Last year the Parent Staff Teacher Association decide to transform into a Parent Forum. Parents in the group felt that they wanted the chance to meet and discuss important whole-school issues, not just focusing on fundraising. The Forum aims are:   •To promote partnership between the College, its pupils, and all its parents •To actively identify and represent the views of parents on the education provided by the College, and other matters affecting the education and welfare of its pupils   In this upcoming meeting the whole Leadership Team will present on the key topics facing the College:   College Improvement Update Mr Smith (Principal) Update on the 3yr GCSE structure Mr Holt (Vice-Principal) How we are tracking students’ progress and what support is provided? Mr Robson (Assistant Principal – Raising Standards) Pupil Premium Planning Miss Adams (Assistant Principal – Student Wellbeing) Literacy Strategy Update Mrs Mathieson (Assistant Principal – Learning and Teaching)   The forum is open to all parents and carers at the College and we really want it to reflect the diversity of the College Community. Please join us as this interesting time, as we reflect on this year and plan for the next.

HCC students from years 9, 10 and 11 had a fantastic week in Spain from 22nd to 29th April.

The first half of this year’s HCC – Manuel de Falla exchange saw 13 students head out to Madrid for a week of cultural activities. The annual exchange involves students staying with host families in the Madrid suburb of Coslada and attending classes at Manuel de Falla school. During the day the school organised a range of excursions and trips including tours of Madrid and the nearby beautiful city of Toledo, art galleries, rowing, climbing, a visit to Real Madrid football stadium and the Royal Palace. None of the HCC students wanted to come home at the end of the week and it was very hard to tear them away from their host families and the fantastic Spanish hospitality they had received. They are all now extremely excited about the return leg when 16 Spanish students come to Honiton from 18th – 25th June.

 

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Dear Parent/Carer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

I am writing to invite parents and carers of registered students to put their names forward to serve as a parent governor of this College.  There is 1 vacancy.

All parents over the age of 18 are eligible to stand for election with the exception of:                              

i.     those who are elected members of the Devon County Council

ii     those who are employed to work at the College for more than 500 hours in an academic year

iii.   those who are ineligible as listed overleaf.

If you would like to put your name forward, please complete and return the tear-off slip to me no later than 15:00 hours on FRIDAY MAY 2nd 2014

It may be that you would wish to propose another parent to serve as a parent governor. Please note that in this case the parent in question should complete the nomination form after you have discussed this possibility.   If the number of nominations received by the closing date is equal or fewer than, the number of vacancies, then no election will take place and the candidate (s) will be elected unopposed.  If it is necessary for there to be an election I will provide further details of the arrangements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE TO:

• Ensure the quality of educational provision.
• Challenge and monitor the performance of the Academy.  Areas of challenge will include curriculum, assessment and attainment, behavior and attendance, views of the school and the community, staffing and budget.
• Appoint the Principal.
• Manage the Academy Trust’s finances and property.
• Fulfil the role of critical friend.
• Employ staff.
• Approve the Academy formal budget plan each Academy Financial year (September – August).
• Comply with (and ensure that the Academy Trust complies with) both charity and company law.
• Manage and comply with the obligations in the Funding Agreement – upholding admissions arrangements and arrangements for students with Additional Needs, provision of free school meals, ensure a balanced curriculum that includes English, Maths, Science and RE.

GOVERNORS WILL BE EXPECTED TO:

• Attend 6 Full Governing body meetings per year.
• Join 2 sub-committees (i.e. Finance, Campus and Health & Safety, Personnel or Curriculum) and attend 6 (early evening) meetings per year for both.
• Assist with Special Committees:  Student discipline, Complaints, Staff Dismissal, Grievance and Appeals (when available).
• Assist with interviews for new staff (when available).
• Attend other College events such as Awards Evenings (when available).

I declare that:

• I am aged 18 or over.
• I am not a pupil at the Academy.
• I am not an undischarged bankrupt.
• I am not disqualified from acting as a charity trustee under Section 72 of the Charities Act 1993

Section 72 of the Charities Act 1993 provide a person will be disqualified as a charity trustee for:-

-               conviction of any offence involving dishonesty or deception (unless the conviction is spent);

-               being adjudged bankrupt or having his/her property made available to creditors and (in either case) he/she has not been discharged;

-               making a formal arrangement with his/her creditors which has not been discharged;

-               removal from the office of charity trustee by an order of the Charity Commissioners or of the High Court;

-               removal under Section 7 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 from being concerned in the management or control of any body; or

-               being subject to a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 or to an order made under Section 429 (2) (b) of the Insolvency Act 1986.

• I am not included in the list kept by the Secretary of State under Section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999.
• I am not disqualified from working with children in accordance with Section 35 Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.
• I am not barred from regulated activity relation to children (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
• I am not the subject of a direction under Section 142 Education Act 2002 nor am I subject to any prohibition or restriction which takes effect as if contained in such a direction.
• I have not been convicted of any criminal offence, excluding any offence that is spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offence for which the maximum sentence is a fine or a lesser sentence.
• I have provided to the Chairman a criminal records certificate at an enhanced disclosure level under Section 113B of the Police Act 1997.
• I am not under a disqualification order made by a Court under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

 

A disqualification order must be made against a director if he/she is or has been a director of a company which has at any time become insolvent and his/her conduct as a director of that company (taken alone or together with his/her conduct as a director of any other company or companies) makes him/her unfit to be concerned in the management of a company.

A disqualification order may be made against a director for:-

-               conviction of an offence in connection with the promotion, formation, management, liquidation or striking off of a company or with the receivership or management of a company’s property;

-               persistent breaches of companies legislation (e.g. failure to file accounts and annual returns);

-               fraudulent trading or of any other fraud in relation to the company;

-               conviction for contravention of or failure to comply with any provision in companies legislation requiring the filing of documents with the registrar of companies; or

-               participation in wrongful trading.

HONITON COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS COMMITED TO SAFEGUARDING ITS STUDENTS THEREFORE AN ENHANCED DBS IS ESSENTIAL SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO NOMINATE YOURSELF TO FILL A GOVERNOR VACANCY

 

COMPANY NUMBER: 07665387

 

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