Board of Trustees
The Shaw Education Board is the overall governing body of the Trust and all its Academies. It is charged with the strategic direction of the Trust and is responsible to the Secretary of State for Education for executing its statutory duties. Trustees of the SET boards functions are:
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setting annual performance targets
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determining all statutory and other policies
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ensuring that curriculum requirements are met
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setting the budget for the Trust and each academy
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being the employer of all staff
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being the ultimate body of appeal within the Trust
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agreeing all major building work with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
Please click the link below to be redirected to Shaw Education Trust Governance Page.
The Shaw Education Trust’s Scheme of Delegation and information regarding Shaw Education Trust’s Board of Trustees can also be viewed here: Governance | Shaw Education Trust (shaw-education.org.uk)
Local Academy Councils
Accountability is a key part of our values and, as such, our local governance model is vital to this. We have two models operating across our schools as follows:
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Academy Councils (ACs)
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Interim Executive Boards (IEBs)
Academy Councils offer a more traditional model of local governance, with an appointed membership board working regularly with schools under our scheme of delegation. Academy Councils work to a standardised agenda produced by SET, which covers a wide range of school business to ensure the school is meeting the needs of its pupils and the local community. As such, the Academy Council will have 2 parents as members.
IEBs are an interim measure put in place when SET judges a school to require rapid impact. IEBs are made up of education and support services professionals from within the Trust who have the expertise to challenge and support the school to succeed. Once the school has achieved improvement expectations, the IEB will transition into an Academy Council.
Within Shaw Education Trust our function of governance at local level is:
“To be responsible for supporting and challenging our Academy and Trust leaders, ensuring that decisions made at a local level are for the benefit of pupils, and directly linked to the strategic vision of the Academy and Trust. To ensure these decisions consider the views of our other stakeholders (parents, staff and local community) and effective communication exists between all. These decisions centre mainly around areas of educational standards & provision, and operational functions, as detailed in the Scheme of Delegation.”
Ivy House School works with an active Academy Council who work hard to ensure that the school runs well and maintains the high standards that we set for ourselves, as we look to provide the best opportunities and outcomes for our students.
Our Academy Council
Chair of Academy Council
Mr Peter Cade (email: chair@ivy.set.org)
Vice Chair of Academy Council
Dr Moira Broderick (email: Moira.Broderick@ivy.set.org)
Vacancies
We are currently looking for Parent Academy Councillors. Please visit the link below to find out more information about how you can make a difference for the children within our school community for years to come.
Parent Academy Councillor Vacancy
Details & Register of Interests
Address:
Ivy House School
Moorway Lane
Littleover
Derby
DE23 2FS
Contact:
Telephone: Main Reception - 01332 777920
Email: admin@ivy.set.org
About:
We continually work to develop a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion, in which all those connected to Shaw Education Trust feel proud of their identity and ability to participate fully in school life. We are actively aiming to recruit councillors from minority ethnic backgrounds*. Councillors are able to opt out of sharing their ethnicity and have exercised their right to do so.
*The DfE as one of their metrics, suggest that for data collection purposes, any individual who is of any origin other than white British, is defined as being of minority ethnic background.