Trustee Vacancies

Trustee Vacancies2021-07-29T16:50:29+01:00

The CLA provides this space on its website for charities to advertise trustee vacancies. Below are details of charities that are currently looking for trustees.
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Magna Learning Partnership is seeking two new Trustees

About the Trust

Magna Learning Partnership was formed in April 2017 and is a group of primary and secondary schools and one sixth form college in Salisbury and the surrounding area. The core aim of the Partnership is to improve and further develop the quality of education provision for the benefit of all young people in the area, by creating a sustainable education partnership that, through the achievements of its young people enhances the reputation of education across Salisbury.

Currently the Trust comprises: Amesbury Primary School, Amesbury Archer Primary School, Bemerton St John Primary School, Old Sarum Primary School, Pembroke Park Primary School, The New Forest Primary School, Sarum Academy, The Trafalgar School, Wyvern St Edmund’s Academy and Salisbury Sixth Form College.

Plans for the Future

The Trust has ambitions to grow strategically over time and to incorporate additional schools to its community. The main objectives for the Trust over the next 3 years include (but are not limited to):

  • Trust growth adds two academies per year with two further partnerships in place
  • Progress achieved is at national average in all academies, with above average progress in at least two secondaries, three primaries and one post 16 provision
  • All academies achieved combined English and Maths attainment at national average or higher
  • All academies at 95% of PAN or higher
  • Attendance is above national average for all groups
  • 50% of MLP students continue to our post 16 provision with 90% retention rate in year 13
  • The Trust Improvement Framework improves the quality of education
  • Ambitious curriculum provision for the most vulnerable children and young people is in place
  • An effective people management strategy ensures high quality staffing resource across the Trust
  • A sustainable operational model returns the Trust to £200k surplus per annum

Trust Ethos & Values

As a mixed Multi Academy Trust of Church, Foundation and Community Schools, we develop and model British values in all our schools and uphold Christian characteristics in our Church schools. In doing so, we ensure that our children and young people are prepared for 21 st century life in all its fullness.

‘Let your light shine ’. Matthew 5:16

Further information on the Trust’s ethos and vision can be found at:
https://www.magnalearningpartnership.org.uk/Our-Vision/

Role Summary
Number of positions advertised: 2

Trustee/Non-Executive Director
Trustees or non-executive directors – are both charity trustees and company directors of the academy trust; the role is to hold to account the executive and senior leadership team. The board of trustees manages the business of the academy trust and may exercise all the powers of the trust. The trustees ensure compliance with the trust’s charitable objects and with company and charity law.

Non-executive directors will be responsible for maintaining stability and the management of a dynamic structure. The role also includes contributing to financial planning for sustainability and potential growth, and holding the Executive leadership team to account.

Person Specification
The competencies required for this role include:

Essential
– Non-executive Trustee

Foundation Trustees must fall within one of the following groups:
– ‘Actual communicant’ and church electoral roll member within the Church of England
– Regular worshipper at Church of England services
– Regular worshipper within one of the Member Churches of ‘Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’ (CTBI)
– By exception, an individual may be appointed as Foundation being a Christian who is not a regular worshipper at one of the churches listed above but is committed to the tenets of the Apostles’ Creed.

Desirable
– Human Resources
– Finance
– Legal
– Education (secondary phase)

The Trust welcomes applicants who support the Christian ethos and values of the Trust, with a good understanding of effective corporate governance and the role of a non-executive director. Experience and skills in any of the desirable categories listed are highly sought in order to support the responsibilities of the Board through its expected and potential growth. Foundation Trustees will also support school improvement in line with the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS).

Time Commitment
4-8 hours/month minimum

Location of Board Meetings and Trust Website
Trust Board Meetings are held either via Microsoft Teams or at the Trust offices: Sarum Academy, Westwood Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire. SP2 9HS. www.magnalearningpartnership.org.uk

Governance Structure
https://www.magnalearningpartnership.org.uk/Governance/

Background on Academy Trusts
Academy schools, which are charities run independently of local authority control, now account for 74% of secondary schools and 31% of primaries – and their number is growing all the time.

Many of these schools are grouped together as multi-academy trusts (MATs). There are currently 832 multi-academy trusts of 3+ schools. If the schools are to fulfil their potential, the trusts need non-executives (known in charity law as trustees) to bring a wide range of skills and experience to help guide strategy, ensure their ambitions can be soundly financed and keep their schools up to the mark delivering for their pupils.

“Academy boards must be ambitious for all children and young people and infused with a passion for education and a commitment to continuous school improvement that enables the best possible outcomes. Governance must be grounded in reality as defined by both high-quality objective data and a full understanding of the views and needs of pupils/students, staff, parents, carers and local communities. It should be driven by inquisitive, independent minds and through conversations focused on the key strategic issues which are conducted with humility, good judgement, resilience and determination.”
Source: Governance Handbook, Department for Education (2017)

Trusteeship is a voluntary, unpaid role for people who have the energy and skills to make a real contribution to shaping the future of our schools. You do not need to have any specialist knowledge of education.

Please contact Carina Sawyer, MLP Head of Governance: csawyer@magnalearningpartnership.org.uk for further information.

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