Governance

Following the Government’s agenda for schools, Endeavour Learning Trust (ELT) was set up as a multi academy trust (known as a MAT) in 2016. Linaker Primary School converted and joined ELT on 1st December 2024.

The role of governance is slightly different once a school is a member of a MAT, with Local Academy Councillors overseeing the individual schools through their work in a Local Academy Councils (LACs) and Trustees overseeing all the academies in the MAT.

Trustees are responsible for setting the strategic direction and oversight of the Trust and all its academies to ensure excellent education for all pupils and sustainable, efficient financial management. They take decisions that are in the best interests of the MAT as a whole and are not representative of any one of the constituent academies. 

The primary function of the Local Academy Councils is to support and critically appraise the quality of the work of the Academy leadership in meeting the overall aims of the MAT, particularly in ensuring that the pupil and staff in the MAT are given every opportunity to thrive and achieve their best.

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Linaker Primary School Local Academy Council

Academy Councillors are selected to cover a variety of stakeholders; there are two elected parent positions, one Headteacher and one staff (nominated by staff body and co-opted by the LAC on behalf of Trust Board), with five to eight Councillors appointed by Trustees based on their skills and following nominations.  The current LAC membership is summarised below and applications from the local community are welcomed.  If you are interested in getting involved, please the school directly or the Trust’s Governance Professional,
Catherine White, 01772 817904 (Ext 1054) or [email protected]. 

Training and Support

To keep abreast of new legislation and to maintain and learn new skills, Councillors are encouraged to attend the variety of training courses that are available to them. New Councillors are supported by a mentor. The Trust sets aside two additional meetings per year to concentrate on joint training objectives for Trustees and LAC Councillors.

Following the conversion of Linaker Primary School, on the 1st of December 2024, a new Local Academy Council was established to oversee school improvement and stakeholder engagement.

Linaker Primary School Local Academy Council

Attendance at Local Academy Council Meetings

Business and Pecuniary Interests of Local Academy Councillors

Contact

The interim Chair of the Local Academy Council is Mr Dom Potter 

If you wish to contact any councillor you can do so by:

Telephone - Call the switchboard on 01704 532343 and ask to leave a message

Email -  [email protected]

Post - Linaker Primary School
Sefton Street
SOUTHPORT
PR8 5DB