Academy Committee

Southfield is an academy part of the multi academy trust Grove Learning Trust (GLT). GLT opened on 1st December 2019 and you can click this link to visit our trust website. 

As an academy part of Grove Learning Trust, Southfield has a local governing body called an Academy Committee, which is overseen by the trust's Board of Directors. 

Southfield's local governing body is called an Academy Committee.

Grove Learning Trust's Governance Structure

The governors at academy committee level champion and hold the academy leadership team to account for the performance of the academy. They operate as one body, as the committee of the Board of Directors, which is the trust's Governing Body. Each Academy Committee is accountable to the Board of Directors' committees - Resources, Audit and Risk (RAR) and Standards & Performance (S&P). Governors are appointed by the Board of Directors after appropriate elections or recruitment process that will run by the relevant academy committee.