TRUSTEES AND SOME KEY STAFF

 

Berkeley Academy is the founding Primary School of 'Advantage Multi Academy Trust (ADMAT). 

The trustees (who are also known as the Governors or the Directors) have a duty to ensure that the school is efficiently run and that the children are given the best possible education.

The trustees have many and varied duties such as; establishing the vision, values and priorities. agreeing the school budget, employing staff, monitoring the performance of staff and pupils, ensuring a high quality of education is provided and ensuring that the school is a safe and happy place to be.

System Leadership

From the outset, ADMAT has intended to take on other schools needing support and who will join the trust. ADMAT remains committed to improving life chances for young people living in areas of high deprivation and will continue to look for opportunities to support schools as they arise.

ADMAT is approved to sponsor other schools.

Constitution

The Academy Trust is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity. The charitable company’s memorandum and articles of association are the primary governing documents of the Academy Trust.

The Trustees of Advantage Multi Academy Trust Limited are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law. The Charitable Company is known as Advantage Multi Academy.  It is also known as ADMAT.

Trustees Appointments and Current Terms (UP TO DATE)

• Philip Linton Dobison (Chair). Appointed by Members (To 18 April 2026)
• Barbara Lodge, Appointed by Members 27 July 2023 (To 27 July 2027)
• Jonathan (Michael)) Rose. Appointed by Members (To 30 November 2025)
• Mudassir Sarwar. Appointed by the MATB (To 27 July 2027)
• Peter Stumpf. Appointed by Members (To 30 November 2025)
• Veronique Gerber (Vice Chair). Appointed by Members (To 30 November 2025)

 

• Dhaksha Shastri. Appointed by the MATB (Resigned 26 March 2023)

Contemporary Trustee  and Member details may always be found through this LINK

 

Summary of Trustees’ Register of Interests (UP TO DATE)

Trustee’s name		Name of business/ charity / educational institute		Name of interest / interest began		Date of Appointment & Appointed by:
Philip Dobison		N/A (Retired)				01 12 2017 By members
Veronique Gerber		N/A (Retired)				01 12 2017 By members
Jonathan (Michael) Rose		The Heathland School		Employee 01 12 2017		01 12 2017 By members
Peter Stumpf		Cranford Community College     Berkeley Pre School		Employee 01 12 2017     Committee Member 01 12 2017		01 12 2017 By members
Mudassir Sarwar		Cranford Community College		Employee 27 03 2019		27 03 2019 By MATB
Barbara Lodge		Cranford Community College		Trustee	Appointed by the MATB 27 July 2023
Daksha Shastri		Mental Health Associates		Director 27 03 2019		27 03 2019 By MATB

The Multi-Academy Trust will also oversee any local governing bodies (LGBs). LGBs are purely advisory and have no voting rights or delegated authority.

Organisational Structure of the Multi-Academy Trust

The Multi-Academy Trust and the Chief Executive Officer, who is also the Accounting Officer, work in partnership on the strategic running of the trust and, at least annually, comprehensively, and formally review the thresholds of responsibility and delegation between the Academy Trust and the Chief Executive Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer of Berkeley Academy, the founding school in Advantage Multi Academy Trust.  He (or his delegates) is/are responsible for all operational matters and the day to day running of the academy, overseen by the Academy Trust.

There is a pay related annual/biennial cycle of performance management for all staff, except the CEO whose salary has been frozen by mutual agreement and hence not currently subject to either inflationary or performance progression.

Performance Management had been suspended by Government for the previous 2 years due to the pandemic but resumed for Teaching and Support Staff from 1 September 2021.

The Academy Trust has responsibility for monitoring its own performance and for its own training.  It reports through the Annual General Meeting and is subject to scrutiny by the regulators, including external auditors.  It has established protocols for the operation of the Academy Trust, a clear structure, written terms of reference and a regular cycle of meetings and activities.

The multi-academy trust board operate with the following structure in 2022-23:

• Full Academy Trust (Chair: Mr. Philip Linton Dobison)
• Regular meetings between the Chair and the Chief Executive / Accounting Officer (PDO/KPR)
• Pay and performance management committee (Chair: Mr Philip Linton Dobison) (PDO/VGE, MRO = Review Trustee)
• Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee (Chair: Mr Philip Linton Dobison) (PDO/VGE)
• Finance and Monitoring Committee (Chair: Mr Peter Stumpf) (PST/MSA)
• Safeguarding / Health and Safety Committee (Chair: Mr Peter Stumpf) (PST/DSH)
• Pupil Discipline Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
• Staff Dismissal Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
• Appeals and Complaints Committee (Any eligible and trained governors, Chair varies)
• Collaboration Committee - 2 Trustees (voting) and the Accounting Officer (non-voting). Chair rotates 6 monthly with other organisation(s) (PDO/VGE)
• Admissions Panel (Chair: Mr Peter Stumpf) (PST/MSA)

The Academy Trust is subject to external review, scrutiny, and validation through a variety of inspections and audits by a range of agencies including Auditors, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), the Health and Safety Executive etc., and reports by these agencies are shared with the Academy Trust and published.  The Academy Trust also undertakes a variety of evaluations and satisfaction surveys and monitors key performance indicators.  The Academy Trust benchmarks and improves its performance through involvement and leadership of networks of schools and school improvement partnerships.

