Management Committee | Will Adams Centre

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2020/21

The Management Committee operates in two committees- Curriculum & Welfare and Finance & General Purposes. The full Management Committee has three scheduled meetings throughout the academic year.

CURRICULUM & WELFARE COMMITTEE
Mrs D Lennon	Chair (Management Committee)
Mr R McLellan	Member Curriculum & Welfare Committee
Mrs C Winn	Chair (Curriculum & Welfare Committee) with Responsibility for Behaviour
Mrs P Earl	Parent Representative
Mrs K Bennett	Headteacher
Mrs S Wade	Assistant Headteacher – Teaching & Learning (In Attendance)
FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE
Mrs T Copeland	Chair (Finance & General Purposes Committee)
Mrs S Weeden	Vice Chair (Management Committee)
Mr G Yardy	Member Finance & General Purposes Committee
Mrs J Fissenden	Responsibility for Safeguarding
Mrs S Grimes	School Business Manager (In Attendance)

Clerk to the Management Committee is Mr G Rudd. Mail for the Management Committee should be addressed c/o Mr Rudd to the school's address.

Management Committee Will Adams Centre, Register of Interests, Academic Year 2020/21

Member Name	Position on Committee	Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests	Governance Roles in Other Educational Institutions	(Material Interests arising from) relationships between governors and school staff
Mrs Dympna Lennon	Chair of Management Committee	Headteacher of St John Fisher Catholic Secondary School	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mrs Sue Weeden	Vice-Chair of Management Committee	Inclusions Team- Medway Council Employee	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mrs Teresa Copeland	Chair of Finance & General Purposes Committee	Centre Leader Hillview School for Girls, Tonbridge	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mrs Carol Winn	Chair of Curriculum & Welfare Committee	Not Applicable	Governor at a) Westcourt primary b) Phoenix Junior	Daughter on staff at Will Adams Centre
Mrs Jenny Fissenden	Responsibility for Safeguarding	Employee at Hundred of Hoo Academy (Local Medway Academy)	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mrs Paula Earl	Parent Representative	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mr Glen Yardy	Finance & General Purposes Committee Member	Youth Offending Team Officer- Medway Council Employee	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Mr Ross McLellan	Curriculum & Welfare Committee Member	Staff Member at Victory Academy (Local Medway Secondary Academy)	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Karen Bennett	Curriculum & Welfare Committee/ Finance & General Purposes Committee Member	Headteacher of Will Adams Centre- Medway Council Employee	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Susan Wade	Curriculum & Welfare Committee Member	Assistant Headteacher- Teaching & Learning- Will Adams Centre-Medway Council Employee	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Sinéad Grimes	Finance & General Purposes Committee Member	School Business Manager- Will Adams Centre- Medway Council Employee	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

Will Adams Centre Management Committee Terms of Reference

School Name:	Will Adams Centre
Policy reviewed by:	Management Committee
Date of Review:	March 2020
Next Review Date:	March 2021
Status:	Approved
Review Period:	Annually

The Will Adams Centre Management Committee Terms of Reference

General Terms of Reference-

The primary purpose of the Management Committee is the role of “Critical Friend” to the Will Adams Centre, to support the Headteacher in determining strategy and direction of the school, the proper implementation of statutory requirements and the monitoring and evaluation of the Will Adams’ Improvement Plan and post-Ofsted plan. This will include active participation in actions connected with these plans.

To facilitate this, the Management Committee will establish sub-committees to monitor and evaluate key areas.

These committees will be responsible to the full Management Committee and will report to them on recommendations and points for action.

The Chair of the Management Committee and the Headteacher will be actively available to support all of these groups.

Notice of meetings, an agenda and supporting documents will be issued to members at least 5 working days in advance of a meeting.

Meetings will be convened each term in accordance with the schedule of meetings agreed by the Management Committee after consultation with the Headteacher regarding the agenda. Formal minutes will be taken and circulated to all members of the Management Committee.

Members of any committee may not be involved in, or vote on, agenda items in which they have a personal interest, and must declare any such interest in advance of the start of discussions.

A quorum of half the voting members is necessary to run a meeting but decisions will be taken on a majority of eligible voting members.

Will Adams Staff Management Committee members have voting rights in all areas except those relating to pay, performance management and related decisions.

The Management Committee will follow Medway Council agreed recruitment procedures when appointing staff.

In consultation with the Headteacher with advice from the School Business Manager, the Management Committee will engage in strategic financial planning and monitoring.

The Management Committee will review matters related to the effective management of health and safety at Will Adams Centre with reference to relevant staff.

These terms of reference will be reviewed annually by the Management Committee.

WILL ADAMS CENTRE

Curriculum & Welfare Committee

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Membership

The committee shall consist of no fewer than four Advisory Board Members to include the Headteacher or appointed senior leader.

The Committee may make recommendations for these appointments.

Quorum

The quorum shall be three Advisory Board Members.

Meetings

The Committee shall meet once every two terms or as otherwise required.

Terms of Reference

To advise the Management Committee on the school’s Curriculum and their statutory obligations.

With the assistance of the staff to provide information about how the curriculum is taught, evaluated and resourced.

To review the statutory curriculum policies.

To review the policy for Collective Worship, Religious Education and Sex Education and make recommendations.

To review any other policies appropriate to the curriculum.

To review the information about centre’s performance required to be published.

To contribute towards the School Improvement Plan.

To annually review and set targets as appropriate.

To review the centre’s safeguarding policies and procedures

To review the centre’s behaviour and attendance policies and procedures

To have an overview of interventions used in the centre and the impact of these.

To report on Curriculum and Welfare to the full Management Committee

WILL ADAMS CENTRE

Finance & General Purposes Committee

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Membership

The committee shall consist of no fewer than four members of the Management Committee including the Headteacher
The committee shall have such co-opted non-voting members as the Management Committee shall appoint – one of whom shall be the School Business Manager
The committee may make recommendations for these appointments.

Quorum

The quorum shall be three members of the Committee

Meetings

The committee shall meet once every two terms and otherwise as required.

Terms of Reference

To provide guidance and assistance to the Management Committee in matters relating to budgeting, finance and site maintenance.
To provide guidance and assistance to the Management Committee in matters relating to Health and Safety issues and to ensure the Health and Safety of students, staff and visitors.
To prepare and review financial policy statements including consideration of long term planning, resourcing and overview of staffing costs.
To recommend each year’s annual management plan priorities and present an annual budget to the Management Committee for approval.
To monitor the income and expenditure of all public funds (i.e. budget share and any other funds devolved by the DfE and other financial sources) and report the financial situation to the Management Committee at each full meeting
To ensure the audit of all non-public funds for presentation to the Management Committee.
To receive and, where appropriate, respond to periodic audit reports of all public funds.
To review school hire charges and the lettings policy annually
To consider the quality of the buildings and advice on any issues that may arise or any improvements that may be considered.