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Governance Arrangements
Droylsden Academy Governance Arrangements to August 2025
Constitution
After 12 years of existence as a Single Academy Trust, from 1 January 2022, Droylsden Academy became the founding school within the Tame River Educational Trust (TRET), a new Multi-Academy Trust. TRET is constituted as a charitable company limited by guarantee and is registered with Companies House (Company Registration No. 6731528).
The Charitable Company’s Articles of Association is the primary governing document of the Academy Trust.
The Secretary of State enters into a Funding Agreement with the Academy Trust (rather than the sponsor) for the running of the Academy schools.
Academies were originally established as registered charities (registered and regulated by the Charity Commission). However, on 1 August 2011 all academies became ‘exempt’ charities, with the Secretary of State as the Principal Regulator. They were removed from the Charity Commission register on this date.
Droylsden Academy Local Governing Body
| Local Governor | Appointing Body | Date Appointed | Term of Office | Date Resigned |
| John Rogers (Chair) | Trust Board | 01.01.22 | 4 years | |
| Georgina Arnold (Co-Headteacher) | Ex officio | 01.09.23 | Ex officio | 31.03.25 |
| Ed Mayell (Co -Headteacher to 31.03.25 / Headteacher from 01.04.25) | Ex officio | 01.09.23 | Ex officio | |
| Claudette Drews | Support Staff | 05.12.24 | 4 years | |
| Thomas Galvin | Trust Board | 01.01.22 | 4 years | |
| Kelly Hutchinson | Parents | 08.12.22 | 4 years | |
| Stephen Jackson | Parents | 05.12.24 | 4 years | |
| Leszek Iwaskow | Trust Board | 01.01.22 | 4 years | |
| Suzanne Langford-Cooper | Parents | 05.12.24 | 4 years | |
| Kerry Mitchell | Trust Board | 01.01.22 | 4 years | 31.08.25 |
| Keli Whitehead | Support Staff | 09.05.24 | 4 years | 20.11.24 |
Meetings of the Local Governing Body in 2024/25
The Local Governing Body formally met six times during 2024/25; attendance was as follows:
| Trustees | Meetings attended | Out of possible |
| John Rogers | 6 | 6 |
| Georgina Arnold | 2 | 4 |
| Ed Mayell | 6 | 6 |
| Claudette Drews | 4 | 4 |
| Tom Galvin | 5 | 6 |
| Kelly Hutchinson | 4 | 5 |
| Leszek Iwaskow | 6 | 6 |
| Stephen Jackson | 5 | 6 |
| Suzanne Langford-Cooper | 5 | 5 |
| Kerry Mitchell | 5 | 6 |
| Keli Whitehead | 1 | 1 |