The ATB ​has elected to remove all non-statutory references to school inspections whilst calling for a review of the national system. The academy was also awarded the Basic Skills Quality Mark. The academy was awarded the World Class Schools Quality mark also.

The Chief Executive reports to the Academy Trust regularly through Full Academy Trust meetings and committees and meets and communicates with the Chair between Academy Trust meetings.  The Academy Trust is also kept involved through publications, the MAT website, the academy website, and invitations to events and activities.

The Academy Trust monitors the performance of its’ schools through a variety of means including through its committee and meeting’s structure, through probing and questioning, through involvement with the academy and through activities such as regular Health and Safety inspections.

In exceptional or necessary circumstances, the Chair may use his/her powers to deal with urgent needs reporting back to the Academy Trust as appropriate.

The Chief Executive Officer and Academy Trust report to parents, pupils, and the community through a variety of means including the academy website, reports, letters and magazines, assemblies, the academy’s Virtual Leaning Environment, etc.

The Academy Trust agrees the broad staffing structure at least annually but delegates to the Chief Executive Officer the flexibility to take opportunities for improvement as they arise or when needs change over the year.

Committees & Panels 2022-23

The quorum for most committees must be three, two of whom must be trustees, but a committee can involve non-Trustees.

MAIN COMMITTEES

• Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee: The Academies Financial Handbook prohibits employees of the school and Executive Directors (KPR) from being members of this committee, although senior staff are expected to support the workings of this committee. The Chair must be a non-executive director and there must be at least one other non-executive Director. The committee must have at least three members. Staff Trustees are not eligible to serve on this committee.

• Finance & Monitoring Committee: The committee must have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. There are no other restrictions on membership. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee.

• Safeguarding (including Health & Safety): The committee must have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee.

 

AD HOC COMMITTEES

• Pupil Discipline (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff trustees are eligible, but the Headteacher is ineligible to serve on this panel.

• Staff Dismissal (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. The Headteacher is ineligible.

• Appeals & Complaints (Ad Hoc): The committee must normally have at least three members. The majority (i.e., at least 2) must be Trustees. Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. The Headteacher is ineligible.

• Admissions Panel (Ad Hoc): This panel (Any 2 trustees meets to review compliance with the Admissions Policy and Admissions Code of Practice for in-year admissions and the filling of vacancies from the waiting list). Staff Trustees are eligible to serve on this committee. 

• Pay & Performance Management: This committee needs two non-staff Trustees, and, for the Headteacher’s Performance Management, a non-staff review Trustee. Committee members must be objective, independent and transparent. Staff Trustees are not eligible to serve on this committee.

• Collaboration Committee (Ad Hoc): The organisation of the committee pertaining to the collaboration with other organisations would be set out HERE if any exist currently (None)​

• Nominated Trustees (Ad Hoc): The chair is routinely delegated authority to make time sensitive decisions on behalf of the academy where necessary, reporting afterwards to the full ATB. Any trustee may be nominated to a delegated task by the full ATB (e.g. Workload and wellbeing trustee, environment and climate trustee, oversight of a capital project, oversight of a procurement process, Equalities and Sexual Harassment Trustee, etc. )

Committees & Panels 2023-24 

(Next update w/b 6 November 2023)

Dates of 2023/24 Meetings 

FULL MATB MEETINGS

Meeting 1: Thursday 19 October 2023 (e-meeting only during OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2023)

and to be held at 4:30pm on these dates:

Meeting 2: Thursday 07 December 2023 (Live / e-meeting after AGM)

Meeting 3: Thursday 21 March 2024 (Live / e-meeting)

Meeting 4: Thursday 04 July 2024  (Live / e-meeting)

 

FULL MATB MEETING ATTENDANCE 2023-24

	e- MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3	MEETING 4
PHILIP DOBISON	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
VERONIQUE GERBER	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
JONATHAN (MICHAEL) ROSE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
PETER STUMPF	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
MUDASSIR SARWAR	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE
BARBARA LODGE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE	ELIGIBLE

 

NEW COMMITEE STRUCTURE 2023-24 

(MEMBERSHIP TO BE DECIDED BY AUTUMN 2023 E-MEETING)

Audit and Finance Committee: to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

Wednesday 22 November 2023

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Wednesday 19 June 2024

 

Curriculum and Safeguarding Committee:  to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

Wednesday 06 March 2024

Wednesday 12 June 2024

 

Pay and Performance Management Committee: to be held at 2:30pm on these dates:

Wednesday 27 March 2024

Wednesday 06 June 2024

 

The quorum for most committees must be three, two of whom must be trustees, but a committee can involve non-Trustees.

