WMG Academy Trust: Scheme of Delegation

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1 WMG cademy Trust: Scheme of Delegation The WMG cademy Trust scheme of delegation sets out the delegated powers from the to others involved in the governance and operations of the WMG cademies. It shows the responsibilities of the and udit Governing Bodies The ssociate Principals of individual academies The delegated powers are broken down into different levels in line with the Trust s principles of governance, leadership and operation. The Trust aims to bring synergy and consistency across it s academies with a defined set of policies. The delegated autonomy for individual academies is aligned with the need for the Trust to fulfil its corporate responsibilities and accountabilities to the Department for Education, Education Funding gency, Charities Commission, HMRC and Companies House. The different levels of delegated power are listed below but it should be noted that not every task requires all levels of delegated power to be defined: pprove () Recommend (R) Propose (P) Develop (D) Monitor & Report (M) Consulted (C) Implement (I) Page 1 Prepared by Mrs K Tague: pproved by Jan 2017

2 WMG cademy Trust: Scheme of Delegation pprove (), Recommend (R) and udit ssociate Principal 1. Governance 1.1 pprove Trust rticles of ssociation 1.2 pprove Terms of P 1.3 pprove Trust Scheme of Delegation P 1.4 pprove new convertor or sponsored P R academies joining MT 1.5 Establish Trust s P P 1.6 pprove Trust Terms of P P 1.7 pprove Body (LGB) Terms of R 1.8 Establish LGB working groups R P 1.9 ppoint Chair of 1.10 ppoint Chair of LGB R 1.11 Remove Chair of LGB 1.12 ppoint (and remove) Vice Chair of LGB 1.13 ppoint (and remove) LGB members 1.14 ppoint (and remove) Chair(s) of Trust s R 1.15 ppoint (and remove) Trust members 1.16 ppoint dvisors P P 1.17 ppoint (and remove) Clerk to P 1.18 ppoint (and remove) Clerk to LGB P 1.19 Organise calendar of and LGB meetings R 1.20 pprove Directors Expenses Policy 1.21 pprove annual list of declaration of interests from P R Trustees and Governors 1.22 nnual review of effectiveness of Governance R 2 Trust & cademy Performance, Curriculum and Teaching 2.1 Trust Strategic Plan R 2.2 cademic Performance Targets R P D 2.3 cademy Performance Review e.g. SEF R P D 2.4 cademy 3 year plan R P 2.5 cademy 1 Year Plan R P 2.6 SEN Policy R P D 2.7 SEN Plan & Quality of Provision R D 2.8 Teaching & Learning Policy M R P 2.9 Curriculum Policy M R P 2.10 Sex Education policy M R P 2.11 Curriculum changes R P Page 2 Prepared by Mrs K Tague: pproved by Jan 2017

3 WMG cademy Trust: Scheme of Delegation pprove (), Recommend (R) ssociate Principal 3 Staff Policies and Pay 3.1 Pay & Remuneration Policy CM R 3.2 Job Role Salary & Grading Policy CM R 3.3 Changes to Employee Terms & CM R Conditions or Collective greements 3.4 doption of Transferring Policies and 543Collective CM R greements 3.5 Teachers nnual Pay ward C C R P 3.6 Support Staff nnual Pay ward C C R P 3.7 Individual Performance Pay wards as defined by R P policy 3.8 Performance Management & ppraisal Review M R P Policy 3.9 Disciplinary Policy M R 3.10 Grievance Policy M R 3.11 Capability Policy M R 3.12 Whistleblowing Policy M R 3.13 Re-structuring & Redundancy Policy M R 3.14 Employee Health & Safety Policy M R 3.15 ppraisal of C 3.16 ppraisal of Principals R 3.17 Review the Quality of Teaching and Learning M R I 4 Staff Management 4.1 Staff complement, structure and grades R D 4.2 CEO/Exec Principal appointment 4.3 Trust leadership structure C R 4.4 Principal appointment C RI C 4.5 Senior leadership appointments R P 4.6 Teaching and support staff appointments P 4.7 Suspension of CEO/Exec Principal 4.8 Return of CEO/Exec Principal after suspension 4.9 Dismissal of CEO/Exec Principal 4.10 Suspension of Principal I 4.11 Return of Principal after suspension R P 4.12 Dismissal of Principal R I 4.13 Suspension of teaching and support staff I 4.14 Return of teaching and support staff R after suspension 4.15 Dismissal of teaching or support staff R Page 3 Prepared by Mrs K Tague: pproved by Jan 2017

4 WMG cademy Trust: Scheme of Delegation 4.15 Redundancy of staff C P R 4.16 Restructuring of staff C P R pprove (), Recommend (R) ssociate Principal 5 Financial Governance & Management 5.1 Trust & cademy Financial Regulations R P 5.2 Trust & cademy Financial Procedures R P 5.3 ppoint Trust auditors R I 5.4 Trust 5 year Financial Plan R P 5.5 Trust nnual ccounts R I 5.6 Trustees Report R 5.7 Trust cademies ccounts Return to EF and R P Companies House 5.8 Response to uditor s Management Letter R I 5.9 cademy 3 year Business Plan R P P 5.10 cademy YTD reports Trust Business M M M 5.11 cademy ccounts Return to EF Trust Business R 5.12 pprove budget variances R P 6 Financial uthorisation 6.1 Expenditure or contracts up to Lower Limit 1, Expenditure or contracts from Lower Limit to Upper Limit 20,000 with approval of Director of Finance 6.3 Expenditure or contracts from Upper Limit to P 50,000 over lifetime of contract 6.4 Expenditure over 50,000 R P P 6.5 Disposals or write off of stock, assets or debts up to Disposals or write off of stock, assets or R debts from Lower Limit to 20, Disposals or write off of stock, assets or R P debts over 20, Compensation payments up to 50,000 7 cademy Policies & Procedures P 7.1 cademy times, terms and holidays R P 7.2 Change of cademy ge Range R P D 7.3 Expansion of cademy PN R P D 7.4 Extension of cademy provision R P D 7.5 Child Welfare & Safeguarding Policy R R P 7.6 ttendance Policy & Plan M R P 7.7 Pupil Behaviour & Exclusions Policy M R P 7.8 Community & Religious Ethos & Values R P Page 4 Prepared by Mrs K Tague: pproved by Jan 2017

5 WMG cademy Trust: Scheme of Delegation Policy pprove (), Recommend (R) ssociate Principal 7.9 Short-term Exclusion P 7.10 Return after short-term exclusion 7.11 Permanent Exclusions R P 7.12 ppeals against Permanent Exclusion R P 7.13 Complaints Policy R R 7.14 Complaints ppeals I 7.15 dmissions Policy R P 7.16 llocation of places against dmissions Policy I 7.17 dmissions ppeals I 7.18 cademy prospectus R D 7.19 cademy website R D 7.20 cademy logo & branding R P D 7.21 cademy uniform R P 7.22 cademy Trips Policy R P 7.23 Extended services on-site C P 7.24 Pupil Premium Policy R P 7.25 Pupil Premium Plan R P 7.26 pprove annual report on safeguarding RM P I 8 Premises & ssets 8.1 sset Management Policy Portfolio R P 8.2 Health & Safety Policy Portfolio RM P 8.3 Commissioning of repairs or works up to 10,000 P 8.4 Commissioning of repairs or works from 10,000 to 49,999 R P 8.5 Commissioning of repairs of works over 50,000 R P 8.6 Health and Safety management of risk RM P Page 5 Prepared by Mrs K Tague: pproved by Jan 2017