TET Governance

 

The Anglo-Portuguese School of London is part of Talent Education Trust. 

Talent Education Trust is committed to providing high-quality education and creating opportunities for every pupil to thrive. The Trust is run through a clear structure of governance and leadership, with trustees providing strategic oversight and accountability while school leaders manage the day-to-day running of each school. 

The Trust is the charitable company limited by guarantee with exempt charitable status which was established in order to operate APSoL. Its constitution is its Articles of Association (the Articles).

The Trust has entered into a master funding agreement and a separate supplemental funding agreement for with the Secretary of State for Education in relation to the funding of APSoL (the Funding Agreement). 

The Funding Agreement places a number of requirements on the Trust including the requirement to comply with the Department for Education's (DfE) Academy Trust Handbook (as amended from time to time) (the Handbook). 

There are a number of roles involved in the running of any academy trust and these are as follows: 

•     the Members; 

•     the Trustees;  

•     the Principal and the wider Leadership Team; and 

•     the Governance Professional/ the Company Secretary. 

The role and functions of the Members, Trustees and the Leadership Team are set out in the Roles and Functions Matrix. 

 

 The Principal and Accounting Officer for the Trust is Marta Correia-Abbott. 

The Chief Financial Officer for the Trust is Lisa Brooks. 

Financial assistance and management for the Trust is provided by Amy Maude, MLG Education Services.