Governance in PDET

The Trust Board

The Board of Directors is the overall governance body and is accountable for the Trust.

For further details of our Trust's governance structure see: PDET's Governance Structure 

For the Trust’s memorandum and articles of association, annual accounts, annual report and funding agreement see:  Financial Information 

Our school's Supplemental Funding Agreement can be found here: 

Towcester Supplemental Funding Agreement

Role of the Academy Governance Committee (AGC) 

Local governing bodies, who are called Academy Governance Committees (AGCs) in our Trust, are committees to which the Directors have chosen to delegate some specific responsibilities. AGCs engage with their local community and carry out the following very valuable role.

There are 2 key elements to the role of AGCs:

Vision and Values:

• Help the academy set and review their local, contextual vision and values, aligned with the Trust’s vision.
• Monitor and support the academy to ensure the vision is being ‘lived out’ in every aspect of academy life.
• Preserve and further develop relationships with the community, and in particular with the church, in line with the academy’s and Trust’s vision and values. 

Delegated functions:

• Carry out functions which have been specifically delegated to them as formal committees of the Board. 

For the Trust’s Board Remit and Scheme of Delegation, see: Scheme of Delegation 

When fully populated, Towcester C of E School AGC comprises eight members: 2 parent governors; 1 community governor; 3 church governors; a staff governor and the headteacher. Parent governors and the staff governor are elected posts and the headteacher serves ex officio.

Governors serve a four-year term and elect a chair from among their number.

Our AGC

The Chair of our AGC is Mrs Julie Godwin who can be contacted via  j.godwin@towcester.pdet.org.uk 

Our Parent Governor can be contacted by email: Mr Phil Bushby: p.bushby@towcester.pdet.org.uk 

All Governor vacancies are advertised on the school website, in the school’s newsletters and externally if necessary.

AGC Documents

• AGC Register of Attendance at Meetings 2024-25 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineAGC Register of Attendance at Meetings 2024-25
• AGC Register of Interests 2024-25 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineAGC Register of Interests 2024-25
• AGC Register of Attendance at Meetings 2023-24 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineAGC Register of Attendance at Meetings 2023-24

Interested in joining our AGC?

If you are interested in becoming a governor, please contact the school for further information. An application form is available on our Trust's website to apply to become either a Community or Church Governor.