BEST Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees at present is made up of the following members:
- Chair
- Tim Ilett, Chair of Governors at Hitchmead Special School
- Trustees
- Chris Watson – Headteacher at Langford Lower School
- Caroline Howell – Headteacher at Derwent Lower School
- Heather Hill – Headteacher at Raynsford Lower School
- Rob Robson – Headteacher at Samuel Whitbread Community College
- Tim Walker – Headteacher at Hitchmead Special School
- Adrian Rogers – Headteacher at Robert Bloomfield Middle School
- Ray Payne - Headteacher at Henlow Middle
- Bernard Griffiths - Chair of Governors at Gothic Mede Lower
- Non-executive Trustees
- Martin Pratt ( Deputy Director of Childrens & Families Services)
- Councillor Anita Lewis (Portfolio holder for Childrens & Families Services)
The Trust continues to be driven forward by Ian Kite as Chief Executive Officer with Cathy Bailey as his Assistant/Company Secretary.
Representatives of Etonbury and All Saints, Clifton are expected to join the Board in due course.
BEST Strategy
There are two documents which set out the strategic aims, objectives and actions that are being considered by the steering group and the stakeholders in the pyramid. The documents – "Vision & Mission" and "Action Plan" – are under development and will be considered in detail by the Directors of BEST when they are in place. You can download them both in pdf format.
BEST Statutory Proposals
Documents entitled "Statutory Proposals" and "Memorandum" set out the BEST strategy for school improvement, development and the strategies for the raising of standards and achievement across the trust. These will soon be available for downloading.
BEST Consultation
The consultation process has three main parts. Stakeholders are consulted by letter and at a public meeting. All stakeholders are invited to complete a questionnaire (available to download on this website) and to feedback any questions or comments. You can do this by clicking on BESTcontact and sending us an e-mail.
There is a period of Representations which lasts for four weeks after the publication of Statutory Proposals. All feedback received on these proposals will be discussed at Steering Group level and shared with stakeholders via this website before the proposals are submitted to the Charities Commission and Companies House.
Thirdly, please contact BEST directly if you have any questions or comments on best@swcc.beds.sch.uk
An update of the Consultation Process is available here.
BEST FAQs
Out of the various consultative meetings held so far have come a range of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). We have produced a series of extensive documents which we hope will answer these questions. The first one is on "Trusts in General," and the second is more specifically on the "Proposed BEST Trust." Also here is a summary of the question and answer sessions at the Southill, Shefford and Shillington public consultations.
