REAch2 Academy Trust
REAch2 Academy Trust is the largest primary academy trust in England. The trust is divided into clusters. There are ten clusters.
Kemsley Primary Academy belongs to Cluster 8. Each cluster is challenged, supported and led by a Deputy Director of Education (DDoE).
Our Deputy Director of Education is Miss Gemma Clark.
Cluster 8 Academies:
Brampton Primary Academy
Copperfield Primary Academy
Kemsley Primary Academy
Milton Court Primary Academy
Tymberwood Primary Academy
Governance at REAch2
All of our schools share the same governance structure and you find information about the Trust on the REAch2 website at: www.reach2.org
As part of the REAch2 Trust, detailed information regarding governance can be found on the REAch2 website:
http://reach2.org/governance-policy/governance/
This page gives details of how the Trust is organised including the Articles of Association, the Master Funding Agreement and all the documents which relate to how the Trust was founded and how it runs today. You can also find details of who our Trustees are.
Local Governing Body (LGB) at Kemsley Primary Academy
Our school, like all the schools in the Trust, has a local governing body (LGB). Our LGB consists of the following:
Clerk: Mrs Tracey Rose
Chair of Governors: Mr Steve Hatch
Vice Chair: Mr Scott Edwards
Headteacher: Miss Iris Homer
Staff Governor: Mrs Lucy Bond
Co-Opted Governor: Mr Martin Baker
Co-Opted Governor: Miss Jenna Jenkins
Parent Governor: Ms Jodie Nicholls
Parent Governor: Mrs Hannah Duffy
REAch2 Governor: Mr Mike Dendor
Parent Governors, Co-opted Governors, REAch2 Governors, Staff Governors and the Headteacher.
There is a scheme of delegation which details how the LGB should work. The LGB holds meetings six times a year (half-termly). Occasionally, our DDoE will also join these meetings. Throughout the academic year, governors monitor the effectiveness of the running of the school. They also ensure that the school meets its statutory requirements. Governors help to support the school to meet its aims and objectives as set out in the school development plan. In their role they challenge leaders and hold them to account.
The LGB also works alongside a cluster board, which also meets six times a year. Our Chair of Governors, Mr Steve Hatch or our Vice Chair, Mr Scott Edwards, represent Kemsley Primary Academy at the cluster board meetings. Our Deputy Director of Education, Miss Gemma Clark, also attends these meetings.
Kemsley Primary Academy
GOVERNOR INFORMATION AND ATTENDANCE 2021-2022
| Term of office | Attendance | Appointed by | Declarations and
Relative in the school
|
Responsibility
|
|||
| Philip Walton | Co-Opted Governor | 23 3 21 – 22 3 25 | 4/6 | Governors | None | Safeguarding | |
| Chair of Governors | |||||||
|
Steve Hatch Vice Chair |
Reach 2 Governor |
12 7 21 – 11 7 25 |
5/6 |
Reach 2 |
None |
Finance Leadership and Management Quality of Teaching
|
|
| Iris Homer | Headteacher | January 2020 | 6/6 | REAch2 | Partner works
in school |
Head Teacher | |
| Mike Dendor | REAch2 Governor | 12 7 21 – 11 7 25 | 5/6 | REAch2 | Swale Borough
Councillor Kent County Councillor |
Pupil Premium
Early Years GDPR |
|
| Hannah Duffy | Parent Governor
Vice Chair
|
1 11 18 – 31 10 22 | 6/6 | Parents
|
None | Community
Website Health and Safety Safeguarding |
|
| Scott Edwards
|
Reach 2 Governor
|
4 12 21 – 3 12 25 | 4/6 | Reach 2 | None | Data | |
|
Lucy Bond
|
Staff Governor | 28 09 20 – 27 09 24 | 6/6 | Staff | None | Website |
|
| Martin Baker | Reach 2 Governor | 1 7 21 – 6 7 25 | 6/6 | Reach 2 | None | Quality of Teaching
Safeguarding |
|
|
Jodie Nicholls |
Parent Governor |
1 2 22 – 31 1 26 |
2/3 |
Parents |
None |
SEND
|
|
None of the governors govern in any other educational establishment.
Resignations: 2021-2022
| Name | Position | Termination
of office |
| Jessica Duffin | Reach 2 Governor | March 2021 |
| Louise Blunderfield | Staff Governor | 14 November 2021 |
| Richard Minton | Reach 2 Governor | 1 March 2022 |
Kemsley Primary Academy
BUSINESS INTERESTS AND ATTENDANCE 2020-2021
| Appointment | Attendance | Appointed by | Declarations | ||
| Steve Hatch | Chair of governors
Reach 2 Governor |
September 2017 | 6/6 | Reach 2 | |
| Iris Homer | Headteacher | January 2020 | 6/6 | REAch2 | None |
| Louise Blunderfield | Staff Governor
|
December 2017 | 5/6 | Staff | None |
| Lucy Bond | Staff Governor | September 2020 | 5/6 | Staff | None |
| Mike Dendor | REAch2 Governor | September 2017 | 4/6 | REAch2 | Swale Borough Councillor |
| Hannah Duffy | Parent Governor
Vice Chair
|
November 2018 | 5/6 | Parents
|
None |
| Richard Minton | REAch2 Governor | October 2018 | 4/6 | REAch2 |
|
| Scott Edwards | Parent Governor
|
5/6 | Parents | None | |
| Philip Walton | Co-Opted Governor | March 2021 | 1/3 | Governors | None |
|
Martin Baker |
Reach 2 Governor |
July 2021 |
1/1 |
Reach 2 |
None |
Resignations: 2020-2021 (None)
| Name | Position | Termination
of office |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |