James Kibble the CEO did address this in some detail at the meeting at the start of the consultation process. The slides are available below and they may be useful to refer back to as well. Having spoken to other Trust Headteachers, the Trust enables a lot of autonomy particularly around curriculum , relationships with the school community, school events (parent associations), teaching of RE and the Catholic life of the school. The Trust centralises services such as finance, IT and premises. We would fall into a condition cycle of maintenance to the school building which would include general wear and tear works as well as capital projects e.g. the eventual hall extension.

The governing body becomes a local governor committee and they fall into the academy's scheme of delegation. Governors and trustees would oversee the financial management of the school as well as impact on strategic decisions such as appointments of senior leaders.