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 |
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Nicholas Bent |
|
Andrew Blundell |
|
Craig Dean |
|
Ann Holt |
|
Andrew Simmonds |
|
Ali Layne-Smith |
|
Dave Rasmussen |
Nil |
Stan Chan |
|
Caroline Taylor |
|
Julian Scholefield |
|
Gordon Carver |
|
Rachel Arthur |
|
John Barneby |
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