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GOVERNANCE AT BLACKFRIARS ACADEMY
Shaw Education Trust believe in transparency and accountability within our academies and between each Academy and the Trust. The Board will provide support and challenge as required, with the aim of enabling each Academy to work towards earned autonomy.
Local governance and accountability are secured through our system of Academy Councils, with the Trust Board retaining overall legal control of its academies in line with Department for Education and Education Funding Agency expectations. The Shaw Education Trust has put in place an Academy Council to oversee the strategic governance activities at Blackfriars Academy.
The Shaw Education Trust aims:-
“We aim to develop a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion in which all those connected to Shaw Education Trust feel proud of their identify and ability to participate fully in school life. Across our multi-academy trust, our governance roles are composed of approximately 85% white British, 5% minority ethnic background* and 10% wishing not to share their information”.
*Similar to pupil data, any individual who is of any origin other than white British, is defined as being of minority ethnic background.