Portsmouth Catholic Diocese

Non-executive director

recruitment pack – 2017

Contents

About 3

Ethos 4

Responsibilities of non-executive directors 5

Personal Characteristics 7

Governance Structure 9

Annex – Schools within the MATs 10

Blessed Giorgio Frassati MAT St. Teresa of Calcutta MAT Blessed John Henry Newman MAT Edith Stein (St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) MAT

10 12 13 15

About

The Portsmouth Diocese spans Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Dorset and

Oxfordshire. The Diocese has 48 state-funded schools alongside 26 independent schools.

The Diocese took the decision in 2015 to form an umbrella trust and convert their state-

funded schools into academies. Portsmouth Catholic Diocese has four proposed multi-

academy trusts within the umbrella trust. These trusts are:

- Blessed Giorgio Frassati Multi-Academy Trust

- St. Teresa of Calcutta Multi-Academy Trust

- Blessed John Henry Newman Multi-Academy Trust

- Edith Stein (St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) Multi-Academy Trust

The Blessed Giorgio Frassati Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) is proposed to comprise of 15

primary schools alongside one middle and one secondary school. This MAT is comprised of

the schools in the areas of North Downs, Thames Isis, West & South Berkshire, and

Reading. All schools are rated either good or outstanding by Ofsted. Many of these schools

(14) will need to convert to academy status before joining the MAT.

St. Teresa of Calcutta Multi-Academy Trust, is slightly smaller and is set to comprise of nine

schools with seven primaries and two secondary schools. A majority of these schools are

rated outstanding by Ofsted with the rest rated as good. This trust will be located in the area

of North West and North East Hampshire, Hampshire Downs, Petersfield and St Swithun

Wells. Only one of these schools is currently an academy however.

The Blessed John Henry Newman Multi-Academy Trust is proposed to consist of 12 schools

with nine primary schools, two secondary schools and one ‘all through’ school. This

proposed trust covers the areas of Avon Stour, the New Forest, Bournemouth and

Southampton. Nine of these schools are rated good by Ofsted, with a further three rated as

outstanding. Five of these schools are already academies.

The Edith Stein (St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) Multi-Academy Trust, is proposed to

consist of 10 schools, with eight primary and two secondary. The proposed MAT covers

Havant and Portsmouth. Some school improvement is required as two schools are currently

rated as ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted, with six rated good and two rated outstanding.

Further conversion is required at present as only one school in the proposed MAT is an

academy.

As a large majority of these schools have not converted to academies yet, directors will be

expected to help provide support to these schools as they make this transition and as the

MAT begins to form.

Ethos

Catholic schools play a key part in the work of the Diocese. With more children in their

Catholic schools than are active in parishes, the Diocese has a strong commitment to the

growth of communities in which the schools serve.

In their schools, the Diocese seeks to:

- allow their schools to share the vision of the Catholic Church;

- provide the best learning for each child to reach her/his potential;

- give the best context for young people to engage in worship and Christian action;

- have headteachers who witness as prophet and priest, anointed to the service of the

school community;

- have community members, who lead worship and model Christian life and values;

- provide learning opportunities about faith: evangelisation and catechesis; and

- be the place where children and young people engage daily with their faith: worship,

witness of staff, opportunities to reflect, pray and put their beliefs into practice.

Responsibilities of a non-executive director

Non-executive directors work in partnership with the Chair of the Board, other directors and

the Executive Leadership Team. Directors are also expected to work with the Diocese, other

MATs within the Diocese and are ultimately accountable to the Bishop (or through his

authorised officers). Directors are expected to provide clarity, vision and strategic direction

for their MAT and serve the Diocese.

