Governance structure
Chellaston Infant School is an academy within East Midlands Education Trust. We share a local governing body with Chellaston Junior School being accountable to the Trustees. Governors retain a considerable amount of delegated authority to make decisions affecting the day to day running of our schools.
Board of Trustees
The Board meet regularly and are the accountable body who determines which functions to delegate. The board has established specific committees and named trustees to deal with issues such as finance, audit, risk, education and standards, strategic development, pay, performance and HR.
The Chair of Trustees is Mrs Ann Witheford, who can be contacted via the Clerk to Trustees at adminoffice@emet.uk.com
Documents
The terms of reference/scheme of delegation and supplemental funding agreement for our school can be found in the ‘documents’ section on the Trust’s website at www.emet.uk.com
The Local Governing Board (LGB)
The Local Governing Board support the vision of the Trust at a school-level and provide a monitoring role for standards specifically in relation to academic performance, quality of care and provision for the academy. They play a support and challenge role, acting as a critical friend in ensuring the work of the academy to maintain and improve standards. They make decisions in line with the Scheme of Delegation, delegated to it by the Trust Board.
Business Interests Declarations for our Trustees and Local Governing Board can be viewed here: East Midlands Education Trust – Trust Information (emet.uk.com).
Follow the link to the Schools Financial Benchmarking website to review our school finance information. Schools Financial Benchmarking
