Open Evening - Thursday 17 September 2026
Look around our school, talk to staff and students and hear from the Headteacher, Mr Simon Wade. He will give presentations throughout the evening when the hall is full, starting from 5:30pm.
Governance Arrangements
Board of Trustees
The Trust has one Board of Directors/Trustees with a skill-set covering school improvement and commercial effectiveness.
The Board ensures schools are held to account and realise the benefits of scale that come from working in partnership.
The Beckfoot Trust Board, the Members of the Company and Committees are responsible for ensuring its compliance with Corporate and Charity legislative requirements.
Click here to view the Trust Master Funding Agreement as well as Beckfoot School’s Funding Agreement.
The governance structure of the Beckfoot Trust is described in our scheme of delegation.
Local School Committee
The main duties of the Local School Committee are:
- Taking responsibility for challenging the Headteacher to account for ensuring the following areas are a priority of school life
- Educational standards
- Health and safety audits and key data/information
- Safeguarding local protocols, audits and data
- Effective community and family engagement
- Staff engagement, welfare and wellbeing
- Student engagement, welfare and wellbeing
- Being aware of, understanding and advocating the school’s progress
- Considering and monitoring the local implementation of Trust policies and protocols