Links Multi Academy Trust

Multi Academy Trust

The Links Multi Academy Trust was established in October 2019. The Trust Board maintains strategic and statutory responsibility for Links Academies and services.

The Links MAT Board of Trustees are responsible for the overall conduct of all academies and service teams under the Links banner. Each academy has its own Senior Leadership Team (SLT) which is responsible for internal organisation, management and the deployment of teaching and non-teaching staff.

The inaugural Links MAT Trust Board meeting took place on the 10^th December 2019. The Governance of Links MAT is through a structure of Members and Trustees as follows.

Our Chair of Trustees is Mrs Lynch and she can be contacted at: Governance@linksacademy.herts.sch.uk or c/o The Links Academy.

Members

Members have ultimate responsibility for the trust achieving its objectives. They sign off the articles of association and have the power to appoint and remove the trustees. Academy Trusts must have a minimum of three members, although the DfE preference is for five.

FTM = Full Trustees Meeting

Name	Date Appointed	Declaration of Interest
Mrs Lynch (Chair)	10/12/19	Loreto Educational Trust Board - Chair of Trustees
Mr Camp	10/12/19
Mr Gauthier	09/12/23	Executive Headteacher - Samuel Ryder Academy CEO - Scholars Education Trust
Mr Henshall	16/01/18	Member of Presdales Academy Trust Scholars Education Multi Academy Trust - Consultant

Trustees

Trustees collectively deliver the core functions common to school governance. The trustees must also ensure compliance with company and charity law and with the trust’s funding agreement with the Secretary of State.

The constitution of the board of trustees is set out in our Articles of Association.

Name	First Appointment	Term of Office	Roles / Committees (Attendance)	Declaration of Interest
Mrs Lynch (Chair)	10/12/19	10/12/23 – 09/12/27	Resources and Audit (optional) Academic Improvement (optional)	Loreto Educational Trust Board - Chair of Trustees
Mr Allen (Executive Headteacher)	10/12/19	10/12/23 – 09/12/27	Resources and Audit (3/3) Academic Improvement (3/3)	Officer in RAF Related to CEO Blue Tangerine Trust Trustee of the St Albans and District Bee-Keeping Association
Mrs Chapman	10/12/19	10/12/23 – 09/12/27	Academic Improvement (Chair) (3/3) Chair of ARAC	Headteacher at St Albans Girls’ School, part of ATLAS Multi Academy Trust CEO of ATLAS Multi Academy Trust
Mr Barry	17/09/26	17/09/26 - 17/09/30	Resource and Audit	Headteacher Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans, Other governance role - St Georges' School Harpenden
Mrs Hundal	21/05/18	21/12/23 - 09/12/27	Academic Improvement (2/3) SEND Trustee	Access to Education Lead at Hertfordshire County Council
Mr Kershaw	30/09/2024	30/09/24 – 29/09/28	Resources and Audit Chair of ARAC	Head of School – St Albans Girls' School (STAG’s – part of Ambition Education Trust) Related to an employee of the National Trust
Mrs Crawford	21/11/2025	21/11/2025 - 21/11/2028	Resources and Audit Committee