Local Advisory Board

Belmont and SAND Academies Trust

Belmont School became part of SAND Academies Trust in 2019 and is now one of seven academies under the SAND umbrella. We work in partnership with the Trust to improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for students, while maintaining Belmont’s unique ethos, culture and identity.

The Trust Board is the accountable body, and has ultimate responsibility for the strategic functions of governance, as follows:

• Ensuring there is clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is spent well and wisely

What does the LAB do?

The LAB supports the Trustees in fulfilling the strategic functions at a local level, and within the powers delegated to them through the Scheme of Delegation. LAB members consider how the school is performing today as well as thinking about the future and how the school can improve.

Their role is to:

• Uphold the SAND Academies Trust ethos, vision and aims, and ensure these are embedded throughout the school and in all LAB discussions and decisions
• Ensure that the school promotes equality, diversity and inclusion for all its pupils, staff and stakeholders
• Behave in an honest and open way and follow the LAB Code of Conduct and the seven Nolan Principles of public life
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils and staff at all times
• Build and maintain good relationships with the school, the Trust, the headteacher, staff, students and other stakeholder groups
• Promote links with the school’s community at every opportunity
• Work with the SAND central team to ensure the school is well supported, and promote positive relationships across the Trust
• Attend and support school events where possible
• Ensure the school is clear and ambitious for the students and in line with the Trust’s strategic plan
• Monitor targets for the school around pupil achievement, school improvement and curriculum development
• Ensure that the school is best able to achieve its objectives over the long term
• Hold the headteacher to account for the management of the school, delivery of student outcomes and for carrying out any LAB decisions