Governance

Governance at Taunton's College
The College’s governing body is known as the Taunton’s College Corporation. Its members, who are all volunteers, are drawn from the community the College serves and come from a range of backgrounds. They bring with them expertise in accountancy, business,education, law, local government and other relevant sectors of work. Some members are appointed directly by the Corporation and others are elected by the students, staff and parents of the College.

The role of the Corporation is to agree the strategic direction of the College, to set objectives and to monitor results so as to support the College in providing a high quality and effective learning experience for everyone who attends the College. In their capacity as ‘critical friends’, the members’ statutory responsibilities are:

  • to determine and to periodically review the educational character of the College and the College’s mission, vision and values;
  • to approve the College’s quality strategy;
  • to oversee the effective and efficient use of resources and to safeguard the solvency of the College and its assets, including approving the annual estimates of income and expenditure; and
  • to appoint, appraise, and determine the pay and conditions of the College’s senior post holders and to set a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff.
  • Other specific responsibilities are set out in the Terms of Reference of the Corporation’s Committees’ but in general, members of the Corporation are responsible for setting strategy, exercising general oversight and monitoring progress against targets. 
Decisions are made by the Corporation in full Corporation meetings which are usually held five times a year. The Corporation has established a committee structure comprising six committees (Audit; Finance & Premises; Governance & Search; Human Resources; Students, Standards & Quality Improvement; and Remuneration). The Corporation’s role is strategic and members do not involve themselves in the day to day management of the Colllege, which is the responsibility of the Principal. All of the Committees have Terms of Reference which set out the Committees’ powers and remit. The Corporation’s Committees make recommendations to the Corporation. 
 
Committee meetings are usually held during term time only and most take place at or around 5.30pm. Additional training sessions are held from time to time and Governors are encouraged to take up training in fields such as Health and Safety, Finance, Equality & Diversity and Safeguarding and Child Protection. Committee and Corporation agendas and minutes of the meetings are published on the college web site or can be viewed by contacting the Clerk. 

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