Responsibilities

Oasis Charitable Trust is the sole member of Oasis Community Learning (OCL) and appoints members of the OCL board.

The information on governance included here supplements that described in the Directors’ Report and the Statement of the Directors’ Responsibilities. The Board has met formally four times during the year.  Attendance during the year at Board meetings was as follows:

 

Name of Director			Attendance during 2022/23 academic year
	Appointed	Resigned	Attended	Out of a possible
Nicholas Bent	1 April 2008		3	4
Andrew Blundell	11 Oct 2012		3	4
Craig Dean	9 Oct 2014		4	4
Keith Dennis	7 Oct 2010	13 Sept 2022	0	0
Ann Holt	13 Sept 2007		4	4
Ali Layne- Smith	13 Feb 2020		2	4
Stan Chan	24 Mar 2022		3	4
Jason Arday	27 Jan 2022	16 March 2023	0	2
Dave Rasmussen	6 Jan 2020		2	4
Caroline Taylor (Chair)	21 Oct 2021		4	4
Andrew Simmonds	24 April 2009		3	4
Paul Turner	11 Nov 2020	16 Dec 2022	1	1
Gordon Carver	16 March 2023		1	2
Julian Scholefield	16 March 2023		1	2
Rachel Arthur	17 March 2023		2	2

The Board has appointed four sub-committees:

(a) The Audit & Risk Committee (Chair: Andy Simmonds) whose responsibilities cover:

• Internal controls and risk management
• Compliance, whistleblowing and fraud
• Policy review
• Internal Audit
• External Audit and statutory financial reporting

(b) A Board Finance Committee was established in December 2015 (Chair: Stan Chan as of June 2023). Its responsibilities cover:

• Financial strategy
• Monitoring and review
• Budget
• Treasury
• Governance & Regulation

(c) The Curriculum & Learning Committee (formerly the Performance Evaluation Committee) (Chair: Andy Blundell) whose responsibilities cover:

• Evaluation of key indicators, especially educational performance data
• Assessing progress of the academies over time against National OCL targets
• Identifying success and urgent priorities for remedial action

(d) The People & Renumeration Committee (Chair: Ali Layne-Smith) whose responsibilities cover:

• Organisational culture, ensuring our organisation is fully inclusive and in line with our ethos and 9 Habits
• Seeking assurance that our policy framework is compliant, speaks into who we are as an organisation and is successfully implemented/monitored.
• Evaluate KPIs and wellbeing indicators.
• Succession planning and our CPD offer, ensuring that it meets the current and future needs of Oasis Community Learning.
• To monitor the relationship and benefits of the work between SLDT and Oasis.
• To maintain oversight of high-risk people cases

Attendance at Sub Committee meetings

Attendance during 2022/23 academic year
	Attended	Out of a possible
Audit & Risk Committee
Andrew Simmonds (Chair)	4	4
Stan Chan	4	4
Dave Rasmussen	3	4
Paul Turner	2	2
Caroline Taylor	3	4
Curriculum and Learning Committee
Andrew Blundell (Chair)	4	4
Nicholas Bent	0	4
Caroline Taylor	4	4
Ann Holt	4	4
Rachel Arthur	1	2
Julian Scholefield	1	2
Finance Committee
Stan Chan (Chair)	5	5
Andrew Simmonds	4	5
Caroline Taylor	4	5
Dave Rasmussen	4	5
Paul Turner	2	2
Julian Scholefield	3	3
People and Renumeration Committee
Ali Layne-Smith (Chair)	5	5
Jason Arday	0	3
Caroline Taylor	5	5
Ann Holt	3	5
Andy Blundell	4	5
Craig Dean	5	5

 

Oasis Community Learning – Business & Pecuniary Interests of Board members

Board Member	Relevant Business Interests
Nicholas Bent	Founder & CEO of The Tutor Trust (education charity)
Andrew Blundell	Trustee of Tonbridge Gold (DofE Gold Expedition training and assessment) Trustee of the Sheppey Endowment Fund
Craig Dean	Director of Oasis IT Services (subsidiary of OCL) Co-opted Director at Oldham Community Leisure Limited
Ann Holt	Interim Chair of the Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust Trustee of Culham St Gabriel Trust (Religious Education Charity) Vice Chair Malmesbury Abbey PPC Trustee of Oasis Restore(subsidiary of OCT)
Andrew Simmonds	Director of Oasis IT Services Ltd.
Ali Layne-Smith	Deacon at High Street Baptist Church Non-Executive Director for Cambridge University Hospitals (inc. Addenbrookes) NHS Trust
Dave Rasmussen	Nil
Stan Chan	Trustee and Director of Big Society Capital Sole trader at Straits Consultancy (Management & Financial Consultancy) Trustee of Raileigh International Trustee of CBF Church of England Investment Funds
Caroline Taylor	Trustee of Oasis Charitable Trust (OCL’s parent company) Related to a Trustee of St Matthias Primary School, Malvern
Julian Scholefield	CEO, Esteem Multi-Academy Trust – Multi-Academy Trust
Gordon Carver	Director - Arboreum Ltd – Education Consultancy Trustee - Lively Minds – Childhood Development Charity Related to Partner of Travers Smith LLP – Law Firm
Rachel Arthur	Head of Computing at Teach First Related to Associate Tutor at Chester University
John Barneby (Interim CEO & Accounting Officer)	Related to Director of Moringa Ltd which supplies leadership training and coaching Chair of Governors at Mayhill Primary School