 

Dates of 2022/23 Meetings

Full Academy Trust Meetings in the Headteacher’s study / CiC (and Zoom / Electronic)

Meeting 1: Wednesday, 09 November 2022                                               4.30 pm (Refreshments at 4 p.m.)

Meeting 2: Wednesday, 07 December 2022 (after AGM),                        4.30 pm (Refreshments at 4 p.m.)

Meeting 3: Wednesday, 22 March 2023                                                     4.30 pm (Refreshments at 4 p.m.)

Meeting 4: Wednesday, 5 July 2023                                                          4.30 pm (Refreshments at 4 p.m.)

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3	MEETING 4
PHILIP DOBISON	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
VERONIQUE GERBER	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
JONATHAN (MIKE) ROSE	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
PETER STUMPF	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
MUDASSIR SARWAR	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
DAKSHA SHASTRI	PRESENT	PRESENT	APOLOGIES	NOT ELIGIBLE
BARBARA LODGE	NOT ELIGIBLE	NOT ELIGIBLE	NOT ELIGIBLE	NOT ELIGIBLE

 

Committee Meeting dates in the Headteacher’s study / CiC (and Zoom)

 

Finance & Monitoring (PST/MSA)

Wednesday, 22 February 2023                    10.45 a.m.

Wednesday, 03 May 2023                            10.45 a.m.

Wednesday, 28 June 2023                           10.45 a.m.

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3
PETER STUMPF	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
MUDASSIR SARWAR	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT

 

Safeguarding / Health & Safety Committee (PST/DSH/MSA)

 

Wednesday, 22 February 2023                    2.30 p.m. 

Wednesday, 03 May 2023                            2.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 28 June 2023                           2.30 p.m.

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3
PETER STUMPF	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
DAKSHA SHASTRI	PRESENT	NOT ELIGIBLE	NOT ELIGIBLE
MUDASSIR SARWAR	N/A	PRESENT	PRESENT

 

Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee (PDO/VGE)

Thursday, 24 November 2022                       2.30 p.m.

Thursday, 16 March 2023                              2.30 p.m.

Thursday, 22 June 2023                                2.30 p.m.

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	MEETING 1	MEETING 2	MEETING 3
PHILIP DOBISON	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT
VERONIQUE GERBER	PRESENT	PRESENT	PRESENT

 

Pay & Performance Management Committee (JLE/JLS). TVI = Review Trustee

Monday, 05 December 2022                     3 p.m.

Friday 07 July 2023                                3 p.m.

 

MEETING ATTENDANCE

	MEETING 1	MEETING 2
PHILIP DOBISON	PRESENT	PRESENT
VERONIQUE GERBER	PRESENT	PRESENT

REVIEW TRUSTEE (MRO) NOT REQUIRED IN 2022-23

 

MEMBERS

Bhopinder Singh Nagra (from 1 December 2017)

Daanish Saeed (from 1 February 2023)

Nicola Marie Taylor (from 1 September 2020)

Philip Linton Dobison (from 1 December 2017)

Roger John Owen (from 1 December 2017)

 

The contemporary list of members may always be found by CLICKING HERE

 

Summary of Members’ Register of Interests (UP TO DATE)

Member’s name	Name of business/ charity / educational institute	Name of interest / interest began	Date of Appointment by members
Bhopinder Singh Nagra	HRS Group	01 12 2017	01 12 2017
Daanish Saeed	London Borough of Hounslow   West Thames College	Councillor / 4 October 2012   Employee / 1 September 2018	Resigned 9 November 2022
Nicola Taylor	Pay UK (Finance and Banking) Cranford Community College	Employee / 01 09 2020 Member / 01 09 2020	01 09 2020
Philip Linton Dobison	N/A (Retired)	N/A	01 12 2017
Roger Owen	Retired Member (Cranford Community College)	N/A	01 12 2017

 

ADMAT Company Secretary / Clerk / Trust Training and Development

Bernadette Moir (part-time)

• The Chair of the MATB can be contacted via email to the clerk, CLERK@ADMAT.ORG
• Complaints and Compliments should be emailed to complaintsandcompliments@berkeleyacademy.org.uk

 

Company Name

Advantage Multi Academy Trust

 

Company registered number

10969334

The certificate of incorporation can be found here

Principal and registered office

Helsinki Centre

Berkeley Academy

Cranford Lane

Hounslow

TW5 9HQ

 

ADMAT has been established under these articles of association, memorandum of association, master funding agreement, and supplementary funding agreement. The land and premises are operated under a 125 year lease.

