For the attention of:
Headteachers/Principals of all LA
Maintained Schools within Devon Local Authority
The Board of Directors of all
Academy Schools within Devon Local Authoity(please forward as necessary)
Devon
Education Forum (DEF):
Appointment
of Schools (LA Maintained) and
Academy
Members
and
named Substitutes effective from
1st September 2018 to 31 August 2022
Dear Colleagues
In accordance with
Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2012 and further ESFA Guidance: Schools Forums Operational and Good
Practice Guide (September 2017), the membership of Devon
Education Forum (DEF) must include both Schools members (LA Maintained) and
Academy members. Additionally, the membership structure of schools members
on a Schools Forum should reflect most effectively the profile of education
provision across the local authority i.e. must be broadly proportionate to
the pupil numbers in each category as well as each of the constituent
phases with no in-built bias towards any one phase or group.
The above guidance
sets out the procedures for the nomination and election of Schools members
(LA Maintained) which is determined from the representative constituent
groups i.e. headteachers within DAPH and DASH but excluding those from
academies.
This guidance also
provides that Academy members must be elected by the proprietor bodies of
the academies within the local authority’s area. For the avoidance of
doubt, Free Schools, University Technical Colleges and Studio Schools are
classed as academies for this purpose. There is no distinction between
sponsored, non-recoupment and converter academies.
As in previous
years, in the absence of an umbrella academies group, it has been agreed by
Devon Education Forum (DEF) that nominations for Schools (LA Maintained)
and Academy membership would be put forward by the respective Devon Phase
Associations and shared with Headteachers/Principals and the academy trusts
thereby providing the opportunity to either approve the nominations or to
submit an alternative candidate to stand for election.
The DAPH Office is
administering this process on behalf of both the DAPH and DASH Executive
Committees and any nominations or ballot (if necessary) will be conducted
within the ring-fence of each individual phase association.
This year, the
current terms of office for all Schools (LA Maintained) and Academy members
will come to an end on 31 August 2018 triggering an election to appoint
members for a new four year term running from 1 September 2018 – 31 August
2022.
Following a review
of pupil numbers across the phases, there will be no change to the existing
proportionality of representation between the primary and secondary phases.
Furthermore, there will be no change to the membership ratio across LA
Maintained Schools and Academy membership within the primary and/or
secondary phases based upon known and predicted academy conversions as at 1
September 2018.
Membership across
both phases will therefore continue as follows:
Academy:
Primary x 1 and Secondary x 3
Schools (L/A
Maintained): Primary x 3 and Secondary x 1
A summary of
proposed nominations in respect of the primary and secondary Schools (LA
maintained) and Academy memberships are outlined below:
Primary Phase
Academy Member:
Jonathan Bishop, Cornerstone Academy Trust
Substitute Academy
Member:
Paul Walker, First Federation Trust
L/A Schools Members:
Jamie Stone, Denbury Primary School
Alun Dobson, Marwood Primary School
Martyn Boxall, Exeter Children’s Federation
Substitute L/A
Schools Member:
David Barnett, Chudleigh CofE Primary School
Secondary Phase
Academy Members:
Rob Haring, Westcountry Schools Trust
Moira Marder, The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
Aimee Mitchell, Isca Academy, The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust
Substitute Academy Member:
Matthew Shanks, Education South West
L/A Schools Member:
Julie Phelan, Cullompton College
Substitute L/A
Schools Member:
Sammy Crook, Tiverton High School
Personal Statements
to support the nominations can be viewed H E R E
On behalf of the
DASH and DAPH Executive Committees, we are writing to advise that, in the
absence of any additional nominations being submitted by schools or academy
trusts before the advertised closing date, the above named candidates will
be put forward by the respective phase associations and will be appointed
as Members on DEF from 1 September 2018 until 31 August 2022.
Please note that the
current DEF Constitution states that Schools and Academy members must be
substantive headteachers or principals and currently serving within Devon
local authority.
In the event that
the total number of nominations exceeds the number of vacancies in each
category then a ballot will be necessary. It is proposed that any
necessary ballot will take place at the respective forthcoming on 29 June
2018 (DASH) and 4 July 2018 (DAPH). Further details about this process if
necessary will follow as soon as possible after the closing date.
Any further
nominations should be submitted by schools (LA Maintained) and/or academy
trusts via this nomination form and returned
electronically by e-mail to daph@devon.gov.uk to be received no
later than 12.00pm on 25 June 2018.
A short guide to the schools forum for schools forum for schools
and academies, which may be helpful to stakeholders and the
wider school family, is available on GOV.UK.
Schools forum
members will need the skills and competencies to manage Forum business (as
detailed in school forum powers and responsibilities)
and to take a strategic view across the whole education estate whilst
acting as representative of the group that has elected them.
Furthermore, they should be easily contactable and pro-active in raising
the profile of issues and communicating decisions, and the reasons behind
them, effectively.
Further information
on Devon Education Forum to include the
Constitution, minutes of meetings etc. is available on the Devon County
Council website.
To provide for
effective representation on Devon Education Forum, it is expected that any
nominated Schools or Academy member would attend the Executive Committee
meetings of their respective phase association (DASH or DAPH) in order to
understand fully the wider context of representing the schools community in
Devon on DEF and the work undertaken by its constituent sub-groups.
Yours sincerely
Clare Coates
Business Manager
(sent on behalf of the DAPH & DASH Executive Committees)
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