TRUSTEES, MEMBERS & SOME KEY STAFF

Cranford Community College is a Single Academy Trust

The Governing Board of Cranford Community College is the Academy Trust Board. The Senior Executive Leader is Kevin Prunty, who is also the Accounting Officer for the Trust.  

The trustees (who are also known as the Governors or the Directors) of Cranford Community College have a duty to ensure that the academy is efficiently run and that the children are given the best possible education.

The trustees have many and varied duties such as establishing the vision, values, and priorities. agreeing the school budget, employing staff, monitoring the performance of staff and pupils, ensuring a high quality of education is provided and ensuring that the school is a safe and happy place to be.

System Leadership

Cranford, through its Chief Executive, as a National Leader of Education, has provided regular support to other schools and the academy continues to act as a hub for best practice, research and innovation.

Cranford Community College led its Teaching School Alliance (TSA) until 31 August 2021. The academy has always supplemented the TSA grant income from its own resources to invest generously in staff training and development at all levels, regardless of Teaching School Status.

The trusthas decided to maintain and fund several legacy strands for staff development following the end of the TSA grant from its resources.

The academy also maintains several legacy strands from its former status as a Language College and is committed to internationalism and global curriculum opportunities, training, study, mutual CPD, and partnership opportunities, such as charitable volunteering overseas. 

Constitution

The Academy Trust is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity.  The charitable company’s memorandum and articles of association are the primary governing documents of the Academy Trust (see links below). 

The Trustees of Cranford Community College are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law.  

The charitable company operates as Cranford Community College. It is also traditionally known as ‘Cranford College’, ‘Cranford Community’, ‘Cranford Community School’ and ‘Cranford School’.

 

Trustee Appointments and Current Terms

NAME

APPOINTMENT TYPE

END OF TERM

 Jennifer Sandra Lewis

(CHAIR)

Appointed by academy members

14 July 2026

Jennifer Elizabeth Lewis

(VICE-CHAIR)

Appointed by academy members

13 December 2025

Shafia Haroon

Elected by parents

17 June 2028

Tatinder Virdee

Appointed by Trust board

10 October 2026

Tammy Anne Jenkins

Elected by staff (in accordance with the articles)

1 November 2027

Milton Venancio Ferreira

Elected by staff (in accordance with the articles)

1 November 2027

NOTE: Kevin Prunty, as Senior Executive Officer, currently declines the invitation of Trustees to join the ATB. 

Contemporary Trustee and Member details may always be found through this LINK

 

FORMER TRUSTEES (2024-25): NONE

 

The Register of Interests of Trustees

Trustee’s name

Name of business / charity / educational institute

Name of interest / interest began

Appointment (by/when)

Shafia Haroon

Home Office UK Border Force,

 

Sheikhs Estates Ltd,

YYH Sheikhs Ltd

Haroon & Sheikh LLP

Employee

10 December 2015

3 July 2023

14 February 2022

4 April 2019

Elected by Parents

10 December 2015

Jennie Lewis

Berkeley Academy

 

 

Berkeley Pre-School 

Employee

14 December 2017

 

Committee Member (Chair) / 14 December 2017

 

Appointed by the ATB

14 December 2017

 

Jenny Lewis

None (Retired)

N/A

Appointed by Members

1 April 2011

Taz Virdee 

Heston West Big Local 

C-Change West London

Elevate Productions

Employee / 10 October 2019 - ENDED 31 August 2022

Employee / 1 September 2022

Volunteer/Director 1 December 2023

Appointed by the ATB

10 October 2019

Tammy Jenkins

Cranford Community College

Employee

1 November 2023

Elected by staff

1 November 2023

Milton Venancio Ferreira

Cranford Community College

Employee

1 November 2023

Elected by staff

1 November 2023

 

The Academy Trust Handbook states trusts must notify DfE of changes to their governance information within 14 calendar days of the change, through the governance section of the Get information about schools (GIAS) register, accessed via DfE Sign-in. This requirement includes providing direct contact details for all governance roles.

New chairs of trustees may also need to complete a suitability check

Organisational Structure of the Academy Trust 

The Academy Trust and the Chief Executive Officer, who is the Accounting Officer, work in partnership on the strategic running of the trust.

The Academy Trust operates strategically and holds the Chief Executive to account for the running of the academy and its related functions.

At least annually, the Trust comprehensively, and formally reviews the thresholds of responsibility and delegation between the Academy Trust, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, The Chief Finance Officer, the Headteachers and other key management personnel. 

The Chief Executive Officer oversees the strategic and tactical running running of Cranford Community College.