The key responsibilities as a director are to -

Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of the MAT:

- ensuring the preservation and maintenance of the Catholic character of the

academies;

- ensuring that the academies are being conducted in accordance with its Trust

Deed, Instrument (and Articles) of Government or Articles of Association

(including the academies’ ethos statement) and Canon law;

- ensuring that the academies are accountable to the MAT and to the Bishop;

- knowing, supporting and implementing the Diocesan policies on education,

including religious education, and any directives issued by the Bishop and to

represent those policies to the MAT;

- ensuring that Gospel values and the Catholic faith permeate every aspect of life at

the school; and

- acting for the good of Catholic education as a whole within the Diocese,

considering not only the interests of one MAT.

Ensure the highest standards of education across the MAT:

- attending relevant training, including director induction training, as soon as

possible, and, in any event, in accordance with Diocesan policy;

- understanding and promoting the distinctive nature of Catholic education;

- securing the effective financial performance of the MAT by ensuring that

appropriate arrangements are in place including assurance on risk management,

governance and internal control;

- working effectively as a team with other directors and accepting shared

responsibility and accountability as well as undertaking frequent self-evaluation;

- ensuring there is regular and robust monitoring of educational performance and

agree appropriate actions as necessary;

- ensuring there is a rigorous challenge of academy leaders leading to the best

possible outcomes for all learners; and

- leading or participating in relevant Board committees of the MAT.

Other Responsibilities-

Employment of Staff:

- The MAT must comply with the Bishops’ Memorandum on Appointment of

Teachers to Catholic Schools; and

- Directors may also be required to participate in the recruitment of staff to the

academies, particularly in respect of senior leadership vacancies.

Land and Buildings:

- The board of directors of the MAT ensure the academies occupy and carry out

educational activities on behalf of the Diocesan trustees and Bishop (or through

his authorised officers);

- The academies occupy the land and buildings subject to the parameters laid

down by the Diocesan trustees, and ultimately any decisions relating to the land

and buildings rest with the Diocesan trustees, except in so far as these have

been explicitly delegated to the directors of the MAT by the Diocesan trustees;

and

- As a director, you must ensure that any decisions relating to the maintenance

and repair of land and buildings is in accordance with, and has received the

consent of, the Diocesan trustees.

Curriculum:

- The MAT is responsible for ensuring that the curriculum in the academies is

subject to the Church’s requirements for RE and the statutory provision for the

National Curriculum; and

- Directors must ensure that the curriculum of the academies is based on an

understanding of life in conformity with the teaching of the Gospel and the

Catholic Church.

Personal Characteristics

The Diocese seeks candidates with:

- an understanding and a passion for educational excellence for all;

- strategic vision;

- experience of strategy development and deployment;

- an ability to challenge and question the CEO & FD;

- an ability to be a team player;

- senior management experience;

- a willingness to accept accountability;

- resilience/influence; and

- strong communication/networking/stakeholder management skills.

The trust seeks candidates with any of the follow abilities or experience:

Business:

- Managing business growth - Creating, growing and managing a head office - Creating business efficiency in central services - Overseeing the establishment of a regional or cluster structure

Governance:

- Membership of a board, which is effective and compliant - Operating within a large charity / not for profit organisation - Developing people, processes and committees of a board - Holding colleagues to account - Engaging fellow board members in change management

HR and legal:

- Reviewing performance of senior staff - Remuneration decision-making to set leadership salaries - HR and legal expertise to manage grievances or redundancies - Recruitment skills to support growth - Succession planning - Staff engagement and development

Financial:

- Overseeing budgets - Rebuilding a budget from a deficit position - Planning for sustainable growth - Audit and risk - Procurement - Bidding and securing grants - Managing large scale asset portfolios

Property/Estates:

- Architecture - Building and capital development

Other:

- IT change programme – transforming and improving IT provision - Safeguarding / health and safety - Communications - Marketing - PR management

Time Commitment

- 10-12 hours per month. This will include attending six directors’ meetings per annum

and serving on at least one committee of the MAT, which will also meet six times per

annum. Directors will also be expected to attend training, participate in recruitment

and visit the schools from time to time.

