Queens Road Academy is a member school of HCAT. Each school within the trust maintains its unique identity and HCAT strongly believe that excellent schools have excellent leadership and management from within, and a key component of this is governance.
Overarching responsibility lies with the Board of Trustees and they have established Local Committees within each school to govern at individual school level.
Click here for the trust Governance Arrangements that outlines the structure and remit of the trust’s members, board of trustees and sub committees.
Queens Road Academy’s Local Committee
Our Local Committee are responsible for providing confident leadership and robust accountability, oversight and assurance for education, staffing and community engagement.
Our Local Committee constitution includes:
Our Register of Business Interest documents any financial interests, affiliations, and potential conflicts of interest of individuals within our Local Committee to ensure transparency.
The Local Committee at Queens Road Academy have agreed to adhere to the Nolan principles of public service:
Selflessness
Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest.
Integrity
Holders of public office must avoid placing themselves under any obligation to people or organisations that might try inappropriately to influence them in their work. They should not act or take decisions in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends. They must declare and resolve any interests and relationships.
Objectivity
Holders of public office must act and take decisions impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias.
Accountability
Holders of public office are accountable to the public for their decisions and actions and must submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this.
Openness
Holders of public office should act and take decisions in an open and transparent manner. Information should not be withheld from the public unless there are clear and lawful reasons for so doing.
Honesty
Holders of public office should be truthful.
Leadership
Holders of public office should exhibit these principles in their own behaviour. They should actively promote and robustly support the principles and be willing to challenge poor behaviour wherever it occurs.
Roles
The Committee works to support Queens Road Academy on its journey to school improvement and supports the school vision in building a school where kindness underpins all relationships, ambition fuels every learner, and curiosity sparks meaningful discovery.
Our local committee is:
Tracy Rodger – Chair of Local Committee
Elena Budui – Parent Governor
Carly Hambleton – Parent Governor
Nino Johnson – Parent Governor