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Governance
This section provides a brief overview of our Governance arrangements.
Northern Star Academies Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee.
NSAT has three layers of governance:
The Members of the Trust, who are akin to shareholders, are the subscribers to its memorandum of association, and any other individuals permitted under its charitable articles of association. Members have a limited financial liability to the trust in the event it is wound up and have the power to appoint and remove trustees; and
The trustees, who are also directors of the charitable company, are responsible for the three core strategic governance functions:
- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- Holding the CEO and Headteachers to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils and the performance management of staff
- Overseeing the financial performance of each school and making sure its money is well spent
The trustees/directors are responsible for ensuring the charitable company achieves its objectives, as well as compliance with charity and company law and the academy trust’s funding agreement.
Northern Star Academies Trust is also a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) which is a single legal entity with its board of trustees accountable for all of academies in its partnership. The academies in the NSAT family are:
- Skipton Girls’ High School – an 11-18 secondary school
- Harrogate High School - an 11-19 secondary school
- New Park Primary Academy – a 3-11 primary school
- Hookstone Chase Primary School – a 4-11 primary school
- Starbeck Primary Academy - a 3 -11 primary school
- Eastwood Community Primary School – a 2-11 primary school
- Holycroft Primary School and Nursery - a 3-11 primary school
- NSAT is also accountable for Northern Lights Teaching School Alliance and Northern Lights SCITT
A third layer of governance also exists through the delegation of governance functions to Local Governing Boards (LGB) with representatives from each academy and trust board.
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Latest tweets from Northern Star Academies Trust
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Kate Green
Just been told the Government didn’t once have a child or young person ask a question at their daily coronavirus briefings. Ministers are ignoring the experiences and challenges young people face. The Prime Minister must hold a press conference for young people now #PowerOfYouth
4th July 2020
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4th July 2020
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2nd July 2020
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Hookstone Chase
It has been a lovely week with many more kids returning to school in our yr 6 bubble. Loved seeing them in their fab PTA funded hoodies and we are hugely grateful to the Mrs Gotting who has been desperate to get the hoodies delivered. As ever, just the best PTA in the country! 🙏
3rd July 2020
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Hookstone Chase
We are really pleased to get the go ahead from the government to fully reopen schools from September. We are working hard to get things in place for the safe return of all the children. Have a good weekend. Stay safe. https://t.co/G4enWlO0sE
3rd July 2020
Northern Star Headteachers @SuzanneCarter79 @GreatwoodHead @NQheadT @Charlot56190817 @VivWatson1 @HOLYCROFTPRIM @StarbeckPrimary @skiptongirls Listening to Empire State of Mind Alicia Keys/ Jay Z ‘pocketful of dreams’ & ‘ there’s nothing you can’t do’ #staystrong #keepinspiring
3rd July 2020
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Daryn Egan-Simon
I’m so bored of the whole ‘catch up’ narrative. Children will have learnt lots during lockdown. Just because it’s not on the curriculum doesn’t mean it’s not valuable or important. We really need to move beyond this reductive deficit thinking.
1st July 2020
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Teaching School Hub
@WeAreBDAT @N_StarAT @BeckfootTrust @exceedacademies @bronteacademy @PriestleyTrust @DeltaTrust_Org @DixonsAcademies @CoopAcademies https://t.co/AN94NFMpFw
1st July 2020
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HHS Community&Events
We have some great businesses that use our premises @HarrogateHigh and we look forward to welcoming them all back once government restrictions are removed. 👍🌈
1st July 2020
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Northern Star Academies Trust is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in the North of England, comprising of 7 schools – a charitable Trust focusing on the public advancement of education for the public benefit.
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North Yorkshire, BD23 1QN
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Northern Star Academies Trust is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in the North of England, comprising of 7 schools – a charitable Trust focusing on the public advancement of education for the public benefit.
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Northern Star Academies is operated by Northern Star Academies Trust, an exempt charity regulated by the Secretary of State for Education. It is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 07553531), whose registered office is at 77 Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1QN (where a list of members may be inspected).