The Sheffield Family of Catholic Schools' Constitution
The name of the Partnership
shall be ‘Sheffield Family of Catholic Schools’.
The Core Purpose of the Partnership
shall be to promote curriculum and professional
development, thereby enhancing
the quality of teaching and learning in all Catholic primary schools in Sheffield and to work together in true partnership,
thereby sharing expertise, so as to enrich the education of all the children in the Partnership schools, in an atmosphere
of Christian love, which will benefit Catholic Education in the city.
The Partnership will offer
services to other bodies where appropriate.
The Partnership shall be
non-political.
Membership of the Partnership
shall be open to all Catholic/Joint Primary schools within the Sheffield Local Authority boundaries. The Partnership may offer
one year
‘associate membership’
to other schools in the Diocese, subject to the agreement of
the Management Board.
The management and control
of the Partnership shall be vested in a Management Board comprised of:
Chair
Vice-chair
Coordinator
The Board shall consist of
those three members who will be elected every two years. The Board shall have the power to co-opt persons as and when necessary
and to
form working groups to deal
with issues when they arise. The majority of persons on any working group must be members of the Management Board.
The Coordinator shall keep
an account of all income and expenditure and shall present regular financial reports to the Board. The Annual General Meeting
of the Partnership which will be held at the first meeting of each academic year.
Annual subscriptions to the
Partnership will be set at the Spring meeting, based on PLASC numbers. Any bank account shall be in the name of the Partnership
on the signatures of the following officers:
- The Chairperson of the
Partnership
- The Vice-Chairperson of
the Partnership
- The Coordinator
The financial year of the
Partnership shall run from the 1 September to 31 August.
Monies raised by the Partnership
shall be used to foster the objectives stated in the core purpose.
A quorum at an Annual General
Meeting of the Partnership shall consist of representatives from eight schools.
No alteration of these rules
may be made, except at an Annual General Meeting, or at any Extraordinary General Meeting called for this purpose. An Extraordinary
General Meeting may only be convened by not less that eight member schools, giving twenty eight days notice, in writing, to
the Partnership Coordinator.
Notices of Motion for the
Annual General Meeting, for the inclusion on the Agenda, must be in the hands of the Partnership Coordinator, twenty eight
days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
Notices of Motion for the
Annual General Meeting will be given, in writing, to all member schools by the Partnership Coordinator at least fourteen days
prior to the Annual General Meeting.
At Annual General Meetings
and Extraordinary General Meetings of the Partnership, one person from each member school will be entitled to vote.
Any assets remaining on the
dissolution of the Partnership, after satisfying any outstanding debts and liabilities, shall be distributed amongst the member
schools of the Partnership, based on PLASC pupil numbers.
