Our Governance

The Hayesbrook School Governance

The Academy Council is the foundation stone of the system of governance operating across Brook Learning Trust and has replaced the Local Governing Body. All three academies in the Trust have Academy Councils and councillors’ advocacy and monitoring roles are replicated across each.

For more information about how the new system of governance operates, please follow this link to the Brook Learning Trust website.

The Academy Council

Roles & Responsibilities	Councillors
Chair of Academy Council	Bruce Walsh
Vice Chair of Academy Council	Vacancy
Health & Safety Link Councillor	Vicky Widdicombe & Ruth Lowe
Safeguarding Link Councillor	Julia Richards
Pupil Premium / SEND Link Councillor	David Athey & Vicky Widdicombe
Student Advocate Councillor	Vacancy
Staff Advocate Councillor	Vacancy
Parent Advocate Councillor	Vacancy
Community Liaison Councillor	Ruth Lowe
Standards Panel	Bruce Walsh
Audit & Risk Committee	Julia Richards
Finance Committee	Bruce Walsh
Newly recruited to the Academy Council	Simon Banham Jane Grier
Councillor Applications in Process	Lucy Davenport Alison Smith
Councillors whose terms are ending	Bruce Walsh Vicky Widdicombe

Principal: Mr Daniel Hatley
Clerk to the Governors: Dr Alison Bird

Each councillor role listed above has its own remit. A brief description of each role is included in the document published below which is available for you to download.

Councillors also monitor progress made in respect of the key priorities identified in the Academy Improvement Plan. The priorities are summarised as follows:

Core Priority 1:	Ensure exceptional leadership and management, at all levels of the organisation, which directly impacts on standards, quality of provision and the continued growth and development of the academy and its people.
Core Priority 2:	Embed an inspirational curriculum experience which fully ensures students are rich in knowledge, proficient in skill and offers them the chance to engage in a full range of exciting opportunity and motivating experiences and gives them the cultural capital needed for their future.
Core Priority 3:	Increase student attainment across the key stage 4 ability range and accelerate the rate of progress for all groups in key stage 3.

If you are interested in joining the Academy Council we would like to hear from you. Please contact the Clerk, Alie Bird, at birda@brooklearningtrust.org.uk or 01580 712754 ext 277.