Governance

Members

The Voyage Education Partnership has a Board of Members who are the guardians of the governance of the Trust. They must ensure Voyage carries out its charitable objectives and company duties.

Trustees

Voyage is governed by a Board of Trustees who devolve some responsibilities to the Standards and Curriculum, Finance and Audit, People and Estates, and Infrastructure, Sub-committees.

Voyage’s Trustees are responsible for carrying out the following:

• Ensuring clarity of the vision, ethos and strategic direction

• Holding the Executive Leaders to account for the educational performance of the academies and their pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff

• Overseeing the financial performance of the academies

The Chair of the Trust Board in the academic year 2021-22 was Mr Chris Penney. The Vice Chair was Dr Jo Barkham.

Academy Council

Each of our academies also has an Academy Council made up of community representatives, parents, and staff to provide local and community accountability.

Academy Council members have three key roles:

- To advise and act as a critical friend to the Headteacher of the Academy and to advise the Board of Trustees about local issues they need to consider that affect the academy

- To represent the interests of the community, and to represent the academy in its community

- To provide support to the Headteacher in undertaking certain procedures, such as complaints and exclusion procedures if the Board of Trustees have delegated these responsibilities