Governors

The Local Academy Board provides strategic direction for The Carlton Academy and helps drive improvements in standards, by:

Setting targets
Setting policies to achieve the targets
Monitoring results

Much of the work is carried out directly during Local Academy Board (LAB) meetings. All members of the LAB have a strategic responsibility linked to a member of the Leadership Team. Link meetings take place half termly between the LAB member and their link to review priorities and the impact of work taking place in the school. A link Governor visit form is completed after each visit, a copy of which is shared with all members of the LAB.

Each year we elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the LAB. They are supported in their work by a Clerk to the Governors who advises on points of procedure and law and minutes meetings. The LAB membership is composed of:

Parent Governors elected by parents;
Staff Governors elected by staff; and
Co-opted Governors appointed by the LAB.

The current Chair of the Local Academy Board is Mr Stephen Mathers. To contact Mr Mathers, please make contact with Mrs T Mistry, (Clerk to the Governors) via email to t.mistry@theacademycarlton.org or telephone: 0115 9550010.

Members Declaration of Interest & LAB Attendance

Name	Capacity	Date of Appointment	Term of Office	Appointed by	Business & Pecuniary Interest	Date B & P Interest	LAB Meeting Attendance
Stephen Mathers	Community- Chair of Governors	30/09/23	4 years	Governing Body	Retired	25/09/24	3/4
Caroline Vernon	Community	12/06/23	4 years	Governing Body		16/09/24	4/4
Heather Moody	Community- Vice Chair of Governors	12/06/23	4 years	Governing Body	Secretary of the PTFA at TCA, Temporary staff contract	23/09/24	3/4
Susie Graham	Community	22/02/22	4 years	Governing Body	Employee of The Welbeck Federation of Schools	11/09/23	2/4
Alan White	Community	04/11/23	4 years	Governing body	Retired	16/09/24	4/4
Suki Tonks	Parent	04/11/23	4 years	Parent election	Partner of Browne Jacobson LLP	16/09/24	3/4
Emma Walkers	Parent	15/07/21	4 years	Parent election	Employee of Bilborough 6th Form College	16/09/24	3/4
Jo Day	Parent	28/03/22	4 years	Parent election	Employee at Trent College	11/09/23	1/4
Sanj Bali	Staff	04/10/24	4 years	Staff election	Parent	16/09/24	4/4
Sarah Reyes-Sifontes	Staff	16/09/24	4 years	Staff election		16/09/24	1/1
Gary Hillyard	Head of School		NA	Member	Head of School at The Carlton Academy	16/09/24	1/1

Membership Strategic Links

Name	Capacity	Strategic Link	SLT Link
Stephen Mathers	Community Chair of Governors	Child Protection and Safeguarding / Leadership and Management	Kim Salvin / Gary Hillyard
Caroline Vernon	Community	Finance & Premises	Rob Linthwaite
Heather Moody	Community	Achievement and Progress	Jason Byrne
Susie Graham	Community	Teaching and Learning	Rachel Caines
Alan White	Community Vice Chair of Governors	Personal Development	Paul Lockwood
Suki Tonks	Parent	Behaviour & Attitudes	Laura Watson
Emma Walkers	Parent	Post 16	Liz Mullen / Amy Jennings
Jo Day	Parent	Special Education Needs	SENCO Ruth Coleman
Gary Hillyard	Head of School	NA	NA

Members who have left in the past 12 Months

Name	Capacity	Date Appointed	Date Left	Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests
Karen Holder	Community	24/01/21	24/10/24	None

If you would like to find out more about Governors' profiles, you can download their pen portraits from here.

Scheme of Delegation

Articles of Association

TERMS OF reference

REDHILL TRUST GOVERNANCE

Please visit the Redhill Academy Trust website for more information.

The Carlton Academy is part of the Redhill Academy Trust. Redhill Academy Trust is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity. Our Academies are funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on behalf of the Department for Education. Please follow this link to view our annual accounts: https://www.redhillacademytrust.org.uk/financial-accounts