Governors

The Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust (DBAT) is overseen by a Board of Directors who are responsible for the managment and administration of DBAT and schools run by DBAT.  DBAT is accountable to external government agencies including the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency and the Charity Commission, for the quality of the education provided by the schools and its management of public funds and it is required to have systems in place through which it can assure itself of quality, safety and good practice.

In order to assist in the discharge of these responsibilities the Board of Directors of DBAT appoints Local Governing Boards for particular schools.  The Local Governing Board for Lydiard Millicent CE Primary and Ridgeway Farm CE Academy has been established to ensure the good governance of both schools and to ensure that the business of the Academies is conducted in accordance with their purpose and ethos.  The people appointed to the Local Governing Board have connections to the schools and/or communities and churches they serve.  

The Local Governing Board of Lydiard Millicent CE Primary and Ridgeway Farm CE Academy meet six times a year.  It monitors progress, ratifies policies, plans future work and discusses issues relevant to the schools.  Much work is carried out by sub-committees who give feedback at these meetings on the work they have carried out. 

	Name and Role
	David Cain Chair of Governors Finance Governor
	Stuart James Vice Chair of Governors Safeguarding Governor Maths Governor
	Head teacher
	Stephen Jones Health and Safety Governor
	Joanne Lakin Wider Curriculum Governor Wellbeing Governor
	Tudor Roberts Christian Distinctiveness Governor
	John Blakiston English Governor
	Matthew Young Parent Governor
	Alex George Staff Governor
	Sadie Herbert SEND Governor

 

 

Sub-committees and working parties meet frequently to look at matters relevant to Curriculum, Staffing, Finance, Special Educational Needs, Site Management, Target Setting, Travel Planning, etc.  In addition to this, individual governors are also designated a subject responsibility and they spend time in class and with teachers learning more about this.

 

Types of Local Board Members (generally called Governors):

* DBAT Members - appointed directly by the Main Board of Directors;

* Foundation Members - appointed by the appropriate Parochial Church Council in accordance with such Diocesan procedures as may be in place from time to time but subject to the prior written consent of the main Board;

* Ex-officio Foundation Member - the principal officiating minister of the parish in which the relevant Academy is situated or, if he/she declines to act, a person appointed to act in his/her stead by the Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry in which the Academy is situated;

* Community Members - appointed by the Local board with the consent of the Main Board, provided that the person lives or works in the community served by the Academy or, in the opinion of the Local Board, is committed to the government and success of the Academy;

* Staff member - elected by employees of DBAT working at the relevant schools in accordance with such procedure as the Main Board may direct;

* Parent Members - elected or appointed by parents of registered pupils at the relevant academies in accordance with such procedure as the Local Board may determine;

 * Principal/Head Teacher - the Principal/Head teacher of each Academy shall be an ex-officio Local Board member;

 * Co-opted Governors - appointed by the Local Governing Board these are people with specific skills chosen to help members with their responsibilities or as potential members to ensure succession planning.  Co-opted Governors are not full members of the LGB and do not have a vote.

 