Do I have to be a practising Catholic? While the trust does seek candidates who are practicing Catholics, the trust will consider candidates who are non-practicing Catholics, both practicing and non-practicing Christians of other denominations and candidates who support the ethos of a Christian school.

Governance Structure

Annex - Schools in the Diocese and proposed MATs

Blessed Giorgio Frassati MAT

School

Pupil Admission

Number Per Year

Number of Pupils on Roll 2016

OFSTED Judgement

Section 48 Outcome1

Primary Performance Data 2016

Reading Writing Maths

St. Edward’s First, Windsor

60 297 Outstanding

Feb 2009 Good

July 2014 No national published data available

St. Mary’s, Maidenhead

30 303 Good

June 2013 Outstanding Dec 2012

Average Average Average

St. Edmund Campion,

Maidenhead 60 405

Outstanding Oct 2010

Outstanding Mar 2015

Average Average Well above

average

St. Teresa’s, Wokingham

45 346 Outstanding May 2010

Good Nov 2015

Well above average

Average Average

St. Joseph’s, Bracknell

30 211 Outstanding July 2010

Outstanding Nov 2013

Average Average Average

St Margaret Clitherow, Bracknell

30 206 Good

Nov 2011 Good

Mar 2016 Well above

average Well above

average Above

average

St. Francis, Ascot

30 214

Outstanding Jan 2013

Outstanding Jun 2013

Average Average Average

St Dominic Savio, Woodley

60 378 Good

Oct 2016 Good

Oct 2014 Well above

average Average

Well above average

Christ the King, Reading

45

389 Good

Sept 2014 Good

Nov 2015 Below

average Average Average

English Martyrs, Reading

60 416 Good

Nov 2014

Requires Improvement

Mar 2012 Average Average Average

St. Paul’s, Reading

45 326 Good

Dec 2013 Good

Jun 2013 Above

average Average

Well above average

St. Finian’s Cold Ash

28 201 Good

Nov 2016 Good

Mar 2012 Average Average Average

St. Joseph’s, Newbury

30 207 Good

Sept 2012 Good

April 2016 Average Average Below average

St. Amand’s, East Hendred

28 120 Good

Mar 2016

Requires Improvement

Mar 2012 Average

Well below average

Well below average

St. Edmund’s, Abingdon

30 221 Good

May 2016 Good

Nov 2014 Average

Below average

Average

Middle Schools

St. Edward’s Middle School, Windsor

120 452 Good 2013

Good Nov 2015

Average Below

average Below average

Secondary Performance Data 2016

Progress

8 Attainment

8

Grade C or better in

Eng+Maths

Achieving EBacc

Blessed Hugh Faringdon, Reading

150 868 Good 2013

Good Jun 2013

Above average

Below average

Below average Below

average

St. Teresa of Calcutta MAT

School

Pupil Admission

Number Per Year

Number of Pupils on Roll 2016

OFSTED Judgement

Section 48 Outcome

Primary Performance Data 2016

Reading Writing Maths

St. Peter’s, Winchester

60 420 Outstanding

Mar 2009 Outstanding June 2014

Average Average Below average

St. John the Baptist, Andover

30 217 Outstanding

Jan 2009 Good

June 2014 Well above

average Well above

average Well above

average

St. Anne’s, Basingstoke

30 256 Outstanding Sept 2013

Outstanding June 2014

Average Well above

average Average

St. Bede’s, Basingstoke

60 408 Good

Nov 2013 Good

Apr 2014 Average Average Average

St. Joseph’s, Aldershot

70 486 Outstanding Sept 2011

Outstanding Nov 2016

Well above average

Well above average

Well above average

St. Bernadette’s, Farnborough

45 335 Good

May 2014 Good

Nov 2016 Well below

average Average

Well below average

St. Patrick’s, Farnborough

30 221 Good

May 2014 Good

June 2015 Average Average Average

Secondary Performance Data 2016

