Scheme of Delegation

No.	Areas of responsibility	Members	Trust board	Finance, audit and risk committee	CEO	CFO	Local governing body	Academy leadership team
1	MEMBERS OVERSIGHT
1.1	Signatories to the articles of association	Deliver
1.2	Appointing and removing members	Approve	Deliver
1.3	Changes or amendments to the articles of association	Approve	Propose
1.4	New academies joining or leaving the trust	Approve	Propose
1.5	Dissolution of the trust	Approve	Propose		Deliver
1.6	Appointing and removing trustees	Approve	Propose
2	STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT
2.1	Providing perspective on the wider education community and the challenges facing state-funded schools		Monitor		Monitor	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
2.2	Setting the values, vision & strategic aims for the trust		Deliver		Deliver		Consult
2.3	Contextualising the trust's vision for each academy				Consult		Scrutinise	Deliver
2.4	Annual academy development plan				Consult		Approve	Deliver
2.5	Review schools' data against national and local benchmarking data: review, scrutinise and challenge schools on academic and financial benchmarking		Monitor	Scrutinise		Deliver	Scrutinise	Deliver
2.6	Appointing and removing clerks to the trust		Deliver
2.7	Appointing and removing co-opted governors to LGBs; parent & staff governors elected by vote of peers can be removed by trust board (in exceptional circumstances)		Approve				Propose	Deliver
2.8	Setting the committee structure for the trust board		Deliver		Consult
2.9	Generating terms of reference for all committees & reviewing periodically		Approve		Propose
2.10	Admissions policies		Monitor				Approve	Propose
2.11	Complaints coming in across the trust		Monitor		Monitor		Scrutinise	Deliver
2.12	Code of Practice for trust board; Finance, Audit and Risk Committee; and LGBs		Approve		Propose
2.13	Significant changes to academies (including, but not limited to, name, gender, age range, admissions criteria including PAN)	Notify	Approve				Scrutinise	Deliver
2.14	Intervene in the management of an academy where necessary		Approve	Propose	Propose/Deliver	Propose/Deliver	Propose	Propose
3	STAFFING
	Strategic role
3.1	Performance management process for academy staff		Approve		Consult			Propose
3.2	HR policies (including disciplinary and grievance procedures) and contracts to be used by all academies		Approve		Consult		Consult	Propose
3.3	Recruiting, appointing & removing CEO	Notify	Deliver
3.4	Performance management of CEO		Deliver
3.5	Recruiting, appointing & removing CFO	Notify	Approve	Deliver	Deliver
3.6	Performance management of CFO (including pay recommendations)		Monitor	Deliver	Deliver
3.7	Suspend/dismiss headteachers	Notify	Deliver				Consult
3.8	Offer of leaving payments (redundancy, dismissal, early retirement) in accordance with academy policy		Approve	Consult	Consult			Propose
	Operational oversight
3.9	Establish staffing structure for academies				Consult		Approve	Propose
3.10	Recruit/appoint headteachers		Consult		Deliver		Deliver
3.11	Performance management of headteachers				Deliver		Deliver
3.12	Recommendations re: teachers' performance management in academies						Approve	Propose
3.13	Cost of living pay rises for all staff salaries		Approve	Scrutinise		Propose
3.14	Dismiss teachers/support staff (requires disciplinary panel & governors from academies or trust board members can sit on this if required)		Notify		Consult		Approve	Propose
3.15	Facilitate discussion with staff representative bodies including unions at both trust board level & within academies				Deliver			Deliver
4	POLICIES
4.1	Statutory policies for use across the trust		Approve and monitor	Approve	Deliver	Propose		Propose
4.2	Statutory annual academy safeguarding audit				Consult		Approve	Propose
4.3	Compliance with GDPR requirements				Monitor		Monitor	Deliver
