Kingsbridge SCITT Governance Information (From Feb 2025)
Back in November 2024, the ITT Market Board approved our request to change the accredited legal entity name from Community First Academy Trust to Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, effective from 1 February 2025 from February 2025 governance of Kingsbridge EIP SCITT will be overseen by Achievement through Collaboration Trust (AtC).
Our lead school is, Platt Bridge Community School, that works in partnership with a large number of primary and secondary schools across the North-West. Kingsbridge EIP SCITT also operates a successful Wirral Hub and we are actively working with school and trust leaders to establish a new ITT Hubs, which are set to launch in September 2025
In March 2022 Ofsted commented that "Leaders engage well with schools to identify the needs of the sector and to develop the ITE curriculum further. Leaders recruit members of the partnership's headteacher board carefully. This strategic group provides effective challenge, support and guidance for the long-term development of the SCITT."
The core principles of good governance are:
- clarity of purpose;
- openness and transparency;
- integrity;
- accountability;
- effectiveness.
Kingsbridge Headteacher Board (HTB)
Community First Academy Trust's Governing Board is supported by a Headteacher Board (HTB) made-up from Kingsbridge partner school Headteachers.
The HTB takes a responsibility for ensuring the training leads to very effective and well-trained teachers. All the members of the HTB committee share a long experience with, and commitment to, Kingsbridge and initial teacher training.
The Kingsbridge Headteacher board (HTB) :
- Serves as the key link between the schools, trainees and the Trust.
- Champions the work of Kingsbridge local and nationally
- Advises the Trust in the development of its strategy.
- Advises the Trust as they plan the development of Kingsbridge and represent the views of partnership schools within decision making.
- Provides challenging but positive and proactive support on teacher training.
- Maintains a Register of Business Interests and ensure probity in all its dealings.
- Ensures the delivery of Trust/Kingsbridge policy and procedures
- Discharges responsibilities and duties as outlined with the trust Scheme of Delegation.
2024-25 HTB members are as follows:
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HTB Member The CFAT Board of Trustees appoint HTB partner schools on an annually basis. T The partner school Headteacher may delegate attendance at HTB meetings to a member of his/her senior leadership team. |
Date of appointment and term of office |
Appointing Authority |
School / Academy / Trust |
1.52 Academy Trust |
Noted Declarations of interest |
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Sue Darbyshire - ex-officio |
Appointment Date: Dec 2016 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Community First Academy Trust |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
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Lindsey Barker Standish Community High School |
Appointment Date: Jan 2019 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Standish Community High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Head of School - Standish Community High School |
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Emma Lightfoot Leigh St. John's C.E. Primary School |
Appointment Date: Dec 2016 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Leigh St. John's C.E. Primary School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Leigh St. John's C.E. Primary School |
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Gill Leigh Marsh Green Primary School |
Appointment Date: Dec 2016 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Marsh Green Primary School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Marsh Green Primary School |
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Paul Davies Fred Longworth High School |
Appointment Date: Sept 2021 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Fred Longworth High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Fred Longworth High School |
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Stephen Wallace Hindley J&I School |
Appointment Date: Sept 2021 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Hindley J&I Schools |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Hindley J&I School |
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Mr P McCaffery Bedford High School |
Appointment Date: Sept 2021 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Bedford High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Bedford High School |
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Julian Grant Shevington High School |
Appointment Date: Dec 2016 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Shevington High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH)
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National Leader of Education | Headteacher - Shevington High School |
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Ross Aldridge Marus Bridge Primary School |
Appointment Date Jan 2022 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Marus Bridge Primary School (The Rowan Learning Trust) |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Head of School - Marus Bridge Primary School |
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Sue Pittendreigh St Catharine's Primary School |
Appointment Date: Dec 2016 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
St Catharine's Primary School, Wigan |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH). |
Headteacher - St Catharine's Primary School |
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Sharon Baker Westfield Primary School |
Appointment Date: Sept 2022 Term of Office: annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Westfield Primary School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Westfield Primary School |
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Helen Smart Worsley Menses Primary School |
Appointment Date Jan 2022 Term of Office annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Worsley Menses Primary School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Worsley Menses Primary School |
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Bernard Cassidy St Georges Primary School, Wirral |
Appointment Date Jan 2022 Term of Office annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
St Georges Primary School - Wirral |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - St Georges Primary School, Wirral Wirral Hub Lead School 2022-23 |
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Lee Fazackerley
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Appointment Date Sept 2022 Term of Office annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
West Lancashire Community High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH)
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Headteacher - West Lancashire High School |
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Paul Scarborough |
Appointment Date Sept 2022 Term of Office annually approved
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Board of Trustees
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Up Holland High School |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH) |
Headteacher - Up Holland High School |
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Carol Whiting |
Appointment Date Sept 2022 Term of Office annually approved |
Board of Trustees |
Newton West Park |
Governance duties are in addition to role in which they engage in regulated activity. DBS check undertaken by employing school, academy or school trust (criteria 1.52 AtH)
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Headteacher - Newton West Park |
We believe our training should be of the highest quality and we continually seek continuing improvement. HTB headteachers and schools play a significant, and often leading, role in the design and delivery of training provision.
The HTB are responsible for advising and challenging the activity of the SCITT inline with the Trust's Scheme of Delegation reporting back to Community First Academy Trust's Board of Trustees. The Scheme of Delegation identifies the charitable trust's key decision-making authorities. It also determines the functions undertaken by the Board of Trustees and those which have been delegated to the HTB by the Board of Trustees. HTB Meetings generally take place on a termly basis at the Kingsbridge Training Center.
The HTB meetings are led inline with the adopted Scheme of Delegation and by:
| Name | Title | Noted Declarations of interest |
| Amy Dodd A.Dodd@kingsbridge.cfat.org.uk | Wigan Hub Lead | Employee Kingsbridge Teacher Training SCITT |
| Lynsey Binks L.Binks@kingsbridge.cfat.org.uk | Wirral Hub Lead | Employee Kingsbridge Teacher Training SCITT |
| Marie Collier info@cfat.org.uk |
Trust Wide Clerk |
Nil |
The 2024-25 Headteacher Board meeting dates are as follows:
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Date |
Schedule |
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5th November 2024 |
Autumn Term Full HTB Meeting (Business Meeting) |
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TBC |
Lead Tutor Group Working Party |
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11th March 2025 |
Spring Full HTB Meeting (Progress Review 2 updates) |
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TBC |
Lead Tutor Group Working Party |
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3rd June 2025 |
Summer 1 Full HTB Meeting (Progress Review 4 updates) |
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TBC |
Lead Tutor Group Working Party |
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TBC |
Summer Conference and Trainee Induction |
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15th July 2025 |
Summer 2 Full HTB Meeting (Progress Review 6 updates) |