 

Data Controller: Maria Bramhall, who can be contacted using the drop down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website

Data Protection Officer: Ms Preeti Panesar, who can be contacted using the drop down menu of the 'CONTACT US' tab on this website

 

SOME KEY STAFF

(Note: 'Key Management Personnel' with names in bold)

 

School Improvement, Strategic and System Leadership

 

EXECUTIVE LEADERS

• Kevin Prunty (KPR) – Chief Executive of ADMAT and Accounting Officer (Non-Teacher).

Accounting Officer Register of Interests (Up to date)

Accounting Officer	Name of business/ charity / educational institute	Name of interest	Date interest began
KEVIN PRUNTY (KPR)	ADMAT (Berkeley Academy)   Cranford Community College (Academy)   Berkeley Pre-School   Hounslow's Promise	Employee   Employee   Employee   Former Trustee	1 December 2017   1 December 2017   1 May 2022   7 May 2019

 

The complete, current staffing structure is set out on another page of this website, to access it please click HERE

Academic Leadership

(All with NO registered interests) 

PREETI PANESAR (PPR)	HEADTEACHER  OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS (Intent, Acceleration of Progress), QUALITY OF EDUCATION (Implementation, Impact and Consistency), Academic Curriculum,  Assessment and Progress. English and Mathematics*. Extra-Curricular. Workload Reduction Champion*. Data Protection Officer*
Lydia Gamlen (LGN)	EYFS and KS1 Coordinator
Suzanne Prosser (SPR)	KS2 Coordinator
Nida Malik (NMK)	History and Geography Coordinator
Valerie Bathore (VBE)	Languages Coordinator / Inclusion Development Lead
Hannah McFerran (HMN)	PSHCE / SRE+ Coordinator
Dinnie Heroe (DHE)	SENDCo+, CP & PREVENT, VULNERABLE CHILDREN & GROUPS, RE Coordinator
Madhuri Tank (MTK)	Computing & ICT Coordinator (Homayon Zeary - ICT strategy)
Shea Yarrall (SYL)	Performing Arts Coordinator
Magdalena Musanovic (MMC)	ADT Coordinator
Donna Maddison (DMN)	PE & GAMES Coordinator (Sports Coach, Javell Clement-Bryan)
Aelaha Ahmad (AAD)	FIRST STORY / LEFT TO WRITE Coordinator
Seema SALEEM (SSM)	CPD+ Coordinator: INSET days, Induction, Probations and Training Lead, including ECT, SD and KS Oversight. First Aid, NPQs and HLTA qualifications. Turing Programme
Simran Sandhu (SSU)	Science Coordinator

 

Pastoral / Inclusion Leadership

JENNIE LEWIS (JLS) 

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER

(Pastoral Curriculum and Community)

DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING AND EQUALITIES LEAD (DSL).

Quality of Education (Intent and Challenge).

EYFS.

Personal Development and Progress. 

Environment and Climate Champion*. Health and Wellbeing* / Mental Health Champion*.

PASTORAL Register of Interests (Up to date)

	Name of business/ charity / educational institute	Name of interest	Date interest began
JENNIE LEWIS (JLS) Deputy Headteacher	Cranford Community College (Academy) Berkeley Pre-School	Trustee Committee Member (Chair)	14 December 2017 14 December 2017
Anna Perszewska (APA) (EAL / T-Levels Placements Coordinator)	Berkeley Pre-School	Committee Member	14 December 2017

(OTHERS with NO registered interests) 

Dinnie Heroe	Senior Teacher (Berkeley Academy), SENDCo+. Deputy Designated Safeguarding and Equalities Lead (DDSL)
Chris Bussien	Behaviour and Attitude to Learning Coordinator / Year 3 Progress Acceleration. SMSA Oversight and Training

 

Academy Financial & Assets Leadership

 

FINANCE Register of Interests (Up to date)

	Name of business/ charity / educational institute	Name of interest	Date interest began
Magda Gladysz (MGL) Chief Finance Officer	Cranford Community College (Academy)	Employee	01 October 2021
Ami Kaur (AKR) School Business Manager	None	N/A	N/A

 

Academy Logistics Management

Georgina Mahi - Logistics / SIMS / HR / Attendance and Admissions Officer (No declared interests / On maternity leave)