TRUSTEES, MEMBERS & SOME KEY STAFF (ATB/EXEC)

Cranford Community College is a Single Academy Trust (SAT)

The Governing Board of Cranford Community College is the Academy Trust Board. The Senior Executive Leaders 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 support activity that it wishes to pursue regardless of Teaching School Status.

The academy has decided to maintain several legacy strands 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, training, study, mutual CPD, and partnership opportunities.

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	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 2024
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 (2023-24)

Barbara Andrea Lodge	Appointed by Trust board	17 April 2024
Ranvir Singh Kanwar	Appointed by Trust board	7 December 2023

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
Barbara Lodge	Berkeley Academy	Trustee	Appointed by the MATB 27 July 2023
Taz Virdee	Heston West Big Local C-Change West London	Employee / 10 October 2019 - ENDED 31 August 2022 Employee / 1 September 2022	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
Ranvir Singh Kanwar	John Lyon School, Harrow	1 November 2023	Resigned 7 December 2023 without activity / before first meeting.

NOTE: Mr Kanwar was appointed from 1 November 2023 (after the October 2023 meeting) and resigned on 7 December 2023 (due to a change in his availability) before the December 2023 so did not, in practice, take part in any formal activity as a trustee. Hiis term, nevertheless is recorded on the GIAS website for completeness.

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 running of Cranford Community College.

The C0-Headteachers (and their delegates) are responsible for all operational matters and the ‘day to day’ running of the academy, supported by the Chief Operating Officer and with the Chief Executive/Academy Trust acting as ‘critical friends’ and appraising their performance annually.

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

Normally, there is 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 or performance progression.

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 2023-24, the Academy Trust is organised as follows (subject to updating):

Full Academy Trust (Chair: Mrs Jenny Sandra Lewis, JLE)
Regular meetings between the Chair and the Chief Executive / Accounting Officer (JLE/KPR)
Finance, Monitoring, Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee (JLE, 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) (PDO/VGE)
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 trust envisages hosting a Community Conference for stakeholders to contribute to the vision and direction of the academy in summer 2025.

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 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.

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 Headteacher 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 Headteacher 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 Headteacher 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 Headteacher’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 arrangements operated in recent years to maximise Covid safety including absorbing the work of most committees into the full ATB where appropriate, minimising face to face meetings, using videoconferencing and incorporating electronic meetings and decisions, using communications technologies where face to face meetings have not been possible.

DATES OF 2023/24 MEETINGS

FULL ATB MEETINGS

Meeting 1: Thursday 19 October 2023 (e-meeting only during OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023): COMPLETED

and to be held at 4:30pm on these dates:

Meeting 2: Thursday 07 December 2023 (Live / e-meeting after AGM): COMPLETED

Meeting 3: CHANGED DATE Thursday 18 APRIL 2024 (Live / e-meeting): COMPLETED

Meeting 4: NEW DATE Thursday 26 JUNE 2024 (Live / e-meeting)

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	e- MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3	MEETING 4
JENNY LEWIS	PRESENT	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
SHAFIA HAROON	PRESENT	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
JENNIE LEWIS	PRESENT	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
TAZ VIRDIE	PRESENT	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
BARBARA LODGE	PRESENT	APOLOGIES	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
TAMMY JENKINS	PRESENT^	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
MILTON VENANCIO FERREIRA	PRESENT^	PRESENT	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
RANVIR SINGH KANWAR	ELIGIBLE^	RESIGNED	RESIGNED	RESIGNED

COMMITEE DATES

Finance, Monitoring, Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee: to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

Wednesday 22 November 2023: COMPLETED

Wednesday 13 March 2024: COMPLETED

Wednesday 19 June 2024:

MEETING ATTENDANCE

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

Wednesday 06 March 2024: COMPLETED

Wednesday 12 June 2024:

MEETING ATTENDANCE

Pay and Performance Management Committee: to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

Wednesday 27 March 2024: COMPLETED

Wednesday 06 June 2024:

MEETING ATTENDANCE

MEMBERS

NAME	APPOINTMENT	FROM (NO TERM)
Daanish Saeed	Appointed by academy members	1 February 2023
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

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 Controller: Mr Philip Dobison, who can be contacted using the drop-down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website..

Data Protection Officer: Maria Bramhall, 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 association, memorandum 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 2024/25 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 2025/26.

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 academy. Kevin Prunty acts as CEO.

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