Proud to be part of the University of Chichester Academy Trust
Court Lane Academies are proud members of the University of Chichester Academy Trust. As an academy, Court Lane Junior School is a state-funded school working with other like-minded schools and the University of Chichester to provide an exceptional education experience for our pupils. We remain guided by the national education framework but have greater freedom to make choices and share expertise and opportunities. We support the Vision of the Trust ‘for all young people to be inspired by an excellent education that raises their aspirations and enriches their lives’ and it’s mission ‘to create a vibrant inclusive and aspirational family of academies, transforming life chances for pupils through excellent teaching and learning.
Our links to the University of Chichester
The University of Chichester Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) and aims to develop a family of c30 academies based on geographical groups in the region. Being part of the Trust provides Court Lane Junior School with exciting opportunities to share expertise and resources with other academies as well as to access support from the University and from Trust professional staff.
Court Lane Junior School benefits greatly from a continuing programme of curriculum support and enhancement provided by the Trust and expert colleagues from the University of Chichester. The University’s Institute of Education has a distinguished history of teacher training that goes back over 150 years and is noted for its professional learning programmes for teachers and high quality education research. We provide teacher placements for trainee teachers and students enhance our curriculum offer by supporting art, PE, and music projects among other things.
Academy Governance
The University of Chichester Academy Trust is a single organisation with a Board of Directors: its members are company directors and charity trustees and the Trust makes no profit.
The Board delegates day-to-day running of each academy to the Local Governing Body (LGB) which reports back to the Board. The level of delegation may be different for each academy. Enquiries about Court Lane Academies' governance should be made in the first instance to the Chair of the LGB, Mrs Glynis Alexander.
For more information on the charities Trustees and Members please follow the links below.
http://www.unicat.org.uk/cat-team/board
http://www.unicat.org.uk/governance
The Scheme of Delegation can be viewed at https://www.unicat.org.uk/_site/data/files/about_us/A6D8F447FC31BCA02C44B1FADDEF8196.pdf
Each school within the Trust has a delegated budget which it manages, within the wider Trust scheme of delegation and finances. Benchmarking information from the DfE can be found here:
https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school?urn=143316
Contact the Academy Trust
The University of Chichester Academy Trust welcomes your enquiries and comments.
Please get in touch with us at:
T: 01243 816 444
Or visit the Trust website by clicking the image below.