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Governing Body

 

What does the LOCAL ADVISORY Body do?

The Local Advisory Body (LAB) is part of Orion Education Trust’s overall governance arrangements, with specific focus at a local school level. The Local Advisory Body works as a team and is at the heart of how the school operates.

It is responsible for monitoring that the school provides a good quality education and is continually raising educational standards. The Local Advisory Body also encourages and supports effective ways of teaching and learning when reviewing the school aims and policies. This is done together with the Headteacher, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school.

In addition to the LOCAL ADVISORY Body’s main role of helping raise pupils’ standards of achievement, we also:

 

  • support the school in its strategic direction
  • are accountable for monitoring the performance of the school to parents and the wider community
  • monitor that a balanced and broad curriculum is taught
  • review how the school can encourage pupils’ spiritual, moral, and cultural development
  • monitor that the school is inclusive and provides for all pupils including those with special needs
  • oversee the implementation of policies on a wide range of school issues and monitor their effectiveness
  • support and constructively challenging senior management by gathering views, asking questions, looking at comparable data and discussing what’s best for the school

 

Who is the Governing Body?

The current Local Advisory Body is made up as follows:

Name Position / type of Governor Link responsibilities Term of Office Start Term of Office End
Yusuf Solley

Chair of LAB

Pupil Premium

30/07/2022 (06/07/2023 as Chair)

31/07/2025

James Fisher Executive Principal 27/08/2024 -
Anthony Meirion Lewis Co-opted   14/12/2023 13/12/2026
Shanice Simpson Co-opted

Safeguarding

Medical Needs

01/08/2022

31/07/2025

Aimee Hardy Co-opted SEND 14/12/2023 13/12/2026
Michael McDermott Co-opted

Teaching & Learning

Curriculum & Data

20/03/2024

19/03/2027

Diane Berry Co-opted   03/10/2024 02/10/2027
To be appointed Staff Governor      
Gareth Denton Parent Governor

Attendance

Behaviour

EDI

 

 

Derrick Sanyahumbi Parent Governor      

HOW DOES THE Local Advisory BODY PERFORM ITS ROLE?

At Orion Eden Park, the Local Advisory Body fulfils these roles through four meetings per year, covering:

  • Safeguarding
  • Quality of Education
  • School Improvement
  • Behaviour and Culture
  • Curriculum
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Staffing
  • Building & Sites

The Local Advisory Body also holds two additional meetings with specific focus on teaching and learning, culture, and ethos. The Local Advisory Body reviews the school’s priorities and strategies for the year ahead and reviews the previous year to monitor the school’s overall performance.

There are also numerous ad-hoc meetings of other groups, working parties as required and specific panels for various procedural reasons.

Key Governance Documents

Please click here for the Local Advisory Body meeting attendance.

Please click here for the Local Advisory Body School Register of Business Interests. 

how To contact the local advisory board;

Yusuf Solley
Chair of Local Advisory Board
Orion Eden Park
Balmoral Avenue
Beckenham
BR3 3RD