Governors fulfil four crucial responsibilities. These are:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
• Holding leaders to account for the effective safeguarding of pupils and staff and standards of health and safety across our schools.
• Holding leaders to account for the performance of the schools, including quality of education and curriculum and strong outcomes for pupils, as well as the performance management of staff.
• Overseeing the financial performance of the schools and making sure its money is spent efficiently for pupils.

Things Governors do to meet these responsibilities include:  

• Appointing and managing the performance of the Executive Headteacher.
• Delegating authority to the Executive Headteacher for the leadership and management of the schools.
• Approving and reviewing all statutory school policies.
• Holding school leaders accountable for the health and safety of all stakeholders.
• Annually approving the schools' budgets and monitoring school finances throughout the year.
• Overseeing staffing and HR processes, including approving performance related pay increments for teachers.
• Regularly reviewing school performance in a range of key areas, including pupil education, welfare and safeguarding and challenging leaders to improve them.
• Overseeing all school suspensions and exclusions and approving any that last more than five days.

In order to fulfill these very significant responsibilities with integrity, all Edventure Governors have committed to adhere to the National Governance Association’s Code of Conduct.