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Governance

Multi-Academy Trust

Skinners' Academy is part of the Skinners' Academies Trust.

Skinners' Hall, 8 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SP
info@satrust.org.uk | 020 7236 5629

Senior Executive Leader: Ian Anderson

Detailed governance arrangements as well as the annual reports and accounts can be found here

Local Governing Body

The Local Governing Body has the following core strategic functions: 

Establishing the strategic direction, by:

- Setting the vision, values, and objectives for the school

- Agreeing the school improvement strategy with priorities and targets

- Meeting statutory duties

Ensuring accountability, by:

- Appointing the headteacher

- Monitoring progress towards targets

- Performance managing the headteacher 

- Engaging with stakeholders

- Contributing to school self-evaluation

Ensuring financial probity, by:

- Setting the budget

- Monitoring spending against the budget

- Ensuring value for money is obtained

- Ensuring risks to the organisation are managed

Governor Roles

- David Fitzsimmons, Chair of the Local Governing Body

- Nick Gowing, Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee

- Mary Myatt, Chair of Education Committee & Curriculum Lead

- Alex Lloyd, Risk Lead

- Evan Price, CEIAG & Enrichment

- Tom Serby, Sixth Form

- Margaret Gossling, Year 7 Transition

- Anton Francic, Special Educational Needs & Disability Lead

- Richard Colebrooke, Safeguarding & Behavioural Lead

- Charlie Gould, Health & Safety Lead

 

 

Governor Meeting Dates

A list of the dates that the Local Governing Body meets can be found here

Register of Business Interests

Purpose: To identify and record potential conflicts of interest arising from business, commercial, or financial interests held by individuals within the Trust and/or Governing Body at Skinners' Academy. 

Contact Details

If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors, please write to:  

David Fitzsimmons
Chair of Governors
c/o The Skinners' Hall, 8 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2SP