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As a Multi Academy Trust Member reporting to the Ormiston Trust, you will have responsibilities to ensure the long-term integrity, strategic alignment, and charitable purpose of one or more of its sponsored Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs): Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), Gateway Learning Community (GLC), and Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA). In this vital role, you will act as a constitutional guardian of the Trust\u2019s objects, support appointment and hold Trustees to account, and help safeguard effective, values-led leadership across the MAT (i.e. enrichment and a broad and balanced education).This is the fundamental nature of what the Ormiston vision in education is about.<\/p>\n

Accountabilities<\/h3>\n

Governance and Statutory Duties<\/h4>\n
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  • Act as the guardians of the charitable objects of OTs sponsored MATs.<\/li>\n
  • Appoint and where necessary remove MAT “sponsor-appointed trustees”.<\/li>\n
  • Attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), approving the annual report and accounts and exercising key constitutional powers as defined in the Articles of Association.<\/li>\n
  • Monitor the effectiveness of the Trust\u2019s governance through high-level scrutiny.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Strategic Challenge and Engagement<\/h4>\n
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    • Participate in triannual strategic meetings with the Chairs of OAT, GLC and BOA, providing challenge, support, and insight from a Member perspective.<\/li>\n
    • Review governance and board papers, including committee minutes and key strategic documents.<\/li>\n
    • Contribute to a culture of high expectations at its sponsored MATs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Trustee and Leadership Oversight<\/h4>\n
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      • Support recruitment and succession planning for Trustees, ensuring a diverse, skilled and committed board.<\/li>\n
      • Provide independent assurance on significant matters of performance or governance risk, when required.<\/li>\n
      • Where necessary, support governance reviews and appointments panels.<\/li>\n
      • Attend MAT key events and visit schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Championing Vision and Values<\/h4>\n
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        • Promote and protect the values, founding vision and current strategy of the Ormiston Trust and its MATs.<\/li>\n
        • Act as ambassadors for effective, community-focused values-led education.<\/li>\n
        • Contribute to the development of a strong, collaborative culture across the Ormiston Trust family of organisations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/ormistontrust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}