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Registered number: 07361021 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI- ACADEMY TRUST (A company limited by guarantee) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST CONTENTS Page Reference and administrative details of the academy, its trustees and advisers 1 - 2 Trustees' report 3 - 18 Governance statement 19 - 22 Statement on regularity, propriety and compliance 23 Trustees' responsibilities statement 24 Independent auditor's report 25 - 26 Independent reporting accountant's assurance report on regularity 27 - 28 Statement of financial activities 29 - 30 Balance sheet 31 Cash flow statement 32 Notes to the financial statements 33 - 56 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE ACADEMY TRUST, ITS MEMBERS/ TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 Members A Buckley, Chair Z Ahmad (appointed 1 February 2015) P Baxter (appointed 7 January 2015) M Carroll (appointed 1 February 2015) R Clegg (resigned 7 January 2015) K Downing (resigned 8 January 2015) J Fletcher (resigned 6 January 2015) R Fone (resigned 7 January 2015) F Pickering (resigned 7 January 2015) D Vickers (appointed 7 January 2015) Trustees A Buckley, Chair & Community Trustee P Blackwell, Headteacher, Dinnington High School (appointed 1 February 2015, resigned 31 August 2015) P Baxter, Parent Trustee K Bottomley, Community Trustee (appointed 1 February 2015) M Carroll, Community Trustee (appointed 1 February 2015) R Clegg, Community Trustee (resigned 20 January 2015) K Downing, Staff Trustee (resigned 23 January 2015) C Eccles, Co-Headteacher, Dinnington High School J Fletcher (resigned 23 January 2015) R Fone, Executive Headteacher and Staff Trustee M Ghulam, Parent Trustee S Grenham, Staff Trustee (resigned 23 January 2015) I Holborn, Co-Headteacher, Dinnington High School A Jenkinson, Parent Trustee (resigned 22 January 2015) S Kay, Community Trustee (resigned 20 January 2015) C Marvin, Parent Trustee (resigned 22 January 2015) D Reid, Parent Trustee (resigned 20 January 2015) N Smith, Community Trustee (resigned 6 January 2015) D Vickers, Community Trustee V Whitaker, Staff Trustee (resigned 21 January 2015) H Woodcock, Parent Trustee (resigned 20 January 2015) Executive Leadership Team Executive Headteacher R Fone Associate Headteachers W Barsby and A Riches, Brinsworth Academy Co-Headteachers Mr C Eccles and Mr I Holborn, Dinnington High School Company secretary Mr R Wheatcroft (Director of Business) Company registered number 07361021 Principal and registered Brinsworth Comprehensive School office Brinsworth Road Brinsworth Rotherham South Yorkshire S60 5EJ BHP, Chartered Accountants page 1 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE ACADEMY TRUST, ITS MEMBERS/ TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 Administrative details (continued) Independent auditor BHP, Chartered Accountants 2 Rutland Park Sheffield S10 2PD Solicitors Browne Jacobson LLP 44 Castle Gate Nottingham NG1 7BJ BHP, Chartered Accountants page 2 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 The Trustees present their annual report, together with the financial statements and auditor’s report of the charitable company for the period 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015. The annual report serves the purposes of both a trustees’ report and a directors’ report under company law. The trust operates two secondary academies in Rotherham for pupils aged 11 to 19 years serving catchment areas in Rotherham and surrounding areas, including Sheffield and Nottinghamshire. Our schools currently have a combined capacity of 2,747, including 412 sixth form places, and a combined roll of 2,469 in the school census on 1st October 2015. Structure, Governance and Management Constitution The school is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity. The charitable company’s memorandum and articles of association are the primary governing documents of the academy trust. The trustees of the Learner Engagement and Achievement Partnership Multi-Academy Trust Limited are also the directors of the Charitable Company for the purposes of company law. The charitable company is known as Learner Engagment and Achievement Partnership Multi-Academy Trust. Details of the Trustees who served throughout the year, except as noted, are included in the Legal and Administrative Information on page 1. Members' liability Each member of the charitable company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Charitable Company in the event of it being wound up while they are a member, or within one year after they cease to be a member, such amount as may be required, not exceeding £10.00, for the debts and liabilities contracted before they ceased to be a member. Trustees’ Indemnities Trustees are indemnified under the Department for Education’s Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA). The RPA is not an insurance scheme but is a mechanism through which the cost of relevant risks that materialise will be covered by government funds. Method of Recruitment and Appointment or Election of Trustees The Trust’s Board of Directors comprises Parent, Co-Opted (referred to as Community) and Staff Trustees. Our Articles of Association provide for the following positions: a minimum of two Parent Trustees, being a parent of one of the schools in the Trust, appointed by the Board the Executive Headteacher, appointed by the Board up to five Trustees appointed by the members of the company up to three Trustees appointed by the Board, being individuals who live or work in the community served by one of the schools or who, in the opinion of the Directors, has the necessary skill set and is committed to the success of the schools The Secretary of State for Education may, in special circumstances, appoint further and additional Trustees. No co opted or Secretary of State appointees were made during the year. BHP, Chartered Accountants page 3 LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST TRUSTEES' REPORT (continued) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2015 Policies and Procedures Adopted for the Induction and Training of Trustees Newly appointed Trustees have access to training on appointment to the Board of Trustees. All our Trustees hold a governor position on a Local Governing Body. The Trust subscribes to Learners First, a partnership of over 200 schools from all education phases. Learners First’s core aim is to strengthen school governance through the development of effective governors who, as a result, are better equipped to hold to account, challenge and support school leaders in order to better deliver the mission and improve outcomes for children and young people. The Induction for New Governors Course includes the following elements – the role of governing bodies how to be an effective member of a governing body the key roles and responsibilities of governing bodies in contributing to school improvement the different and complementary roles of the headteacher and the governing body roles of different stakeholders and their relationship with the governing body Further governance training is available to relevant Trustees in connection with their responsibilities, including Chairs and Vice Chairs Development Programme and Leadership Seminars for Governors. Organisational Structure During the year, and following directors’ and governors’ consultation with our stakeholders, the Department for Education approved the conversion of Dinnington Comprehensive School, specialising in Science and Engineering, to academy status and the school’s merger with the Brinsworth Comprehensive School Academy Trust to the delight of governors, directors and members of the company. The company’s former name was changed to the Learner Engagement and Achievement Partnership Multi-Academy Trust. The company’s members and the composition of the Board of Directors duly changed to represent both schools. The partnership has enabled the pooling of a breadth of skills and experience held by our Trustees, Governors, employees, volunteer workers and stakeholders in the furtherance of the education of the Trust’s pupils. The Board’s retained powers and those delegated to the two Local Governing Bodies (LGB) are set out in the adopted Terms of Reference for Local Governing Bodies, which are further detailed in the Trust’s Local Governing Bodies Procedures document. The Board provides the strategic direction and leadership of the MAT. The Board is responsible for regulatory, contractual and financial compliance. Board meetings consider the financial reports from both schools. The Board is directly served by its Audit Committee and a Local Governing Body at each school. The Executive Headteacher is the Trust’s Accounting Officer. The company’s delegation arrangements provide clear distinction between the role and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and those of its LGBs. Audit Committee The Trust’s Audit Committee, led by our Responsible Officer, is delegated to review the risk to internal financial control, agree a programme of work that addresses them, and to inform the accounting officer’s annual statement of internal control. The Committee is responsible for ensuring that allegations of fraud and irregularity are investigated and controls weaknesses addressed. The Audit Committee has the responsibility of recommending the