Governance

Our school is part of the Pontefract Academies Trust.

The Trust was created under the provisions of the Academies Act 2010, as amended by the Education Act 2011. Its structure of governance is constituted under the Articles of Association. The Trust is an exempt charity by virtue of the Charities Act 2011.

The Funding Agreement between the Department for Education (DfE) and the Trust sets out the terms and conditions on which grant is made. The Trust Board is responsible for ensuring that the conditions of grant are met. As part of this process the Trust is required to have in place appropriate arrangements for sound governance, financial management, securing value for money and accounting, and for using public funds for the purposes for which they were intended by Parliament.

This Trust Board is accountable in law for all decisions about its schools. This does not mean the Trust Board is required to make all of the decisions itself. Some decisions can be, and are delegated, including to SPRB, delegated officers, and other Trust Board established committees. The Scheme of Delegation sets out the framework which the Trust Board has approved.

The King's School and Carleton High School SPRB is a sub-committee of the Trust Board and has various responsibilities delegated to it through the Pontefract Academies Trust Governance Policy and Scheme of Delegation.

The King's School and Carleton High School SPRB is currently made up of:

Name	Category/Role	Appointed By	From	To
R Amery	Chair of SPRB	Trust Board Appointed Parent	01/09/18	31/08/26
T Craven	SPRB Member	Trust Board Appointed	23/10/23	23/10/27
S Shariff	Headteacher, Carleton High School	Ex-Officio	01/09/22	N/A
A Sharp	SPRB Member	Trust Board Appointed	29/09/23	29/09/27
N Deane	SPRB Member	Trust Board Appointed Staff	20/11/23	20/11/27
J Cross	Interim Headteacher, The King's School	Ex-Officio	01/01/2024	N/A
D Wilkins	Vice Chair of SPRB	Trust Board Appointed Parent	17/05/17	16/05/25
R Knight	SPRB Member	Trust Board Appointed	20/11/23	20/11/27

The Chair can be contacted at the following address:

The King's School
Mill Hill Lane
Pontefract
WF8 4JF

or by email at ramery@patrust.org.uk

We feel privileged to be in a position of looking for new talent to appoint as our School governors for our School Performance Review Board. To find out more information on what the position entails or to apply, please click here.

	Role	Name of business or organisation/educational organisation	Nature of business or organisation	Nature of interest	Date of appointment of acquisition	Date of cessation of interest
R Amery	Chair of SPRB	The King's School	Education Provider	Child in school	September 2018	N/A
T Craven	SPRB Member	WDH	Housing	Social Investment Manager	21/03/2005	N/A
S Shariff	Headteacher, Carleton High School	None declared
A Sharp	SPRB Member	Wakefield Parent Carer Forum	Parent Carer Forum	Treasurer/SEND Family Social Worker
N Deane	Staff SPRB Member	PSQM	Primary Science Quality Mark	Employee (Casual)
R Knight	SPRB Member	None declared
J Cross	Interim Headteacher, The King's School	None declared
D Wilkins	SPRB Member (Vice Chair)	None declared

Name	From	To	Appointed By	Meetings attended	Out of a possible
R Amery	01/09/18	31/08/22	Trust Board Appointed Parent	3	4
N Applebee (Chair)	05/10/20	04/10/24	Trust Board	3	4
M Boyd	10/12/19	09/12/23	Trust Board Appointed Parent	1	4
S Shariff (Ex-Officio: Head of CHS)	01/09/18	N/A	Ex-officio	4	4
L Dakin	19/03/18	18/03/22	Trust Board Appointed Parent	0	4
P Langston	10/12/19	09/12/23	Trust Board Appointed Staff	4	4
D Wilkins	17/05/17	16/05/21	Trust Board	2	4
Left within the last 12 months:
D Pinto	27/03/19	N/A
P Langston	10/12/19	09/12/23
L Dakin	18/03/26	15/05/23
M Boyd	10/12/19	10/07/23
N Applebee	05/10/20	30/05/23

Governance Structure

Carleton High School & The King's School Performance Review Board (SPRB)

SPRB Current register of business interests

SPRB Membership & Attendance Summary 2022/23