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 10th 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 |
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Maire Lynch (Chair) |
10/12/19 |
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James Camp | 10/12/19 |
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Matthew Gauthier | 10/12/23 |
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Alan Henshall | 16/01/18 |
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Stephen Mann | 12/04/2024 |
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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 Appointed | Term of Office | Roles/ Committees (Attendance) |
Declaration of Interest |
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Maire Lynch (Chair) |
10/12/19 | 10/12/23 – 09/12/27 |
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David Allen (Executive Headteacher) |
10/12/19 | 10/12/23 – 09/12/27 |
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Margaret Chapman | 10/12/19 | 10/12/23 – 09/12/27 |
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Marcus Cooper | 05/12/22 | 01/01/23 – 31/12/26 |
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Karen Haswell | 10/12/19 | 10/12/23 – 09/12/27 |
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Silvia Hundal | 21/05/18 | 10/12/23 – 09/12/27 |
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Annie Thomson | 06/12/21 | 06/12/21 – 05/12/25 |
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- Executive Pay Statement 2023-24 (233.54KB)
- Trustees Meeting Attendance 2023-24 (142.29KB)