St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

The St Gabriel the Archangel is a collaboration of 63 academies under one company, in line with a structure agreed between the Department for Education and the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

The Multi-Academy Trust is governed by a Board of Directors, who have a strategic role, determining policy and allocated resources over the entire trust. The individual schools (academies) retain their individuality, their principal and their own management committee. The Trust exists to promote a collaborative and supportive ethos amongst the schools.

The Directors of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust are appointed or elected.

Academy Committee

The Directors delegate certain areas to the Academy Committee. These include the following:

• the Catholic life of the Academy;
• the day-to-day life of the Academy; the health and safety arrangements; the implementation of the Academy’s curriculum plans; the arrangements for teaching and learning;
• the culture and traditions of the Academy as a unique community with a specific school, parish, community and locality, identity and history;
• communication and the appropriate formation of relationships with parents of pupils attending the Academy to work with and support them in their role as primary educators of their children;
• engagement with the parish priest and local Church and parish community to work with and support them as they contribute to the religious, spiritual, moral, social and cultural formation of the pupils in the school;
• relationships with other local schools, agencies and businesses, as well as the wider neighbourhood community, that enhances the quality of education provided by the Academy for its pupils;
• providing evaluative feedback and supporting evidence to the Directors on the impact and effectiveness of both the Company’s and the Academy’s collective and individual: aims and objectives; policies; targets; and plans.

The Academy Committee brings together representatives from a number of groups.

Foundation members are appointed by the Archdiocese of Birmingham and their term of office is 4 years.

Parent members are elected by the parents and guardians of children attending the school and their term of office is 4 years.

The Academy Committee holds a full meeting each term to discuss school issues and help manage the development and good practice of the school.

Our Chair of Governors is Mrs Naomi Williams. All correspondence should be sent to the school via post, email or telephone

School Governance across the Archdiocese

We are delighted to share with you a new promotional video to support the recruitment of governors across the Archdiocese. If Governance is something that you may be interested in, please follow the link below to find out more.

The full-length video can be accessed via this link: Governance Promotion