Governance

Board of Trustees

The ENLUTC’s Board of Trustees is made up of individuals from the community who have business, management or education experience, alongside staff and parents.

The role of the Board of Trustees is absolutely key to the effectiveness of the UTC. School trustees are legally accountable for managing the UTC and have overall responsibility and accountability for its performance.  The Trustees uphold the ethos and values of the UTC and monitor key performance indicators and holds the UTC to account for:

• Teaching and learning
• Safeguarding procedures
• Links with parents/carers and the local community
• Links with its core partners
• Financial management

Trustees are appointed to a four-year term of office and meet at least six times per year, the Chair is appointed on an annual basis.

Trustees: Graham Thornton (Chair), Steve Kelly (Vice-Chair) Marc Groenewald, Nina Stobart, Nigel Whittle, Susan Jardine, Paul Smith, Anesta McCullagh, Nigel Bradford, Katharine York, Erin Clarke, Matthew Hancock and Caroline Gilleard

Committees

ENLUTC has two committees, both of which meet at least three times per year.  The finance, audit and risk committee and the curriculum and standards committee are chaired by Professor Steve Kelly.

Finance, Audit & Risk: Steve Kelly (Chair), Graham Thornton, Nigel Bradford, Paul Smith, Susan Jardine, Erin Clarke

Curriculum & Standards: Steve Kelly (Chair), Nigel Whittle, Marc Groenewald, Anesta McCullagh, Nigel Bradford, Susan Jardine, Katharine York

Members

Members are not involved in the UTC’s day-to-day management.  Their role is minimal and one of oversight.  The Members ensure the Board of Trustees are carrying out their function well and that the charitable objectives of the UTC are being fulfilled, including the provision of a broad and balanced curriculum to advance the education of its students.

Members: Sharon Stead, Brendan Conlan, James Gilbert

The role of the governing body.

The ENL UTC’s board of governors is made up of individuals from the community who have business, management or education experience, alongside staff and parents.

The role of the governing board is absolutely key to the effectiveness of a school. School governors and trustees provide strategic leadership and accountability in schools. They appoint the principal and deputy principal. Governors/trustees hold the main responsibility for finance in schools, and it is governors and trustees who work with the principal to make the tough decisions about balancing resources.

Each individual governor is a member of a governing board, which is established in law as a corporate body. Individual governors may not act independently of the rest of the governing board and decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing board.

• The Chair of the Governors is: Graham Thornton
• The Clerk to the Governors is: Ellie Jarrett

Members

• Brendan Conlan
• Sharon Stead
• Mr James Gilbert

Trustees

• Stephen Kelly
• Anesta McCullagh
• Nina Stobart
• Marc Groenewald
• Nigel Whittle
• Graham Thornton
• Susan Jardine
• Paul Smith
• Nigel Bradford
• Katharine York
• Erin Clarke
• Caroline Gilleard
• Matthew Hancock

For declarations of interests, audited documents or annual reports, please contact the Clerk to the Governors, Ellie Jarrett: ellie.jarrett@northlincs.gov.uk.