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Governance

Fir Vale Academy Local Governing Body

The Local Governing Body oversees the running of Fir Vale Academy, which includes appointing senior staff, setting academic targets, ratifying school policies and reviewing the overall performance of the school.

Members of the Fir Vale Academy LGB

Name Role
Tina Ball Chair
Azhar Iqbal  
John Davies Staff Governor
Paul Highfield  
Rosemary Cisneros  
Taf Shabir  
Anne Quaile  
   

You can write to the Chair of Governors at the following address:

c/o Fir Vale Academy
Owler Lane
Sheffield
S4 8GB

Email: Clerk to Governors - tball@firvale.com

Governance

Fir Vale Academy is a part of United Learning whose Trustees hold the ultimate responsibility for the governance of each United Learning school.

The Department for Education’s governance handbook 2020 identifies the essentials of effective governance as follows:

- Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction;
- Holding the executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent.

United Learning’s Trustees delegate certain key roles and responsibilities to the school’s Local Governing Body (LGB) and these are set out clearly in our Scheme of Delegation which can be seen on the United Learning website.

Click here to view the Scheme of Delegation