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Governance

Governance Structure

Directors

Directors Meeting Attendance

Finance Committee Attendance

Local Advisory Body

Local Advisory Body Meeting Attendance

Governance Structure

The Herefordshire Marches Federation of Academies (HMFA) is a charitable company and is accountable for the strategic direction of each of the Academies within the Multi Academy Trust (MAT). The Trust has 2 layers of governance as laid out in the Articles of Association – the Members of the Trust and the Board of Directors.
Each of the 3 Academies (Lord Scudamore, Sutton and Kings Caple) within the Trust has a Local Advisory Body (formerly Local Governing Body) which is a Committee of the Board of Directors, with delegated key function. They perform a crucial role in providing the Trust with the necessary tools to ensure that it can maintain the individual character of each of the Academies.
The HMFA MAT Scheme of Delegation (see pdf on right) defines the lines of responsibility and accountability within our Multi-Academy Trust. It is a systematic way of ensuring that Members, Directors and Local Advisory Boards are clear about their roles and responsibilities.

The governance structure is shown in the chart above.

The Herefordshire Marches Federation of Academies
A company limited by guarantee
Registered in England and Wales
Company Reg. No. 7578861
Subscribers – Prebendary Robert North and Mr Peter Box

Email the HMFA Company Secretary

Directors

PREB. ROBERT NORTH, MEMBER DIRECTOR, CHAIR of DIRECTORS

DATE APPOINTED: 25.03.11
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: N/A
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Chair Lord Scudamore Local Advisory Body
HMFA Pay Review Committee
HMFA Finance Committee
Employee Church Commissioners
Director of Spire Trading, Hereford Ltd
Parochial Church Councils of St Nicholas, Holy Trinity, All Saints Hereford, St Michael’s Breinton

PETER BOX, DIRECTOR, HEADTEACHER, CEO & ACCOUNTING OFFICER

DATE APPOINTED: 25.03.11
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: N/A
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – CEO / Executive Headteacher
Director of Activate Central Ltd
Charity Trusteeships – HMFA TRUST & HMFA CofE TRUST
Executive Head – Llangrove Academy
Executive Head – Canon Pyon Academy
Executive Head – Clehonger
Ofsted Inspector
Partner, Maggie Newton, is the Executive Head/ Head/ Trustee of 3 Schools/Academies within the HMFA wider federation of schools (Marden, Pencombe and St Weonards).

PAUL WHITCOMBE, MEMBER DIRECTOR, HEADTEACHER & CEO - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 25.03.11 – 21.03.18 (Resigned)
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: N/A
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – Headteacher of Herefordshire Marches Federation of Academies
Director of Calon Solutions & Activate Education Ltd
Charity Trusteeships – HMFA TRUST & HMFA CofE TRUST
Executive Head – Llangrove Academy
Executive Head – Canon Pyon Academy
Ofsted Inspector

MRS HELEN FIELD - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15 – 20.03.18
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee at HMFA – Teacher at Lord Scudamore Academy

MR DAVID GREENOUGH, MEMBER

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS: None

MR ADRIAN HARVEY, MEMBER, VICE CHAIR - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15 – 06.12.18
APPOINTED BY: Members
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Vice Chair, Kings Caple Academy, LAB
Mr Harvey’s wife serves as an occasional voluntary panel member (and sometimes chairs) on panels convened by Herefordshire Council to consider appeals on schools admissions. She has indicated to the Authority she will not sit on panel where any school in HMFA or HMFA CofE Academies is involved.

MS NICOLA JONES - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15 – 20.03.17
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – Finance Director

MR ERIC KLEIN

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Leadon Vale Choral Society (Music Director)
Monarch Education (Supply Teaching)
Director of The Academy of Gospel Music, Birmingham
HMFA Pay Review Committee

MRS JANET MCCOLL - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15 – 20.3.18
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – Director of School, Lord Scudamore Academy
Director of Pippins Pre-School
Governor at Marden Primary Academy
Director HMFA Enterprises
Lord Scudamore Academy LAB

MR PAUL SMITH - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 01.06.15 – 19.03.18 (Resigned)
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Chair of Sutton Primary Academy LAB
Supply Teacher to HMFA Schools

MR LUKE CONOD

DATE APPOINTED: 18.06.15
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Lord Scudamore Academy, LAB
Owner of The School Uniform Shop/Denim Nation which supplies school uniform to pupils/parents at Lord Scudamore Academy.

MRS SARAH ELWINE

DATE APPOINTED: 01.09.15
APPOINTED BY: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Co-Opted Governor, Kings Caple Academy.
Actuary and employee of Mercer, who act as scheme actuary to the Worcestershire County Council Pension Fund
HMFA Finance Committee
HMFA Pay Review Committee

MRS SADIE READE

DATE APPOINTED:
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Director of HMFA Enterprises
Parent Governor Lord Scudamore Academy
HMFA Finance Committee

MRS ROBERTA WOODCOCK

DATE APPOINTED:
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Chair of Governors, Llangrove CE Academy
Trustee fulfilling Internal Audit for HMFA
HMFA Finance Committee

MR HUGH PATTERSON

DATE APPOINTED:
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Chair of Governors, Canon Pyon Academy
Landowner, Canon Pyon
HMFA Pay Review Committee

MR MIKE WILLIAMS

DATE APPOINTED:
APPOINTED BY: Member Director
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Parent Governor, Marden Primary

