Governance

Orchard Hill College is a registered Company (company number 07586715) and a registered charity (charity number 1144922). Statutory Documentation, including Annual Accounts, details on the College Trustees and Members and Minutes of the Board meetings can be found at the website for Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust www.ohcat.org/governance 

Some of the Board of Trustees’ key responsibilities are:

Setting the strategic direction of the College by:

• Ensuring the values, aims and objectives for the College are aligned to those of OHC&AT
• Implementing the policy framework for achieving the agreed aims and objectives
• Setting statutory targets
• Agreeing the College improvement strategy

Challenging and supporting the College by monitoring, reviewing and evaluating:

• The implementation and effectiveness of the policy framework
• Progress towards targets
• The implementation and effectiveness of the College improvement strategy
• The budget and the staffing structure

Ensuring accountability by:

• Monitoring the College’s self-evaluation documentation
• Responding to Ofsted reports when necessary
• Holding the Principal to account for the performance of the College
• Ensuring students and parents/carers are involved, consulted and informed as appropriate
• Making information available to the community

The Board of Trustees meets once per term as a sole board, and once per term jointly with the OHCAT Board of Trustees.