Governing Body
Salmestone Primary School is an academy as part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).
TKAT is a multi-academy trust which was established on 1st September 2010. Its constitution is set out in the Articles of Association and this is shared with individual academies via the Scheme of Delegation. TKAT have, through the Scheme of Delegation, established Local Governing Bodies for each of the Academies.
The Local Governing Body of each of the Academies is responsible for fulfilling the strategic and operational governance role in the conduct of the Academy.
Please click here to link to the Scheme of Delegation
Please click here to link to the Directors of the TKAT Board.
Governance for Salmestone Primary School is provided through the Thanet Joint Local Governing Body which is a Governance partnership between Newlands, Dame Janet, Drapers Mills, Northdown and Salmestone Primary Academies.
VISION
The Thanet Local Governing Body is committed to TKAT’s mission: Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives
Our vision is to put children first to build a better world.
- We will ensure that the life chances of all pupils in our Academies are significantly improved as a result of our educational provision.
- We will provide outstanding teaching and learning to enable all children – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds – to reach their potential and meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
PURPOSE
The Purpose of the Joint Governing Body is to:
- Provide strategic leadership and overview of educational provision through challenge and support of senior leaders
- Provide strategic overview of financial management and other key Governance responsibilities
- Ensure equality of opportunity and provision across all schools – fair capacity sharing and ensuring no school is disadvantaged
RATIONALE
The TKAT Thanet Academies serve the same community, already have a Director of Education working across all the schools and there is increasing close working between the schools.
The educational benefits from working collaboratively include:
- Better shared responsibility for the joint education of the children in all schools
- Greater commitment to ensuring the moral duty to provide equally for all children in the TKAT Thanet Primary Academies
- Flexibility with provision for children
- Recruitment and retention of staff – greater opportunities for promotion between schools
- Increased capacity for school improvement between schools
- Flexibility and greater stability with funding and finance
- Greater consistency of embedding TKAT values
All Schools share similar values and have a common core moral purpose but all have and their individual identity
GOVERNANCE
The following are key elements of the proposed Governance Structure:
- A single joint Local Governing Body for all schools
- One Chair and Vice-Chair for the joint Local Governing Body
- The Joint LGB holds the legal responsibilities for all LGBs
- Initially membership of the Joint LGB will be drawn from members of the existing LGBs via a skills audit. In future Governors may be recruited directly to the Joint LGB.
- The Joint LGB will agree and monitor the budgets for all five schools
- Governors on the Joint Governing Body will have specific responsibility for all schools including: Finance, Standards and Assessment, Behaviour and Welfare, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, SEND, EYFS and HR/Legal.
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
The composition of the Joint Governing Body is:
- Chair of Governors
- Vice Chair of Governors
- Eight appointed Governors
- The Director of Education (Ex officio)
- The Heads of School (Ex officio)
Each school has its own School Governance Committee responsible for:
- Standards and curriculum
- Behaviour, attendance and Welfare
- Community Links
The composition of the School Governance Committee is:
- The Chair of the Joint LGB (or their representative)
- Any other member of the Joint LGB associated with the school
- Up to 2 Parent Governors
- Up to 2 Staff Governors
- Other appointed Governors who wish to serve on the School Governance Committee but not the Joint LGB
- Headteacher and other members of the School’s leadership team as appropriate (Ex officio)
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JOINT LOCAL GOVERNING BODY
Individual School Governance Committees will be accountable to the Joint LGB for the performance of their individual schools.
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Membership of the Thanet Joint Local Governing Body
We currently have 12 governors:
- 1 Director of Education
- 1 Executive Head Teacher
- 3 Head Teachers
- 7 Appointed Governors
Chair of Governors: Roger Silk
Vice Chair: Daniel Barham
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The Governing Committee of Salmestone Primary School
We currently have 7 governors:
- 1 Head Teacher
- 2 Staff Governors
- 3 Appointed Governors
Chair of Governors: Roger Silk
Vice Chair: David Cygan
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Governor Resignations
Additional documents regarding business interests, and TKAT’s official scheme of delegation
- D. More Business Interest 20-21
- S. Danton Business Interest 20-21
- H. Cooper Business Interest 20-21
- S. Clarke-Kray Business Interest 20-21
- R. Silk Business Interest 20-21
- D. Cyan Business Interest 20-21
- G. Kup Business Interest 20-21
- K. Entwhistle-Lewis Business Interests 20-21
- A. Long Business Interest 20-21
- N. Pantling Business Interest 20-21Â
- S. Burbridge Business Interest 20-21
Contact the Governing Body
Please use this form to contact the clerk to the Governing body:
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Contact Us
For Information on how to contact us see below:
Salmestone Primary School and Nursery
College Rd, Margate
CT9 4DB
Phone:Â 01843 220949
Email: office@salmestone-tkat.org

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