Exeter Royal Academy For Deaf Education

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1 Exeter Royal Academy For Deaf Education Governance and Organisation Guide May 2018 Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education, a company limited by guarantee. Registered office: 50 Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NF Tel: (01392) Company registration no Registered charity no

2 Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education (ERADE) The Charity is a registered charity and limited company. The School and College, and Progress House are part of the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education charity but managed as separate 'operating divisions'. They share a range of services run centrally by the charity such as Fundraising, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Facilities Management and Marketing. The Deaf Academy is a non-maintained residential special school for Deaf children and young people between the ages of 4 19 and a specialist post -16 college for Deaf young people aged Progress House is a registered Children s Home specialising in caring for children and young people aged between 5 and 17 years who are Deaf or hearing impaired. Governance responsibilities of the Governing Body of the Deaf Academy and the Progress House Management Committee are independent of each other and both report directly to the Board of Trustees. The Designated Safeguarding Lead covers all aspects of the charity s work. The Executive Senior Leadership Team comprises the Co-Principal Education, the Co-Principal Safeguarding and Care, the Director of Development and the Director of Finance and Resources. The Co-Principals are responsible for the running of the Deaf Academy School, College and Care and report to the Governing Body Chair. The Director of Development and Director of Finance and Resources are responsible for the running of the Charity and deliver a range of centrally-run services such as Fundraising and Income Generation, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Facilities Management, Marketing and capital programme management. The Director of Development and Director of Finance and Resources report to the Chair of Trustees. The four senior leaders work together as the Executive Senior Leadership Team to coordinate the activities of the Charity and Academy, problem solve and make sure there are no gaps in service delivery and assurance that may impact negatively on the Academy and /or the Charity and its service users exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no

3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY Chair of Board of Trustees Peter Burroughs Trustees: Rhodri Davey Alastair Dewhirst Charles Hampton II Janet Harvey Stephen King Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education is a Charity whose vision is to see Deaf people valued by themselves and their society, being confident, well educated, independent, able to communicate, and with good and appropriate employment and housing. The principal ways this is achieved is through running The Deaf Academy, a day and residential school and college for students from throughout the UK and Progress House, a Children s Home for Deaf young people who use British Sign Language. The Charity ensures that The Deaf Academy and Progress House have the resources to change the lives of Deaf people and also explores and develops new services which can enable Deaf people to lead independent lives. The Charity s main development project is the building of a world-class new Deaf Academy which is due to open in the 2019/2020 academic year exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no

4 GOVERNING BODY OF THE DEAF ACADEMY Chair of Governing Body Stephen King PROGRESS HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Chair of Management Committee Alistair Dewhirst Co-Principal Education Trudy Chappell Co-Principal Care and Safeguarding Sylvan Dewing* Trustee Governors Alistair Dewhirst Janet Harvey Parent Governor Harold Convey Staff Governors Tim Brigden Matt Jenkins Co-Opted Governors Tony Alexander Darren Beattie Tony Collyer Allison Foster Angela Pedder (Vice Chair) Responsible Individual/Head of Care James Heaver Co-Principal Care and Safeguarding Sylvan Dewing Registered Manager Progress House Vicky Coombs Director of Finance and Resources Sara Papworth CHARITY WIDE SERVICES: Director of Finance and Resources Sara Papworth Director of Development Stephen Morton * Post holder is Designated Safeguarding Lead exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no

5 The Deaf Academy Organisation Chart (School and College, and Residential Care) * ** * Post holder is Designated Safeguarding Lead for all Academy activities. ** Post holder is also Responsible Individual for Progress House exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no

6 Charity Wide Services Organisation Chart Chair of Trustees Peter Burroughs Director of Finance & Resources* Sara Papworth Clerk to Board of Trustees & Board of Governors Sarah Helman Director of Development* Stephen Morton Facilities & Catering Student Administration New Academy Development Fundraising and Income Generation Marketing Finance IT Human Resources * The Directors are line managed and accountable to the Chair of Trustees for services provided to the Academy. Matrix reporting via the Co-Principals operates. Data Protection Officer exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no

7 Progress House Organisation Chart Progress House Management Committee Chair Alistair Dewhirst Responsible Individual/ Head of Care James Heaver Progress House Manager Vicky Coombs Progress House Team exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk charity no