Progress 8 Attainment

8

Grade c or above in

Eng+Maths

Achieving EBacc

All Hallow’s, Farnham

240 1395 Outstanding

Jun 2014 Outstanding

Jun 2016 Well above

average Above

average Above average

Above average

Bishop Challoner, Basingstoke

180 821 Good

Oct 2014

Outstanding July 2015

Average

Above average

Above average Above

average

Blessed John Henry Newman MAT

School

Pupil Admission

Number Per Year

Number of Pupils on Roll 2016

OFSTED Judgement

Section 48 Outcome

Primary Performance Data 2016

Reading Writing Maths

St. Swithun Wells,

Chandlers Ford 30 247

Good Sept 2013

Good Feb 2014

Average Average Average

St. Anthony’s, Titchfield

30 215 Good

Oct 2016 Good

Mar 2012 Average Average Average

St. Patrick’s, Southampton

60 416 Good

May 2014 Good

June 2015 Average Average Average

Springhill, Southampton

90 660 Outstanding Nov 2007

Good Dec 2013

Above average

Well above average

Above average

Holy Family, Southampton

60 409 Good

Mar 2014 Good

Mar 2015 Above

average Average Average

Our Lady and St. Joseph’s, Lymington

15 106 Good

May 2016

Requires Improvement

Nov 2012

Well above average

Well above average

Well above average

St. Joseph’s, Christchurch

30 224 Good

Feb 2015 Good

Nov 2015 Average Average Average

Corpus Christi, Boscombe

60 432 Good

Mar 2015 Good

June 2015 Average

Well above average

Average

St. Walburga’s, Bournemouth

60 480 Outstanding Nov 2008

Outstanding Nov 2014

Average Average Average

St. Peter’s, Bournemouth

60 No National performance data

Secondary Performance Data 2016

Progress 8 Attainment

8

Grade c or above

Eng+Maths

Achieving EBacc

St. George’s, Southampton

150 682 Good

Apr 2016 Good

Mar 2012 Well above

average Above

average Above average

Above average

St. Anne’s, Southampton

200 1076 Outstanding

Mar 2016 Good

June 2012 Above

average Above

average Above average

Above average

St. Peter’s, Bournemouth

240 1672 Good

May 2014 Good

Oct 2014 Above

average Above

average Above average

Below average

Edith Stein (St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) MAT

School

Pupil Admission Number per

year

Number of pupils on roll 2016

OFSTED Judgement

Section 48 Outcome

Primary Performance Data 2016

Reading Writing Maths

St. Mary’s, Gosport

267 Requires

Improvement May 2015

Good July 2014

Average Average Average

St. Jude’s, Fareham

188 Good

July 2015 Good

July 2012 Well above

average Above

average Well above

average

St. Peter’s, Waterlooville

436 Requires

Improvement July 2015

Good Dec 2012

Below average

Average Below average

St. Thomas More,

Havant 312

Good Oct 2013

Good June 2016

Well above average

Above average

Well above average

St. Paul’s, Portsmouth

386 Good

Apr 2015 Good

July 2014 Average

Below average

Average

Corpus Christi,

Portsmouth 316

Good Dec 2013

Good Feb 2016

Average Average Average

St. John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth

210 Outstanding

Mar 2008 Good

Feb 2014 Above

average Average Above average

St. Swithun’s, Southsea

311 Good

Feb 2016

Requires Improvement

Dec 2014

Well above average

Average Average

Secondary Performance Data 2016

Progress

8 Attainment

8

Grade c or above

Eng+Maths

Achieving EBacc

Oaklands, Waterlooville

1398 Good

Jan 2017 Outstanding

Oct 2013 Average

Above average

Above average Above

average

St. Edmund’s, Portsmouth

832 Outstanding

Feb 2016 Outstanding

Nov 2016 Above

average Above

average Above average

Above average