Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
The structure is made up of Members, Trustees and Governors.
School governors and trustees have three core functions…
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
- Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
- Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.
Governance at NCEA Trust
There are local governing bodies for the Ashington primary schools, Newbiggin and Lynemouth primary schools, Castle School and Warkworth CofE Primary School and an Academy Improvement Board for Duke’s Secondary School. The terms of reference for the local governing bodies are held within the Scheme of Delegation and can be downloaded below.
Key Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum
- Articles of Association
- Governance Code of Conduct 2021-22
- Public Register of Members and Trustees
- Declaration of Members Business/Pecuniary Interests
- Declaration of Trustees Business/Pecuniary Interests
- Declaration of Executive Leadership Team Business/Pecuniary Interests
- Funding Agreement – Master including Supplemental Funding Agreements
- Scheme of Delegation 2021-22
- Attendance Record – FORC 2020-21
- Attendance Record – Endowment Trust 2020-21
- Attendance Record – NCEA Trust Board 2020-21
Our Members, Trustees and Committees
Click the tabs below to find out who our Members, Trustees and Committee members are.
| Stephen Purvis | Chair of FORC |
| Alison Alden | Chief Financial Officer (non-voting) |
| John Brearley | |
| Alex Cox | Chair of Endowment Trust |
| Alan Hardie | CEO/Accounting Officer (non-voting) |
| Jeff Hope | |
| John Marshall | |
In order to secure rapid improvement for Duke’s Secondary School, Trustees appointed an Academy Improvement Board (AIB) which meets monthly.
| John Marshall | Trustee (Chair) |
| Russ Atkinson | Principal, Duke’s Secondary School |
| Richard Bishopp | Trustee |
| Dave Cookson | Commissioner for Secondary Education, Northumberland County Council |
| Alan Hardie | Trustee and CEO |
| Martin Preston | Associate Member |
| Paul Rickeard | Director of Education, Newcastle Diocese |
| Rachel Mays | Trustee |
Key documents for reference
Attendance Record – Duke’s Academy Improvement Board 2020-21
The local governing bodies (LGB) are accountable for their decisions to the Trust Board. Following the demerger of Bishop’s Primary School into five individual schools in July 2021, an additional LGB was created in September to serve the devolved schools. Warkworth C of E Primary School joined NCEA Trust in September 2020. For information on each LGB, please go to each school’s website:
- Bishop’s Primary School governance information
- Castle School governance information
- Grace Darling C of E Primary School governance information
- James Knott C of E Primary School governance information
- Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School governance information
- Warkworth Primary School governance information
- William Leech C of E Primary School governance information
Terms of Reference updated as of October 2021.
Academy Improvement Board
Endowment Trust
Finance, Operations and Risk
LGB Membership Terms
Contact
The Chair of the Board of Trustees, John Brearley, may be contacted by email at governor@ncea.org.uk or in writing:
The Board of Trustees
c/o Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust
Josephine Butler Campus
Academy Road
Ashington
NE63 9FZ
Alternatively, Trustees may be contacted via Lesley Dalby, Governance Manager, on 01670 816111 ext 368.