HMFA Company Secretary – Mrs Chris Watkins
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Email the Clerk to the HMFA Directors – Mrs Suzanne McGowan
01432 273951

Directors Meeting Attendance

HMFA Board of Directors Attendance Academic Year 2017-2018
		Board	Board	Board	Total attended Sep 17 - Aug 18
		06/12/17	20/03/18	10/07/18
Peter	Box	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Luke	Conod	Yes	Apologies	Yes	2 of 3
Sarah	Elwine	Yes	Apologies	Yes	2 of 3
Helen	Field	Yes	Yes	Apologies	2 of 3
David	Greenough	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Adrian	Harvey	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Nicky	Jones	Yes	Yes	Apologies	2 of 3
Eric	Klein	Yes	Yes	Apologies	2 of 3
Jan	McColl	Yes	Yes	Apologies	2 of 3
Rob	North	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Paul	Smith	Apologies	Resigned	Resigned	0 of 3
Paul	Whitcombe	Yes	Resigned	Resigned	1 of 3

HMFA Board of Directors Attendance Academic Year 2016-2017
		Board	Board	Board	Total attended Sep 16 - Aug 17
		07/12/2016	22/03/2017	06/07/2017
Peter	Box	Apologies	Yes	Yes	2 of 3
Luke	Conod	Yes	Apologies	Yes	2 of 3
Sarah	Elwine	Apologies	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Helen	Field	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
David	Greenough	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
John	Griffiths	Apologies	Resigned	N/A	0 of 3
Adrian	Harvey	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Nicky	Jones	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Eric	Klein	Apologies	Yes	Apologies	1 of 3
Jan	McColl	Apologies	Yes	Yes	2 of 3
Rob	North	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Paul	Smith	Apologies	Yes	Apologies	1 of 3
Paul	Whitcombe	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3

Finance Committee Attendance

HMFA Finance Committe Attendance Academic Year 2017-2018
	Board	Board	Board	Total attended Sep 17 - Aug 18
	15/11/2017	06/03/2018	04/07/2018
Peter Box	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Sarah Elwine	Yes	Apologies	Yes	2 of 3
David Greenough	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Adrian Harvey	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Nicky Jones	Yes	Yes	Apologies	2 of 3
Rob North	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Sadie Reade	N/A	N/A	Yes	1 of 1
Paul Smith	Yes	Apologies	Resigned	1 fo 2
Paul Whitcombe	Yes	Resigned	Resigned	1 of 1
Chris Watkins	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3	Company Secretary
Kevin Tong	Yes	N/A	N/A	1 of 3	HMFA Accountants

HMFA Finance Committee Attendance Academic Year 2016-2017
		Finance	Finance	Finance	Total attended Sep 16-Aug 17
		15/11/2017	20/03/2017	28/06/2017
Rob	North	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Peter	Box	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Paul	Whitcombe	Yes	Yes	apologies	2 of 3
Nicky	Jones	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Adrian	Harvey	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 of 3
Chris	Watkins	Yes	Yes		3 of 3
David	Greenough	-	-	apologies	0 of 1
Paul	Smith	-	-	apologies	0 of 1

Local Advisory Body

MRS SALLY TALBOYS, CHAIR OF LOCAL ADVISORY BODY - Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 14.03.16- 28.06.18 Resigned
APPOINTED BY: Local Advisory Body
TERM OF OFFICE: Resigned 28.06.18
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – Teacher at Kings Caple Primary Academy

MR STEPHEN BRYCE, COMMUNITY GOVERNOR

DATE APPOINTED: 14.03.2016
APPOINTED BY: Parent vote
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Director of Tugela Project Management and Tugela Clinical Limited
Staff member at Earl Mortimer College
Parent of child at Sutton Primary Academy

MRS ELIZABETH ORTON, STAFF GOVERNOR

DATE APPOINTED: 14.03.2016
APPOINTED BY: Local Advisory Body
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – Head of School at Sutton Primary Academy

MRS CHRIS WATKINS

DATE APPOINTED: 14.03.2016
APPOINTED BY: Local Advisory Body
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Employee of HMFA – HMFA Personnel Manager/ Company Secretary

MRS ZAYLA BEECHAM, STAFF GOVERNOR

DATE APPOINTED: 28.06.18
APPOINTED BY: Local Advisory Body
TERM OF OFFICE: 4 Years
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
None (Employee of HMFA – Director of SEND, Lord Scudamore Academy)
Staff Governor, Lord Scudamore Academy

MR PAUL SMITH, Resigned

DATE APPOINTED: 14.03.16- 28,06.18 Resigned
APPOINTED BY: Local Advisory Body
TERM OF OFFICE: Resigned 28.06.18
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Director of HMFA
Supply Teacher for HMFA

MR PETER BOX, EXECUTIVE HEADTEACHER

DATE APPOINTED:
APPOINTED BY:
TERM OF OFFICE:
PECUNIARY INTERESTS:
Director HMFA
Employee of HMFA – CEO / Executive Headteacher of Herefordshire Marches Federation of Academies
Director of Activate Central Ltd
Charity Trusteeships – HMFA TRUST & HMFA CofE TRUST
Executive Head – Llangrove Academy
Executive Head – Canon Pyon Academy
Executive Head – Clehonger
Ofsted Inspector
Partner, Maggie Newton, is the Executive Head/ Head/ Trustee of 3 Schools/Academies within the HMFA wider federation of schools (Marden, Pencombe and St Weonards).