5	FINANCE
	Strategic role
5.1	Financial procedures accord with legal, ESFA, DFE requirements & best practice			Approve		Propose
5.2	Reserves policy for academies (reviewed at least annually)		Approve	Scrutinise		Propose
5.3	Central lettings policy with appropriate costings			Approve		Deliver
5.4	Procedures for effective audit in place and accord with legal, ESFA and DFE requirements			Approve		Deliver
5.5	Receiving reports from internal & external audit inspections and resulting action plans		Monitor	Scrutinise		Deliver
5.6	Challenge spending in designated areas for each academy as agreed by the Trust (see financial scrutiny document Appendix 8)		Monitor	Deliver			Deliver
5.7	Trust's central financial costs		Notify	Approve	Monitor	Deliver
5.8	To produce the first formal budget plan for the financial year in accordance with DFE timeframes		Notify	Approve	Monitor	Deliver		Consult
5.9	Monthly management accounts (chair of LGB and trust board to receive monthly) and termly forecast reports		Monitor	Scrutinise	Consult	Deliver	Monitor	Consult
5.10	Prepare mid-year budget review for EFA BFRO		Notify	Approve	Monitor	Deliver		Consult
5.11	Treasury (investment) arrangements		Notify	Approve		Deliver
	Operational oversight/strong>
5.12	Accurate, reconciled and up-to-date records to provide financial and statistical information			Monitor		Deliver		Consult
5.13	Transfers between budget headings (viraments), up to agreed levels, comply with the financial procedures			Approve		Deliver		Consult
5.14	Disposal of capitalised items			Approve		Propose		Consult
5.15	Register of pecuniary and business interests of board members, governors and staff maintained			Monitor		Deliver
5.16	Appropriate insurance arrangements in accordance with financial procedures			Monitor		Deliver		Consult
5.17	Establishing and implementing procedures for staff, Trustees and Board members to claim expenses			Approve		Deliver
5.18	Ensure that writing off debts complies with the financial procedures			Approve		Deliver
5.19	Ensure compliance with VAT and CIT regulations and submission of appropriate forms			Monitor		Deliver
6	RISK MANAGEMENT
	Strategic role
6.1	Risk management policy and register		Approve	Monitor	Deliver
6.2	Informal audit process in place			Approve		Deliver
6.3	Compliance with health & safety requirements & monitoring the role of the competent officer		Monitor	Scrutinise	Monitor		Approve	Deliver
	Operational oversight/strong>
6.4	Risk assessments are in place				Monitor		Scrutinise	Deliver
6.5	Emergency recovery planning in place for each academy		Notify		Monitor		Scrutinise	Deliver
6.6	Compliance of the trust's website and academies' websites		Notify	Monitor	Deliver	Deliver	Monitor	Deliver
7	PUPILS/STUDENTS & ACADEMIC OUTCOMES
	Strategic role
7.1	Safeguarding arrangements		Monitor				Scrutinise and approve	Deliver
7.2	Improve academic outcomes		Monitor				Scrutinise	Deliver
7.3	Track pupil/student progress and outcomes (including key groups)		Monitor				Scrutinise	Deliver
	Operational oversight/strong>
7.4	Implement PPG strategy/PE grant/yr 7 catch-up						Approve	Deliver
7.5	Act as the initial decider for any exclusions by headteachers						Approve	Deliver
8	PREMISES
8.1	Estates Management Plan		Approve	Monitor	Deliver	Consult	Monitor	Consult
8.2	Academy premises development plans				Consult		Scrutinise	Deliver
8.3	Bid for external premises funding streams (e.g. CIF)		Approve	Scrutinise		Deliver		Propose
8.4	Health and safety reports						Scrutinise	Deliver
9	SELF REVIEW
9.1	Review the performance of the trustees annually		Deliver		Consult
9.2	Review the performance of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee annually		Monitor	Deliver
9.3	Review the performance of the LGBs annually		Monitor				Deliver
9.4	Update the Trust Board and LGB skills audit		Monitor		Deliver		Monitor