Anthem Community Council

As part of a multi-academy trust, our school is not restricted to the traditional model of local governance that most people are familiar with. 

Society is changing, and our governance structures needed to change with it. Anthem is leading the way with a completely new kind of governance across its 15 schools with local views, experiences, and expertise at its heart. 

You can find out more about the strategy on the Anthem website.

Our school is part of Anthem Schools Trust and the name for our local layer of governance is Anthem Community Councils (ACCs). Members of our ACCs are known as Anthem Community Council members (ACCms).  The ACC has four delegated areas of responsibility:

  • Community
  • Celebration
  • SEND, inclusion and safeguarding.
  • Panels

Each ACC includes ACCms who are Champions in key areas such as safeguarding, SEND and inclusion, and climate change. Our ACCms ensure the voices of students, parent/carers, staff and the community are heard and considered across the school and trust.

Further details of all the Champion roles can be found here https://www.anthemtrust.uk/accs

 

The current members of our ACC are listed in the attachment below.

A summary table of members’ interests and meeting attendance for the last full academic year can be found below and in the page attached.

ACC Members Information

Name Role Date Appointed Term of Office Appointed by Interests declared and date interest began
Sharn Basra ACC Chair Mar-24 Mar-28 Trust Board College of Policing, Trainer
Melissa George ACC Vice Chair Jul-20 July 2028 (reappointed July 2024) Trust Board Has children at the Academy
Ruki Heritage ACC member Sep-21 Aug-25 Trust Board Has children at the Academy
May Thompson ACC member Nov-22 Oct-26 Trust Board None
David Schoon ACC member Sep-25 Aug-29 Trust Board Staff Member
Vijay Patel ACC Member Nov-25 Oct-29 Trust Board None

Our Governance Professional (clerk to the ACC) is Catherine Frewing

ACC members can be contacted via the main school address or via our Governance Professional.

A summary table of ACCms' interests and meeting attendance for the last full academic year can be found on https://www.anthemtrust.uk/governance

Do you want to make a difference?

We currently have Champion role vacancies for ACCms who are passionate about contributing to our school and community.  If you are interested in finding more out about being part of our school’s ACC, we would love to hear from you!

For further details, please click on the link below:

Anthem Community Council Expression of Interest Form

 


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