Management of the Foundation
The Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. The directors of the company are the Trustees, who have overall responsibility for the Foundation and are guardians of the Foundation's ethos.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall management of the Foundation including setting the aims of the schools and working to improve standards, maintaining the Catholic ethos of the Foundation, deciding on the use of its budget, choosing senior staff, looking after the site and buildings, developing a framework of policies within which it functions, dealing with personnel issues and settling disputes.
The Company Registration number is 4177718 and the Charity Registration number is 1087124.
Day to day management of the Foundation is delegated to the following executives, who report to the Governors and to the various sub-committees relevant to their individual responsibilities:
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Foundation Principal - Ed Hester
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Headmaster of Princethorpe College - Grove du Toit
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Headmaster of Crackley Hall - Robert Duigan
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Headmaster of Crescent School - Joe Thackway
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Clerk to the Trustees and Company Secretary - Eddie Tolcher
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Foundation Head of Business Services - Rebecca Iley
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Foundation Director of Finance - Claire Alcock
These executives attend all Trustees' meetings and certain other sub-committee meetings.
There are regular meetings of the Foundation’s senior executives, which comprise the Foundation Principal, the Heads, the Foundation Bursar, the Deputy Heads and Assistant Heads.
The Chair of Trustees may be contacted by writing to Mrs Liz Griffin, Princethorpe College, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PX
Princethorpe Foundation Strategic Plan
In my new role as Foundation Principal one of my key aims has been to produce this Strategic Plan to underpin the success of all our schools. Through this document, I am delighted to take you “behind the scenes” and give you an insight into our approach.
The Plan aims to ensure that, as a business, we remain strong as we face the various challenges ahead and that we continue to put educational quality and value for money at the top of our agenda.
Ed Hester - Foundation Principal
Interested in becoming a Trustee at The Princethorpe Foundation?
Our articles of association allow for a minimum of ten and a maximum of eighteen Trustees at any one time. Our Trustees will normally serve up to three terms of three years and we aim for an even distribution of retirement dates to allow the continued appropriate governance of all our schools.
Our Trustees are keen that we have a wide range of expertise, experience and backgrounds within the governing body.
Core skills which are covered include:
Education, Business Expertise, Law, Human Resources, Governance, Finance, Property
If you are interested in knowing more about the requirements of being a Trustee please email our Foundation Bursar, Eddie Tolcher, mentioning your experience and why you may want to consider joining our Governing Body.
"In their responses to the pre-inspection questionnaire, parents commented positively on the strength of their children’s learning and how this reflected the commitment of the teaching and the direction provided by the school’s leaders and trustees."
"Pupils’ deep respect for the diversity that surrounds them both at school and within their local communities is a fundamental aspect of the strong and supportive school culture promulgated by school leaders and trustees."
"The governors, known as the trustees, are highly committed to the school, to upholding its ethos and to its on-going development."
membership of the board of trustees
Membership of the Board of Trustees is between nine and eighteen persons. The Trustees are the directors of the company. They have overall responsibility for the Foundation and are guardians of the Foundation's ethos.
Trustees are appointed for an initial term of three years and are eligible for re-appointment. The maximum term for a Trustee (with the exception of the Chair of Trustees) is twelve years.
The Trustees meet as a Governing Body each term and have an Annual General Meeting in December. They undertake the management of the Foundation through a structure of sub-committees. Every Trustee will serve on at least one sub-committee.
Committees
The committee Chair is appointed by the Governing Body, the committee then elects its Deputy Chair.
The following committees are currently in place:
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Education & Staffing: all matters relating to the curriculum, the quality of learning and teaching and monitoring of the schools' improvement plans as well as all matters relating to staff.
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Estates: ensures that the Foundation complies with Health and Safety Legislation and deals with matters relating to estates and grounds including future building developments.
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Finance: deals with all finance and budgetary matters.
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Governance: reviews the governance of the Foundation.
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ICT: concerns the Foundation's strategic use of ICT, particularly in terms of teaching and learning.
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Marketing, Admissions and Development: is a forum for discussion and communication between trustees and staff and promotes the Foundation and its schools. It also supports the school's culture of philanthropy and fundraising initiatives for bursaries and capital projects.
membership of the committees
Foundation Principal - Ed Hester, Headmaster of Princethorpe College - Grove du Toit, Headmaster of Crackley Hall - Robert Duigan, Headmaster of Crescent School - Joe Thackway and Foundation Bursar - Eddie Tolcher attend all Trustees' meetings and certain other sub-committee meetings.
| Education | Estates |
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| Helen Knight (Chair) | Charlie Jenkinson (Chair) |
| Barbara Forster | Bernard Warner (Deputy Chair) |
| Sally Rosser | Richard Harcourt |
| John Fisher | |
| Beth Sharpe - Deputy Head – Pastoral | Rob Heath - Director of Facilities |
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Michael Spencer - Deputy Head – Academic |
Neil McCollin - Assistant Head Co-Curricular and Operations |
| Alan Webb - Assistant Head, Head of Pre-Prep at Crescent School | |
| Finance | Governance |
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| John Fisher (Chair) | Richard Harcourt |
| Richard Harcourt (Deputy Chair) | Robert Lee |
| Rowland Johnson | |
| Claire Alcock - Head of Finance |
| IT | Marketing, Admissions and Development |
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| Rowland Johnson (Chair) | Bernard Warner (Chair) |
| Charlie Jenkinson (Deputy Chair) | Charlie Jenkinson (Deputy Chair) |
| Rowland Johnson | |
| Robert Lee | |
| Andy Compton - Foundation Assistant Head - Director of Digital Strategy | Melanie Butler - Foundation Assistant Head - Marketing, Admissions and Communications and OPs Secretary |
| Jo Flowers - Foundation Marketing and Communications Executive | |
| Steve Kowal - Development Director |
| Staffing & Remuneration | |
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| Richard Harcourt (Deputy Chair) | |
| Barbara Forster | |
| Sally Rosser |