff, volunteers and other onsite providers
• Every student is helped to take responsibility for their actions
• Families are involved in behaviour incidents to foster good relationships between Logic and students’ home life
• All students, staff and visitors are free from any form of discrimination and positively promote inclusion and equality
• Staff, volunteers and other onsite providers set an excellent example to students at all times
• Sanctions and reasonable force are used consistently by staff, in line with the behaviour policy
• The behaviour policy is understood by students and staff
• The exclusions policy explains that exclusions will only be used as a last resort, and outlines the processes involved in permanent and fixed-term exclusions

The Academy Committee also emphasises that violence or threatening behaviour will not be tolerated in any circumstances.

This written statement of behaviour principles is reviewed and approved by the Academy Committee annually

Click on the sections below to read more about our governors.

Each part of the governance structure is committed to the success of the family of schools in our Trust and wider partnerships.

Professional management and leadership of the schools is delivered by the education professionals employed by the Trust.

Governance by all bodies in our Trust is about:

• Setting and carefully reviewing the strategic direction
• Ensuring that public money is spent wisely to give value for money and best outcomes for our children and young people
• Determining and upholding the ethos and values of the Trust
• Holding our educational professional to account for the standards, impact and performance of our schools
• Supporting and encouraging the work of the schools and school leaders
• Acting as ambassadors for the individual school and the Trust as whole

All parts of our governance are highly valued as together our work creates success at each level for our schools. The Board and Local Governing Bodies work collaboratively in partnership at all times. The Board will make decisions, following consultation with Local Governing Bodies, on matters which affect all academies in the Trust. The Local Governing Body will make decisions on matters which affect their individual academies. Local Governing Bodies and their Principals in the Trust should be as autonomous as possible and have as much freedom as possible in order to achieve excellence for their school.

There does have to be a primacy of decision making in any successfully run enterprise and a school, or family of schools, is no different. Therefore there exists the need for a Scheme of Delegation. Our accountability framework is strong and goes in more than one direction. The Board must take action, including the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of delegated authorities should any individual, group or Local Governing Body, fail to carry out their duties and responsibilities effectively.

Governors have a term of office for four years. The full governing body at our school meets 6 times a year.   The evening meetings start at 8am and usually last for around 2 hours. These morning meetings allow governors to meet staff and students and see the school at work.

The main focus of the Governing Body meetings are to ensure the school is delivering on its development plan and is reflective and critical of its operation. The function of the Governing Body is to support the Principal in leading a great school with successful outcomes for all of our students and staff. They work with the Chief Executive Officer of the Trust to report back to the Board of Directors on how the school is doing. Governors need to play the role of a ‘critical friend’, challenging robustly where necessary, but always remembering that the Principal is responsible for the day to day running of the school.

Key responsibilities of Governors:

The Local Governing Body  holds the Principal and Senior Leaders of the academy to account. They work most closely with the professional leaders in their schools on behalf of: children, young people, parents and the community. Their primary concern is that their children or young people have a great experience at school and are well safeguarded. They ensure that progress is strong and targets are monitored, achieved and reported on to the Board. They represent the interests of pupils and parents to the Board and in turn hold the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Board to account for ensuring standards of learning and welfare are kept high.