Who we are

Name	Role	Governor Type	Committees		End of 4 year term	Voting Rights	Elected by	Pecuniary & Non      Peuniary Interests
Mr David Cain	Chair of Governors  Pupil Outcomes Governor Finance Governor	Foundation	Staff Performance and Leadership		30 August 2020	Yes	DBAT	Self employment as Management Consultant since 1980. Director of Ducklet Limited since 2006. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance since 2010. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Property Services Ltd since 2010. Director and Member and Finance Portfolio Holder of All Saints Church of England Academy since 2011. Member (Diocesan Synod) of Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance Limtied since 2015. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Trust since 2010.  Trustee of All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth since 2011. Custodian Trustee and Hon Treasurer of St Luke's College Foundation since 2011.
Mr Stuart James	Vice Chair of Governors Safeguarding & Prevent Governor Maths Governor	Community			15 March 2021		LGB	None.
Mrs Carly Luce*		Head Teacher	Staff Performance and Leadership		N/A	Yes	Ex Officio	None.
Rev Tudor Roberts*	Christian Distinctiveness Governor	Ex-Officio Foundation			N/A	Yes	DBAT	Vicar of All Saints Church from 2007. Mustard Seed Christian Bookshop, Marlborough from 2009.
Mr Alex George		Staff			01 September 2023	Yes	Staff	None.
Matthew Young		Parent Governor Lydiard Millicent			20 November 2022	Yes	Parents	Parent of child at Lydiard Millicent CE Primary
Miss Joanne Lakin	Wider Curriculum and Wellbeing Governor	Community	Staff Performance and Leadership (Chair)		6 July 2020	Yes	LGB	Parent of children attending Lydiard Millicent CE Primary
Mr Stephen Jones	Health and Safety Governor	Community			01 September 2023	Yes	LGB
Lt Col John Blakiston	English Governor	Foundation			15 May 2021	Yes	DBAT	Director of Nameco.
Sadie Herbert	SEND Governor	Community			01 September 2023	Yes	LGB
Carli Williams	Clerk	N/A	N/A		N/A	No
				*Statutory Positions due to post held

 All Governor roles have a 4 year tenure (date of appointment is 4 years prior to end of term) except the ex officio roles where there is no start or finish.

Lydiard/Ridgeway 2018-19 Local Board Terms of Office 18-19
Director	Appointed By	Date appointed	Term of office ends	Date left
David Cain Foundation Member	Main board	30/08/2016	30/08/2020	n/a	Self employment as Management Consultant since 1980. Director of Ducklet Limited since 2006. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance since 2010. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Property Services Ltd since 2010. Director and Member and Finance Portfolio Holder of All Saints Church of England Academy since 2011. Member (Diocesan Synod) of Bristol Diocesan Board of Finance Limtied since 2015. Chairman of Exeter Diocesan Trust since 2010.  Trustee of All Saints Church of England Academy, Plymouth since 2011. Custodian Trustee and Hon Treasurer of St Luke's College Foundation since 2011.
John Blakiston DBAT Member	Main board	15/05/2017	15/05/2021	n/a	Director of Nameco.
Joanne Lakin DBAT Member	Main board	06/07/2016	06/07/2020	n/a	Parent of children attending Lydiard Millicent School.
Stuart James Vice Chair	Local board	15/03/2017	15/03/2021	n/a
Stephen Jones Community Member	Local board	01/09/2019	01/09/2023	n/a
Carly Luce Principal	Reserved position	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tudor Roberts Ex Officio Foundation Member	Reserved position	n/a	n/a	n/a	Vicar of All Saints Church from 2007. Mustard Seed Christian Bookshop, Marlborough from 2009.
Jeanne de Santos Staff Member	Staff body	09/03/2015	09/03/2019	n/a
Matthew Young Parent Member	LM Parent body	18/11/2019	18/11//2023	n/a	Parent of child attending Lydiard Millicent CE Primary

 

Lydiard Millicent/Ridgeway Farm, Local Board Member Attendance Academic year 2018-19

	September	November	December	January	February	March	April	May	June
Richard Coleman***	P	P	P	P	-	-	-	-	-
David Cain	P	A	P	P	A	P	P	P	P
John Blakiston	P	A	P	P	A	P	P	P	P
Jeanne dos Santos	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Carly Luce	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Elaine Mills	P	A	P	P	P	P	P	P	A
Stuart James	P	P	A	P	P	P	P	P	P
Victoria Burton*	P	P	A	A	-	-	-	-	-
Joanne Lakin	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Tudor Roberts	P	A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Luke Madison ****	P	A	A	P	P	-	-	-	-
Peter Vernon**	P	P	A	P	A	A	A	A	A

 

To contact our Chair of Governors please email: admin@ridgewayfarmcea.org