Governance

Governance at Great Malvern Primary School is a new strengths based model organised by our Trust board to ensure greater scrutiny an accountability in all areas.  

Who are the Trustees?

Great Malvern Primary School is part of Mercian Educational Trust. Information about the overarching governance of the Trust can be found here: 

The Structure of Governance

Mercian Educational Trust is a company limited by guarantee and is effectively ‘owned’ by the ‘Members’. The Members act much like shareholders in a company holding the Trustees to account and receiving the annual reports.

Formal governance of the Trust is performed by the ‘Trustees’. A full list of Trustees and Members can be found through the link above.

The Trustees delegate executive authority to the executive leadership team which is led by Dafydd Lawday, the CEO of Mercian Educational Trust, and includes the headteachers of the schools within the Trust.

Each school in The Trust has a Link Trustee. The Link Trustees in Mercian Educational Trust provide support and challenge to school leaders and assurance to the Trustee Board. They ensure that educational standards are continually improving  and compliance to statutory practice. 

Further information

If you are interested in finding out more about school governing bodies, you might like to read:

Department for Education

National Governors Association

School Governance 

Previous Governor Information including Attendance