The Board and Local Governing Bodies will work collaboratively and in partnership at all times.

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1 SOKE EDUCTON TUST SCHEME OF DELEGTON ntroduction The Scheme of Delegation sets out the delegated pows between the diffent bodies involved in the govnance and opation of the Multi cademy Trust (MT) and memb schools. The bodies may include: 1. MT Membs 2. MT of Directors 3. MT and udit Committee 4. MT H Committee Local Govning Body 7. Leadship group of s (inc.cting s) 8. s of individual schools The delegated pows are broken down into diffent levels in line with the MT s principles of govnance, leadship and opation. The delegated autonomy for individual schools is aligned with the need for the MT to fulfil its corporate responsibilities and accountabilities to the Department for Education, Education Funding gency, Charities Commission, HMC and Companies House. The diffent levels of delegated pow are listed below but it should be noted that not evy task requires all levels of delegated pow to be defined: pprove () ecommend () Propose (P) Develop (D) Monitor & eport (M) Consulted (C) mplement () The Scheme of Delegation should be read in conjunction with the Tms of efence for the relevant body. While the Scheme is designed to be comprehensive it will not cov evy task. MT & School policies key task for the MT is to develop a policy matrix identifying the range of statutory, regulatory and necessary policies and wheth they are MT or School policies. The Scheme of Delegation will set out the responsibility for approval and monitoring of these policies. The column is used to identify key MT or School policies. To ensure consistency all statutory policies will be approved at level with non-statutory polices being developed within local academies and agreed with the Local Govning Body. Principles of Govnance The and Local Govning Bodies will work collaboratively and in partnship at all times. Good pforming academies with their Local Govning Bodies will have maximum delegation of responsibility and decision making responsibility unless statutory academy documents do not pmit it. The anchoring principles of the Trust must be maintained throughout all decision making across the Trust wheth this is at, Local Govning Body or staff level. Whe Local Govning Bodies make recommendation to the it should be noted that the having siously delegated this to the must remain as the approving body to ensure compliance with the expectations detailed in the rticles of ssociation, Funding greement and Companies House regulation.

2 The will put in place effective arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the pformance of the Local Govning Bodies and academies to ensure the Trust meets its core business function of providing quality teaching and learning to all its children. The will fully consult Local Govning Bodies before putting in place any arrangements which directly affect Local Govning Bodies and individual academies and before taking any decisions on policy or procedural matts.

3 Key: pprove (), ecommend () Propose (P), Develop (D), Monitor & eport (M), Consulted (C), mplement () and H udit cttee 1. Govnance 1.1. pprove MT rticles of ssociation 1.2. pprove MT Tms of efence 1.3. pprove MT Scheme of Delegation 1.4. pprove new convtor or sponsored schools joining MT Membs only Subject to critia and due diligence C C P 1.5. Establish MT Committees C 1.6. pprove MT Committee Tms of efence C 1.7. pprove Local Govning Body C C () Tms of efence 1.8. Establish sub-committees 1.9. ppoint Chair of MT ppoint Chair and Vice Chair of Gunthorpe in blue emove Chair n exceptional circumstances emove Vice Chair of C ppoint membs Trust Govnors Gunthorpe in blue C emove membs n exceptional circumstances C ppoint (and remove) Chair(s) of MT Committees ppoint (and remove) MT Committee membs ppoint (and remove) Clk to MT ppoint (and remove) Clk to C ppoint ccounting Offic MT Policy Matrix P MT Govnance Calendar P pprove Directors Expenses Policy MT Policy ppoint a Company Secretary Not mandatory Trust website Compliance C 2. MT & School Pformance & Planning 2.1. MT Strategic Plan P 2.2. MT 1 Year Plan P 2.3. MT pformance Targets C D

4 Key: pprove (), ecommend () Propose (P), Develop (D), Monitor & eport (M), Consulted (C), mplement () and H udit cttee School Pformance Targets D 2.4. MT/School Pformance review (Triad model) C P C D 2.5. School Strategic Vision (aligned M CC DD with MT Strategic Plan) 2.6. School 1 Year Plan Blue shows Gunthorpe 2.7. MT Staff Development Plan Within MT 1 Year Plan 2.8. School Staff Development Plan Within School 1 Year Plan P M P C PD P M M C 2.9. MT nset Days See 7.1 C 3. Staff Policies and Pay 3.1. H, Employment & Staff related MT Policies: See P M C policy matrix policies 3.2. Employee Tms & Condition P C changes 3.3. Employee T&Cs for new schools P C 3.4. Teachs nnual Pay ward MT Policy P D 3.5. Support Staff nnual Pay ward MT Policy P D 3.6. dditional payments to staff MT Policy P C 3.7. Pformance eview & Pay MT sub-group 3.8. Pformance eview MT/ subgroup P & Pay 3.9. ndividual Pformance Pay wards 4. Staff Management 4.1. appointment 4.2. MT staff structure & complement P 4.3. MT staff appointments C 4.4. School staff structure & Within School 1 Year Plan complement 4.5. appointment Made by MT/ recruitment panel (5 membs inc ) s p MT policy C P C P C 4.6. Senior leadship appointments C C P 4.7. Teaching and support staff appointments C 4.8. Suspension of 4.9. eturn of aft suspension Dismissal of C Suspension of s p policy C C

5 Key: pprove (), ecommend () Propose (P), Develop (D), Monitor & eport (M), Consulted (C), mplement () and H udit cttee eturn of aft s p policy C C suspension Dismissal of C C Suspension of teaching and C support staff eturn of teaching and support staff aft suspension CC C edundancy of school staff C C C P estructuring of school staff C P 5. Financial Govnance & Management 5.1. MT & School Financial MT Policy P M egulations 5.2. MT & School Financial MT Policy P M Procedures 5.3. ppoint MT auditors P 5.4. MT 3 year Budget Plan P C 5.5. MT 1 year Budget P C 5.6. MT svices to schools P D 5.7. MT Charges to schools P C 5.8. MT Budget eports M M P M 5.9. MT ntim Year End ccounts MT nnual ccounts Trustees eport MT ccounts eturn to EF ccounting offic as esponse to uditor s P Management Ltr School 1 year Budget s p current arrangements with L M C C P School Budget eports M M School ntim Year End ccounts M P sset Management Policy MT Policy P C sset Management Plan 6. Financial uthorisation 6.1. Expenditure or contracts up to Low Limit Limits as p egulations 6.2. Expenditure or contracts from Low Limit to Upp Limit 6.3. Expenditure or contracts from Limits as p P Upp Limit to OJEU limit egulations 6.4. Expenditure ov OJEU limit P

6 Key: pprove (), ecommend () Propose (P), Develop (D), Monitor & eport (M), Consulted (C), mplement () and H udit cttee 6.5. Compensation payments up to 50,000 C C C P 7. School Policies & Procedures 7.1. School times, tms and holidays See 2.14 C P 7.2. Change of School ge ange C P 7.3. Expansion of School PN MT is the admissions C P authority 7.4. Extension of School provision C P 7.5. Extended svices on-site 7.6. Child Welfare & Safeguarding MT Policy P Policy 7.7. School Statutory Policies See policy matrix C 7.8. School non-statutory Policies See policy matrix C 7.9. Short-tm Exclusion C eturn aft short-tm exclusion Pmanent Exclusions ppeals against Pmanent ndependent Panel Exclusion Complaints Policy MT policy Complaints ppeals ndependent Panel dmissions Policy School Policy C P dmissions allocation of places s p dmissions policy dmissions ppeals ndependent Panel School prospectus School website School logo & branding School branding School uniform