Governance
School Improvement Board
Role of the School Improvement Board
Consilium is a Multi-Academy Trust with a family of nine schools across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. Within each school a School Improvement Board (SIB) has been established, including in Wyvern. The SIB is group that has delegated school improvement responsibility from the Trust Board’s Performance Committee.
The School Improvement Board is chaired by a member of the Trust School Improvement Team and consists of Senior Leaders from other schools in the trust, LAB members and representation from Darlington Local Authority.
In order to clearly delineate the SIB and the LAB, the LAB takes responsibility for ensuring that the voices of the community including parents, teachers and students are heard whilst the School Improvement Board focusses on the progress made on School Improvement priorities for the school through a balance of challenge and support.
School Improvement Board (SIB) Structure
Chair of the School Improvement Board
Tracey Greenhough – Deputy CEO - Consilium Academies Trust
Representation from School Leaders in other Trust schools:
Brett Joynson
Lynne Parkin
Wyvern Academy School Leadership Team (SLT)
Owen Inglis
Scott Parker
Ruth Hampson
Jonathan Willis
Kris Marley
Andrew Burns
Katie Ferguson
Wyvern Academy Local Academy Board (LAB)
Tom Scott
Elaine Richardson
Kate Morray
Lucy Stainsby
Toby Liningstone
Tony Raw
Local Authority Representation
Helen Ellison (Darlington LA)
Local Academy Board
Consilium is a Multi-Academy Trust with a family of nine schools across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. Within each school a Local Academy Board has been established, including in Wyvern. Local Academy Boards (LAB’s) may also be known at other Trusts as ‘Academy Committees’, ‘Local Governing Boards’ or ‘Local Advisory Committees.
Each LAB is composed of different members, there are two Parent places available within the LAB, parents of our pupils who are interested in becoming a member are encouraged to apply. Parent members are elected through the school, using a process which is defined in a key document called the ‘Articles of Association.’
Parent members play an important role within the board. The role is to support the Trust itself through providing insight on behalf of other parents of students who attend Wyvern. A key function of the LAB is to engage in a meaningful way with all parents and carers as a whole.
The Trust Board determines the level of delegation or responsibility which is to be passed to the Local Academy Boards. This is subject to review on a yearly basis and responsibilities can be added or removed dependent on how well the Trust Board feel that the LAB is managing its role. Local Academy Boards are a formal and important part of the governance of Consilium Academies and the contributions of members are very much valued by the Trust Board.
Some of the typical areas which are covered at local level may be;
- Support of the efficient and effective operation of the Trust and its policies
- Support and challenge (where appropriate) to the school leaders
- Share issues and risks with the Trust Board if necessary
- Scrutiny of reports which may be supplied by school leaders or LAB members themselves
- Provide a meaningful link with the community, parents and the students of the school, sharing feedback with the Board, regarding challenges but also to celebrate successes
- Provide feedback to the Trust Board in relation to policies and practices which are personal to the school, (policies which are delegated to the LAB are identified in a document called the Scheme of Delegation.
Local Academy Board Representation
The LAB has representation from the community, staff, and parents as well as directors of Consilium Academies (MAT). Any staff or parent vacancies that arise are advertised through the website and via an email to staff for staff LAB member vacancies. Once self-nominations have been received a ballot paper is drawn up, should there be multiple nominations, which is then circulated and voted upon. The staff are balloted for any staff member vacancies and parents are balloted for any parent member vacancies. These results are then publicised and the successful candidate informed.
Chair, Mr Tom Scott, can be contacted via email at wva.enquiries@consilium-at.com
Members & Attendance
Our current members are:
Nominating |
First Appointed |
Term Start |
Term End |
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Headteacher |
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Mr Owen Inglis |
Ex officio |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
Appointed members |
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Mr Tobias Livingstone |
Trust appointed |
10 Dec 2020 |
10 Dec 2020 |
09 Dec 2024 |
Mrs Kate Morrey |
Trust appointed |
10 Dec 2020 |
10 Dec 2020 |
09 Dec 2024 |
Mr Tom Scott |
Trust appointed |
11 Jun 2020 |
11 Jun 2020 |
10 Jun 2024 |
Mrs Lucy Stainsby |
Trust appointed |
10 Dec 2020 |
10 Dec 2020 |
09 Dec 2024 |
Miss Elaine Richardson |
Trust appointed |
7 Jun 2022 |
7 Jun 2022 |
6 June 2026 |
Adetinuke Apata |
Trust appointed |
19 Dec 2022 |
19 Dec 2022 |
18 Dec 2026 |
Parent members |
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Caroline Stokle |
Trust appointed |
30 Nov 2022 |
30 Nov 2022 |
29 Nov 2026 |
Caroline Moss |
Trust appointed |
30 Nov 2022 |
30 Nov 2022 |
29 Nov 2026 |
Staff members |
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Mr Tony Raw |
Staff Teaching |
7 Jun 2022 |
7 Jun 2022 |
6 Jun 2026 |
Full Governing Board/LAB Attendance 21-22 Academic Year
Governor | LAB member Type | LAB | LAB | LAB | LAB | LAB | LAB |
13 Oct 2021 | 09 Dec 2021 | 10 Feb 2022 | 23 Mar 2022 | 26 May 2022 | 14 Jul 2022 | ||
Mr Owen Inglis | Head of School | Y | Y | Y | Y | y | |
Tobias Livingstone | LAB member | Y | Y | Y | Y | y | |
Mrs Kate Morrey | LAB member | Y | Y | Y | Y | y | |
Mr Tom Scott | LAB member | Y | Y | Y | Y | y | |
Mrs Lucy Stainsby | LAB member | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Mrs Gemma Mudd | Staff member | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Role |
Business or Other Interests |
Other Governor Roles |
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Headteacher |
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Mr Owen Inglis |
Ex officio |
None |
None |
Appointed members |
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Mr Tobias Livingstone |
Trust appointed |
None |
None |
Mrs Kate Morrey |
Trust appointed |
None |
None |
Mr Tom Scott |
Trust appointed |
None |
None |
Mrs Lucy Stainsby |
Trust appointed |
None |
None |
Miss Elaine Richardson |
Trust appointed |
None |
None |
Staff members |
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Mr Tony Raw |
Staff |
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LAB meetings
17th November 2022
16th February 2023
29th June 2023
Leavers 21-22
Kayleigh Martin - resigned 11/10/21
Emma Bagley resigned 9/12/21
Kevin Brown resigned 3/11/22
Leavers 22-23
Gemma Mudd - Resigned 01/03/23
Richard Hughes - Resigned 01/03/2023