Community Council

The local tier of governance for each CSET school is undertaken by a Community Council. The Trust is particularly keen to emphasise the importance of each of the schools within their local community, so ensuring a strong link to the local community is fundamental to the Trust's approach.

Schools are an important part of local democracy and the link between Cherry Garden and its community helps ensure that the school provides a high quality education for all children in the community.

At Cherry Garden, through the representation of different stakeholder groups ( parents, staff, community), our Community Councillors  have a strong understanding of the school and its community. The current Councillors are listed below.

The Community Councils feedback to Trust leaders and trustees through formal termly meetings. The Chair's Group co-ordinates agendas and programmes of work to ensure each council is able to provide a valuable community insight and avoids duplication of work with the role of trustees and trust leaders.

Members of the Cherry Garden Community Council

• Chris Curtis - Parent (Chair)
• Abby Cotton - Parent
• Emily Hellewell - Parent
• Susan Weaver - Community
• Mark Jackson - Community
• Vicki May - Staff
• Tom Hutchings - Headteacher