Governance

Seva Education

“Striving for Excellence”

part of the SEVA CARE GROUP

The Senior Board

Roles and responsibilities of the Senior Board

The purpose of the Senior Board is to work together to have a positive impact on the attainment of the pupils in the school.

The Senior Board is made up of our Directors, Business Manager and Exec Head Teacher. They come with a vast degree of experience ranging from social care, positive behaviour support, finance and education.

The Senior Board find being part of the board a worthwhile and rewarding experience. They enjoy being involved in the life of the school, being able to make a difference and seeing the children and young people benefit.

The full Senior Board meets every month. Some responsibilities are delegated to two Committees, the Standards and Operations Committee and the Resources Committee. The Standards and Operations Committee concentrates on the curriculum and the achievement of pupils as well as overall Health & Safety compliance . The Resources Committee deals with the finances of the school and works to ensure there is money to provide the expertise and learning materials to enable pupil achievement.

The key roles of the Senior Board are:

Strategic Leadership – the decision making based around the values, aims and aspirations of the school
Support and Challenge – the monitoring and evaluation of the school’s effectiveness, asking challenging questions and pressing for improvement
Accountability – the Executive Headteacher is accountable to The Senior Board for the attainment and progress of every pupil in the school, the curriculum they receive and the leadership and management decisions that help this to happen.

The key responsibilities of the Senior Board are:

Pupil achievement – the Senior Board establishes an ethos of expectations and aspirations for all. It will identify how well the school and individual pupils are achieving and challenge any under-performance of cohorts and groups each year and over time. It identifies whether pupils are making expected progress, and where pupils fall behind, what action the school is taking to support those pupils, and whether that remedial action is successful
Financial Management – the Senior Board has overall responsibility of the delegated budget and reviews the finances regularly to ensure that the school is on track and obtaining value for money.
Staffing – whilst recruitment and appointment of new staff is the responsibility of the Executive Headteacher, the total number of staff employed remains the Senior Board’s responsibility. They appoint the Executive Headteacher and carry out the performance management of the Executive Headteacher each year. Retention of good staff and leadership planning is an important consideration for the Senior Board.

The Senior Board

Chair: Mr P Suchdev

Vice chair: Peter Behan
Operations, Education & SEND

Vice chair: Mr H Karia
Finance

Vice Chair: Mrs Y Joonoos