Governance

Manshead CE Academy joined the Diocese of St Albans Multi Academy Trust (DSAMAT) on May 2017

DSAMAT was founded by the Diocese of St Albans, and is a Trust working with schools across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.  The DSAMAT community has a strong commitment to a shared mission.

This is underpinned by our shared values:

Enabling all to flourish: Rooted in God’s Love

Hope, nurture, collaboration, equality, respect

Our Trust is governed by a range of bodies. Members have strategic oversight for the work of the Trust, include representatives from the Diocesan Board of Finance and Diocesan Board of Education and reflect the range of skills required to oversee an Academy Trust.  Directors of the Trust are appointed by the Members and are responsible for the day-to-day running of the Trust.  The academies are accountable to the Directors who make strategic decisions impacting them.

Local Governing Boards

Individual academies are governed at a local level either by their own Local Governing Board (LGB).  LGBs have the same level of delegated responsibility from the Directors which is outlined within the Governance Framework and financial delegation.  For more information about our local governing board members, click here

For more information about the Trust, including our shared policies, procedures and contact information, please visit:  https://stalbansdmat.co.uk/

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full

John 10:10

The DSAMAT contact details are:

Diocese of St Albans

Manshead CE Academy

Dunstable Road

Caddington

LU1 4BB

 

Tel: 01525 840183

Email: admin@stalbansdmat.co.uk

https://stalbansdmat.co.uk

Company Registration Number: 10449374

Registered Office: Manshead CE Academy, Dunstable Road, Caddington, LU1 4BB

Ali Brabner, Chair of Governors

My passion for education was sparked when my own children started on their educational journey within my local community in recent years.  Having spent over 15 years in senior sales roles within the Food Industry, I was keen to offer support to my local school as it started on its journey as an Academy, where I felt my business skills may be of use. However, I soon developed a real passion for education and for ensuring the best possible outcomes for all our young children. I love being involved in helping the Academy to continue to flourish, and so support all the children in achieving their potential. I have been Chair of Governors since 2015, and previously served as Vice Chair.

Whilst working with the school I have also been involved in supporting the Local Education Authority deliver education within the wider community through the Schools Forum. I continued this wider support by joining a Regional Hub Board of DSAMAT in 2018 and more recently the Local Governing Body for Manshead Academy

I am passionate about the education of children – every child deserves the commitment of a dedicated governance team and structures that ensure robust accountability.  The children deserve the very best education in its widest sense to allow them to flourish.

Tracey King

Gill Short

I’m Gill Short. I was born in Dunstable and know it and the area well. I am a retired teacher – I taught at Downside Junior for a while, then moved to Ashton Middle School, where I mostly taught RE, History and Geography. I am passionate about education and I am still involved with schools as a Governor. I am married with one son who attended Manshead and thrived at the school. I am one of the Churchwardens at Dunstable Priory and in my spare time I enjoy walking, reading and helping with a Beaver Colony. I look forward to being involved with Manshead C of E Academy.

Rich Haddock

I have over 20 years experience in senior leadership positions for Virgin Media, Orange, Teleperformance and currently with Deliveroo and the vast majority of my career has been focused on managing outsource operations and commercial relationships with organisations based all over the world, from India to South Africa , from the Philippines to Madagascar.  The main focus of my roles has been to ensure that the organisations we partner with are fully supported and have the right tools, talent and processes to do the job and then holding our partners to account for their performance. Experience and skills which are valuable and transferable when it comes to Governance in schools.

That’s a brief insight in to what I do, the next question is “why be a Governor?”. Well, making a positive and lasting difference to the world is a massive motivation for me and I saw there was an opportunity to make a positive contribution by giving my time and sharing my experience and applying my skills with the Academy trust.  “