Governance (Our Trust)

We are proud to be a part of the Diocese of Sheffield Academies Trust (DSAT) and joined on 1st October 2019. We are a growing group of 17 schools who support and challenge each other to ensure we offer the very best provision we can and we are committed to working in partnership and collaboration with the Trust and other schools.

DSAT was established in October 2013 as an independent charitable company set up by the Sheffield Diocesan Board of Education. The purpose of the Trust is to create a mutually supportive family of Church and non-Church academies, holding within it both schools that choose to become converter academies and those seeking a sponsored solution.

Main contacts at DSAT are:

Mrs Alison Adair - CEO
Mr Huw Thomas - Chair of Trustees

The relationship between the trust and the Secretary of State for Education is set out in a legal document known as the funding agreement.The Funding Agreement and the Academies Financial Handbook are two key documents DSAT Trustees work to.

DSAT Trustees are responsible for three core functions. They are 'setting the direction of the trust and its schools, holding the appointed school leaders to account and ensuring financial probity.

As charity trustees, they ensure the DSAT complies with charity law requirements and, as company directors, must comply with company laws requirements.

To find links to all schools within the Trust, the annual report and accounts returns, as well as other useful information such as executive pay, please visit dsat.education or click here to see DSAT's Statutory Information.

To find out more about our Trustees, please follow the link: Board of Directors

All enquiries related to DSAT can be made by telephone on 01709 718640, email - enquiries@dsat.education - or by post;

Flanderwell Early Excellence Centre, Greenfield Court, Rotherham, S66 2JF

Local School Boards in DSAT

Each DSAT academy also has a Local School Board, which acts in an advisory and supportive capacity. Our school board members are listed below. The Board meets at least three times yearly to consider and scrutinise how we deliver all aspects of education for our pupils and parents. Members of the school board also support the school in recruitment and other local activities that ensure the school reflects the community's needs and retains its unique identity.

More details can be found here: Local School Boards in DSAT

Our Local School Board Members:

Mr Steven Peacock - Chair of the Local School Board.

Chair

Mrs Julie Armitage - Headteacher

Member due to position in school
Responsible for strategic oversight and day to day running of the school

Mrs Jenny Sharp - Trust member

Mrs V Sherwood - DSAT Headteacher

Miss Natasha Newman - Staff/Parent member

Mrs Alison Hallewell - Trust member

Reverend Beth Langner - Community member