The Co-Headteachers (and their delegates) are responsible  all operational matters and the ‘day to day’ running of the academy, and contribute to tactical and strategic decision making. 

The Co-Headteachers (and their delegates) are supported by the Chief Operating Officer who, with the Chief Executive/Academy Trust, acti as ‘critical friends’ and appraising their performance annually within a biennual cycle.

The Chief Executive is responsible for all policy and decision making in so far as it has not been made by the trust and the CEO is accountable to / reports to the Chair and the trust board. 

Previously, there has been an annual / biennial cycle of appraisal linked to performance pay for all staff, except the Chief Executive whose performance is rated but whose pay is currently frozen at under £150,000 by mutual agreement and hence not currently subject to performance progression.

However, as performance related pay has now been terminated by Government for most staff, a system of coaching and mentoring is being developed and will be implemented from autumn 2025.

The Academy Trust, supported by the Chief Executive, has responsibility for monitoring its own performance and for its own training. It reports through the Annual General Meeting and is subject to scrutiny by the regulators, including external auditors.

The trust is experienced and has well established protocols for the operation of the Academy Trust, a clear structure, written terms of reference and a regular cycle of meetings and activities.


In 2024-25, the Academy Trust is organised as follows (subject to annual review each Autumn):

  • Full Academy Trust (Chair: Mrs Jenny Sandra Lewis, JLE)
  • Regular meetings between the Chair, Vice Chair and the Chief Executive / Accounting Officer (JLE/JLS/KPR)
  • Finance, Monitoring, Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee (JLS, TVI, TJE, MVE)
  • Safeguarding, Wellbeing & Health and Safety Committee (JLE, JLS, SHA, TJE, MVE)
  • Pay and Performance Management Committee (JLE/JLS, plus Review Trustee if required)
  • Pupil Discipline Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
  • Staff Dismissal Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
  • Appeals and Complaints Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
  • Collaboration Committee - 2 Trustees (voting) and the Accounting Officer (non-voting). Chair rotates 6 monthly with other organisation(s)
  • Admissions Panel (JLS/TJE)

Please note that Mrs Jenny Sandra Lewis (JLE) and Ms Jennie Elizabeth Lewis (JLS) are NOT related or connected other than both being trustees. 

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL SCRUTINY & ACCOUNTABILITY

The academy is subject to external review, scrutiny, and validation through a variety of inspections and audits by a range of agencies including Responsible Officer visits, Audit, the Education and Skills Funding Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, etc. and reports by these agencies are shared with the Academy Trust and published.

The academy (Chief Executive/Academy Trust) also undertakes a variety of evaluations and satisfaction surveys and monitors key performance indicators.

The academy also benchmarks and improves its performance through involvement and leadership of networks of schools and school improvement partnerships.

The ATB ​has elected to remove all non-statutory references to school inspections whilst calling for a further review of the national system.

The Chief Executive and his nominees normally report to the Academy Trust regularly through Full Academy Trust meetings and committees and meets and communicates regularly with the Chair between Academy Trust meetings on average fortnightly in term time for monitoring of academy performance by the Chair.

The Academy Trust is kept involved through scrutiny of data and benchmarking information, publications, the academy website and its associated social media, through focussed visits and inspections and through invitations to / attendance events, activities, and trustee training. All trustees also have Link Governor roles as follows: 

LINK AREAS

LINK TRUSTEE

 ACADEMY LINK

Safeguarding

 Jennie Lewis

Tammy Jenkins & DSLs

SEND

 Jennie Lewis

Kerry Mulhair / Dawn Knock

Health & Safety

 Jenny Lewis

Jenny Moir / Rita Berndt

EDI and Anti-Harassment

 Milton Venancio Ferreira

Sahrish Shaikh / Amrat Atwal

Staff Workload & Wellbeing

 Jenny Lewis

Rita Berndt / Rob Ind

Environment, Sustainability & Accessibility

 Milton Venancio Ferreira

 

Capital Projects & their Procurement

 Taz Virdee

Jenny Moir / Homayon Zeary

PSHCE, SMSC

 Tammy Jenkins

Milton Venancio Ferreira / Randeep Sidhu

Enrichment, Social & Cultural Capital

 Taz Virdee

Randeep Sidhu / Alham Ahmed

Inspection Readiness

 Tammy Jenkins

Rita Berndt / Rob Ind

Sixth Form

 Shafia Haroon

Chetan Shingadia / Sharan Saroya

Behaviour

Shafia Haroon

Rita Berndt / Rob Ind

Parent Engagement

Shafia Haroon

Milton Venancio Ferreira / HOYs

 

The Academy Trust monitors the performance of the academy through a variety of means including through its committee and meeting structure, through probing and questioning, through involvement with the academy and through activities such as regular Health and Safety inspections and data monitoring.

