Governance
The Vine Schools Trust is a multi-academy trust and is the accountable body for all twenty three of its schools. Therefore, the overarching responsibility for the governance of the Trust and its schools lies with the Vine Board of Directors. They fulfil the three core functions of governance:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
To enable the Directors to fulfil their responsibility eight regional Local School Boards work on their behalf and undertake delegated local governance of between two and four schools. Community Boards in each school enable local support and provide information to enable good governance.
The key principle is that all three Boards together with Executive Leaders will provide an aspect of governance the other cannot as set out in this chart.
This model of governance is undertaken under delegated responsibility. For full details see below.
Local School Board Membership and Register of Interests
| Full Name | Appointed by | Role | Term Dates | Pecuniary & Business Interests | Personal Relationships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Charlotte Little | Trust | Chair | 2 Jan 2022 – 26 Apr 2025 | Director of Vine Schools Trust; Chair of South East Hub LSB Trustee of the Friend’s of St. Margaret’s PTA LSB member of Tending Hub LSB member at Chase High School LSB member at The Appleton School | None |
| Mr Andi Jones | Trust | Vice Chair; Health & Safety responsibility | 1 Jan 2021 – 21 May 2023 | Teacher at Tendring Technical College | Wife – Head Teacher at Great Clacton C of E Primary School |
| Mrs Natasha Bennett | Ex-officio – Headteacher | Headteacher at Two Village Primary School | N/A | None | None |
| Mr Mark Carter-Tuffnell | Ex-officio – Headteacher | Headteacher at St Osyth & Mistley Norman Primary Schools | N/A | Member of NAHT | None |
| Ms Lucy Turner | Trust | LSB Member with SEND responsibility | 21 Mar 2021 – 26 Mar 2025 | Deputy Headteacher at St. James’s C of E Primary School and Nursery | None |
| Mrs Gemma Smith | Trust | LSB Member | 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Aug 2024 | None | None |
| Ms Yvonne Crome | Trust | LSB Member | 3 May 2022 – 2 May 2026 | None | None |
| Mrs B Gouge | Trust | LSB Member with Safeguarding & Child Protection responsibility | Left 31 August 2021 | Children attended St Osyth Primary School | None |
| Mrs. Carol Adams | Trust | Chair | Left 01 January 2022 | None | None |
| Ms Karen Wallace | Trust | LSB Member with School Improvement responsibility | Left 01 April 2021 | None | None |
Local School Board Members Attendance 2021-22
| Full Name | Role | 28/09/2021 | 16/11/2021 | 01/02/2022 | 08/03/2022 | 03/05/2022 | 05/07/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Charlotte Little | Chair | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | |
| Mr Andi Jones | Vice Chair; Health & Safety responsibility | Present | Present | Present | Present | Apologies | |
| Mrs Natasha Bennett | Headteacher at Two Village Primary School | Present | Present | Apologies | Present | Present | |
| Mr Mark Carter-Tuffnell | Headteacher at St Osyth & Mistley Norman Primary Schools | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | |
| Ms Lucy Turner | LSB Member with SEND responsibility | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | |
| Mrs Gemma Smith | LSB Member | Present | Absent w/o apologies | Present | Present | Present | |
| Ms Yvonne Crome | LSB Member | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Present | |
| Mrs B Gouge | LSB Member with Safeguarding & Child Protection responsibility | Absent w/o apologies | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mrs. Carol Adams | Chair | Present | Present | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ms Karen Wallace | LSB Member with School Improvement responsibility | Present | Present | Present | Present | N/A | N/A |
