ACADEMY COMMITTEE

Haydonleigh Primary School is part a multi academy trust called Grove Learning Trust.  Please click here to visit Grove Learning Trusts website.  

As an academy that is part of Grove Learning Trust, Haydonleigh Primary School has a governing body made up of staff, parents and people from the community which is overseen by the trust’s members and directors.  The governing body is called an academy committee at Haydonleigh Primary School.

The governors at academy committee hold the academy leadership team to account for the performance of the academy. They operate as one body, as a committee of the Board of Directors, which is the trust's Governing Body. Each Academy Committee is accountable to the Board of Directors via 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 processes that will be run by the relevant academy committee.

The governing body is drawn from members of staff, parents and co-opted members of the community. The Chair of Governors is Kate Wichurst. Governors can be contacted via the school office on 01793 700443, Haydonleigh Primary School, Haydon Court Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN251JP.