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