About Us
Financial Governance:
The Head teacher is the Principal Accounting Officer of the Academy and ensures that day to day financial management of the Academy adheres to the highest standards of recommended practise for accounting. The Finance and Audit committee ensure that comprehensive and strategic financial planning will secure and underpin the long term viability of the Academy.
The Academy is subject to a vigorous auditing regime with visits each term from the Responsible Officer and External Auditors. They both issue comprehensive reports to the Governing Board who action any of the recommendations. A very detailed year end visit is then undertaken in order to put together the Statutory Accounts and Financial Statements.
Probity and Transparency will always be the core values that underpin the Financial Governance of the Academy which in turn ensures Value for Money.
Financial Benchmarking:
Click here to see our academy's financial benchmarking page from gov.uk.
Collaboration:
We have a number of key relationships with other Academies where shared ideas and practices help raise standards and significantly contribute to the wider school improvement agenda. Our Deputy Head Teacher has the accreditation of Specialist Leader in Education and is a National E-Safety Assessor. Alongside the Headteacher, the Senior Leadership Team do a huge amount of outreach work supporting vitally important projects like Challenge the Gap. The Academy contributes to the development of the following programmes; Outstanding Teacher Programme, Challenge The Gap and the NQT programme. All of this has required a huge investment in resources but is now producing fantastic returns in terms of our professional reputation and has lead to the creation of new income streams. Most importantly it shows our commitment to raising standards in other schools and academies, not just our own.