Essex Learning Partnership - ELP

Driving school Improvement for Essex Learners

The Essex Learning Partnership – Mission and Objectives

The Essex Learning Partnership – Objectives•Develop a collaborative approach to school improvement to enable all schools to improve.•School improvement opportunities concerned with getting the best from staff•A recruitment arm to coordinate models of teacher recruitment, training and deployment •A transparent, rigorous evaluation process to report on the effectiveness, impact and results of the partnership.

The Essex Learning Partnership - MissionThe Essex Learning Partnership (ELP) is totally committed to achieving world class, outstanding outcomes for all Essex learners through school improvement. Our aim is to ensure that all Essex schools provide outstanding outcomes for their learners recognising their differing social contexts and starting points. ELP is committed to diversity and equality

Essex Learning Partnership Company Structure

The Essex Learning Partnership – Structure •ELP is a not-for- profit community interest company with partner Essex schools. •ELP does not wish to be a local authority. •Its core business is solely school improvement, working with Essex schools, for Essex schools and using local expertise, leaders and teachers. •Will act as a contracting and umbrella organisation authority and with close links to the Local Authority Core Team and a range of providers and school groups.

Essex Learning Partnership Company Structure

The Essex Learning Partnership – Organisation

Essex Learning Partnership relationshipsEssex Learners Zone

of School

Improvement

Essex Learning Partnership

Teachers, Support Staff and Leadership

All Schools +LA core+ admin support+ data team

StaffingInnovationLeadershipCurriculum DevelopmentRecruitmentHigh quality CPDNQTGTPSuccession Planning

ResourcesSIPS/ConsultantsASTLLENLEAcademiesTrustsFederationsIndividual schoolsAccredited providers

Bought Services

HRFinanceCommunicationsSafeguardingAdministrationPolicy UnitPremisesHealth and Safety

Parents

Governors

SSATNCSLTDAASCLNAHT

EssexHeadteacher Associations and Teacher Associations

Other Providers and Early years

Essex Learning Partnership Resources

Essex Learning Partnership school support

Essex Learning Partnership Accountability

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Partnership

Essex Learning Partnership Accountability

Guarantee Company: its Differences The main differences between a guarantee company and a company with shares are: Its members do not receive share certificates and whilst they control the guarantee company, through decisions taken by them at General Meetings, they do each not "own" a proportionate part of the guarantee company. Its members cannot receive any dividend, profit or other income from the guarantee company, nor can they receive a share of its assets if it comes to an end. Its members enjoy limited liability, but usually have to pay an annual subscription (at a rate set annually by themselves at General Meeting) and, if the guarantee company is forced to come to an end through a liquidation, they are obliged to pay a final sum of £1.00 each to the Liquidator. The members (in most cases) elect the Board of Directors (usually called Trustees or Governors to avoid connotations of salaries and bonuses) which is responsible for setting and overseeing the policy of the guarantee company. The Directors also enjoy limited liability, provided that they have not acted negligently, or fraudulently, or have not permitted the guarantee company to continue trading when it was insolvent (this is known as "wrongful trading").

Essex Learning Partnership Accountability

Guarantee Company: Advantages Members' liability is restricted (usually to £1.00 each);

The guarantee company can hold property and borrow money in its own name;

The guarantee company is subject to the democratic control of members - both in relation to fundamental decisions (e.g. a change in its constitution) and in relation to election/re-election of the Board;

It is relatively easy to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary company, with a share capital owned by the guarantee company, which is particularly useful where the guarantee company is a charity and the subsidiary company is to be used for non-charitable trading (often called "a trading subsidiary").

Essex Learning Partnership Company Structure

Essex Learning Partnership Where are we now?

•LA launched a Traded Services Model which excluded ELP.

•ELP has set up its own service model and began to gather resources from schools and consultants.

•The issue the flyer was to highlight to school that we are still moving towards a school to school support mechanism.

•We are still discussing the correct legal framework to exempt schools from VAT.

•Company structure then needs to be agreed

•We then need a website, database and finance system agreed.

•LA has been in talks to renegotiate its place in ELP awaiting decision.