The academy trust board has authorised the Chair, when she deems it necessary, to use her powers to deal with urgent needs, reporting any significant use to the Academy Trust as appropriate afterwards through the agenda.

The Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Co-Headteachers and Academy Trust and their nominees report to parents, pupils and the community through a variety of means including the academy website, reports, letters and magazines, text messaging, school email, school phones, assemblies, the academy’s Virtual Leaning Environment (MSTeams), SchoolCloud, etc.

The Academy Trust agrees the broad staffing structure at least annually as part of the approval of the budget and delegates to the Chief Executive the flexibility to take opportunities for improvement as they arise or when needs change in the year within the envelope of the agreed annual budget total.

The board also agrees any legal agreements which could be used for any related party transactions and larger contracts such as ground maintenance.

Committees & Panels

The quorum for most committees must be three, two of whom must be trustees, but a committee can involve non-Trustees.

MAIN COMMITTEES

  • Finance, Monitoring, Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee: The committee must have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee.
  • Safeguarding, Wellbeing and Health & Safety Committee: The committee must have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee.

 

AD HOC COMMITTEES

  • Pupil Discipline (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff trustees are eligible, but the CEO is ineligible to serve on this panel.
  • Staff Dismissal (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. The CEO is ineligible.
  • Appeals & Complaints (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. The CEO is ineligible.
  • Admissions Panel (Ad Hoc): This panel (Any 2 trustees meets to review compliance with the Admissions Policy and Admissions Code of Practice for in-year admissions and the filling of vacancies from the waiting list). Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. 
  • Pay & Performance Management: This committee needs two non-staff Trustees, and, for the Chief Executive’s Performance Management, a non-staff review Trustee. Committee members must be objective, independent and transparent. Staff Trustees are not eligible to serve on this committee.
  • Collaboration Committee (Ad Hoc): The organisation of the committee pertaining to the collaboration with other organisations would be set out HERE if any exist currently (None)​
  • Nominated Trustees (Ad Hoc): The chair is routinely delegated authority to make time sensitive decisions on behalf of the academy where necessary, reporting afterwards to the full ATB. Any trustee may be nominated to a delegated task by the full ATB (e.g. Workload and wellbeing trustee, environment and climate trustee, oversight of a capital project, oversight of a procurement process, Equalities and Sexual Harassment Trustee, etc.)

 

IMPROVEMENT & RESILIENCE THROUGH MODERNISATION & TECHNOLOGY

Some alternative / hybrid meeting arrangements operated in recent years, including using videoconferencing and incorporating electronic meetings and decisions, using communications technologies, etc. to maximise engagement and attendance. Where appropriate, these alternatives to in-person attendance meetings have continued, most notably the first administrative meeting of the year, which takes place electronically in the autumn term, normally from October or November. 

DATES OF 2024/25 MEETINGS

FULL ATB MEETINGS

Meeting 1: 24 OCTOBER 2024 (e-meeting open 24 OCTOBER to 17 DECEMBER 2024): COMPLETED

Meeting 2: 18 DECEMBER 2024 (Live / e-meeting after AGM): COMPLETED

Meeting 3: 24 APRIL 2025 (Live / e-meeting): COMPLETED

Meeting 4: 26 JUNE 2025 (Live / e-meeting): 

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

 

e- MEETING 1

MEETING 2

MEETING 3

MEETING 4

JENNY LEWIS

PRESENT

APOLOGIES

PRESENT

EXPECTED

SHAFIA HAROON

PRESENT

PRESENT

PRESENT

EXPECTED

JENNIE LEWIS

PRESENT

PRESENT

PRESENT

EXPECTED

TAZ VIRDIE

PRESENT

PRESENT

PRESENT

EXPECTED

TAMMY JENKINS

PRESENT

PRESENT

PRESENT

EXPECTED

MILTON VENANCIO

FERREIRA

PRESENT

PRESENT

PRESENT

EXPECTED

 

MEETING STATUS

 

 

QUORATE

 

 

QUORATE

 

 

QUORATE

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE DATES

Finance, Monitoring, Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee:

 

20 NOVEMBER 2024:  COMPLETED

12 MARCH 2025: COMPLETED

18 JUNE 2025: 

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

NAME MEETING 1 MEETING 2 MEETING 3
JENNIE LEWIS PRESENT PRESENT EXPECTED
TAZ VIRDEE PRESENT PRESENT EXPECTED
MILTON VENANCIO FERREIRA PRESENT PRESENT EXPECTED
TAMMY JENKINS PRESENT PRESENT EXPECTED
MEETING STATUS QUORATE QUORATE QUORATE

 

Safeguarding, Wellbeing and Health & Safety Committee:  to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

 

5 MARCH 2025: COMPLETED

11 JUNE 2025: 

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

NAMES MEETING 1 MEETING 2
JENNY LEWIS PRESENT EXPECTED
JENNIE LEWIS PRESENT EXPECTED
SHAFIA HAROON PRESENT EXPECTED
TAMMY JENKINS PRESENT EXPECTED
MILTON VENANCIO FERREIRA PRESENT EXPECTED
MEETING STATUS QUORATE QUORATE

 

Pay and Performance Management Committee:

 

24 APRIL 2025: COMPLETED

4 JUNE 2025: 

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

NAMES MEETING 1 MEETING 2
JENNY LEWIS PRESENT EXPECTED
JENNIE LEWIS PRESENT EXPECTED

 

 

ATB Meeting Dates 2025-2026 AGREED

ATB Meetings 16:30

  • Thursday 23 October 2025 (electronic meeting)
  • Thursday 18 December 2025
  • Thursday 26 March 2026
  • Thursday 25 June 2026

 

Committee Meeting Dates 2025-2026 AGREED 

Curriculum & Safeguarding Committee 14:30

  • Wednesday 12 November 2025
  • Wednesday 4 March 2026
  • Wednesday 10 June 2026

Audit & Finance Committee 14:30

  • Wednesday 19 November 2025
  • Wednesday 11 March 2026
  • Wednesday 17 June 2026

Pay & Performance Management Committee 14:30

  • Wednesday 17 December 2025
  • Wednesday 25 March 2026
  • Wednesday 24 June 2026

 

MEMBERS

NAME

APPOINTMENT 

FROM (NO TERM)

Daanish Saeed

Appointed by academy members

1 February 2023

REMOVED 24 APRIL 2025

DUE TO INELIGIBILITY

Jennifer Sandra Lewis

Appointed by academy members

10 November 2016

Nicola Marie Taylor

Appointed by academy members

1 September 2020

Roger John Owen

Original (signatory) members

1 April 2011

Contemporary Trustee and Member details may always be found through this LINK

 

The Register of Interests (Members)

Member’s name

Name of business / charity / educational institute

Name of interest / interest began

Appointment (By / When)

Roger Owen

None

N/A

Appointed by ATB

1 April 2011

Jenny Lewis

None

N/A

Appointed by ATB

1 April 2011

Nicola Moir

Pay UK (Finance and Banking)

Employee

Appointed by ATB

1 September 2020

Daanish Saeed 

London Borough of Hounslow

West Thames College

Councillor / 4 October 2012

Employee / 1 September 2018

Appointed by ATB

1 February 2023

REMOVED 24 APRIL 2025

DUE TO INELIGIBILITY

 

ADMAT Company Secretary / Clerk / Trust Training and Development

 

  • The Chair of the ATB can be contacted using the drop-down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website

  • Complaints and Compliments should be sent using the-drop down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website

 

Company Name

Cranford Community College

Principal and Registered Office

High St

Cranford

Middlesex

TW5 9PD

Company Registered Number

07559818 (England & Wales)

 

Data Protection Officer:  Shawn D'Souza, who can be contacted using the drop-down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website.

 

The certificate of incorporation can be found here by clicking.


The academy trust of Cranford Community College has been established under these articles of associationmemorandum of association and funding agreement. These are currently being updated with the ESFA.

The trustees have the freehold of the land and premises.


 



The Academy Trust is currently considering updating its Funding Agreement and Articles of Association (from the 2010 version) with the ESFA / Secretary of State in 2025/26 and is also considering its options in terms of MAT developments so there may be some resulting structural changes to the ATB (Members and Trustees) and eligibility once either of these new frameworks are agreed and ratified. Key decisions are envisaged during 2026/27.

Further Information about Financial Management, the Annual General Meeting, the Annual Accounts and the Annual Report can be found on another page on this website, CLICK HERE


 



Cranford Community Trading Company

Commercial activity is run through a separate Trading Company to ensure the proper payment of VAT and has a sole Director, Mr John Lyden. Mr Lyden operates independent of the board and the academyKevin Prunty acts as CEO of the Trading Company. 

All the profits from the trading company are gifted to the academy. 




 

 



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