IVANHOE COLLEGE FUNDING AGREEMENT CONTENTS: SECTION CLAUSE NO INTRODUCTION 1 – 8 AGREEMENT 9 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACADEMY 10 ACADEMY OPENING DATE 11 CONDITIONS OF GRANT General 12 Governance 13 – 14 Conduct 15 Criminal Records Bureau Checks 16 Pupils 17 Designated Teacher for Looked After Children 17A Teachers and other staff 18 – 21 Curriculum, curriculum development and delivery and RE and collective worship 22-28A Assessment 29 Exclusions 30 School meals 31 – 32 Charging 33 International Education Surveys 33A Pupil Premium 33B GRANTS TO BE PAID BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE General 34 – 35 Capital Grant 36 – 39 Arrangements for Payment of Capital Grant 40 General Annual Grant 41 – 53 Earmarked Annual Grant 54 – 55 Arrangements for payment of GAG and EAG 56 – 60 relevant funding 61 – 64
Designated Teacher for Looked After Children 17A) The Academy Trust will in respect of the Academy act in accordance with, and be bound by, all relevant statutory and regulatory provisions and have regard to any guidance and codes of practice issued pursuant to such provisions, as they apply at any time to a maintained school, relating to the designation of a person to manage the teaching and learning programme for children who are looked after by an LA and are registered pupils at the school. For the purpose of this clause, any reference to the governing body of a maintained school in such statutory and regulatory provisions, or in any guidance and code of practice issued pursuant to such provisions, shall be deemed to be references to the Governing Body of the Academy Trust. Teachers and other staff Subject to clause 19, the Academy Trust shall not employ anyone under a contract of employment or for services to carry out planning and preparing lessons and courses for pupils, delivering lessons to pupils, assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils, and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils (“specified work”) who is not either:- a qualified teacher within the meaning of regulations made under section 132 of the Education Act 2002; or otherwise eligible to do specified work under the Education (Specified Work and Registration) () Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1663), which for the purpose of this clause shall be construed as if the Academy were a maintained school. Clause 18 does not to anyone who: was transferred to the employment of the Academy Trust by virtue of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006; immediately prior to the transfer, was employed to do specified work; and immediately prior to the transfer, was not: a qualified teacher within the meaning of regulations made under section 132 of the Education Act 2002 and registered with full registration with the appropriate body, or eligible to do specified work under the Education (Specified Work and Registration) () Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1663) (“transferred staff member”). The Academy Trust shall use its best endeavours to
clause 51 come to an end. Any savings of GAG not allowed to be carried forward under clauses 72-73 will be taken into account in the payment of subsequent grant. The Academy Trust may also accumulate funds from private sources or public sources other than grants from the Secretary of State for application to the benefit of the Academy as it sees fit. Any surplus arising from private sources or public sources other than grants from the Secretary of State shall be separately identified in the Academy Trust’s balance sheet. The Academy shall not, in relation to assets or property funded (whether in whole or in part) by the Secretary of State, without the prior written consent of the Secretary of State which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed: except such as are given in normal contractual relations, give any guarantees, indemnities or letters of comfort; write off any debts or liabilities owed to it above a value for the time being specified by the Secretary of State nor offer to make any ex gratia payments; make any sale or purchase of freehold property; or grant or take up any leasehold or tenancy agreement for a term exceeding three years. 76A) Grants paid by the Secretary of State shall only be used by the Academy Trust for purposes listed in Article 4(a) of the Articles. Such funds shall not be used by the Academy Trust for purposes listed in Article 4(b) of the Articles without the prior written consent of the Secretary of State except where the use of such funds for a charitable purpose set out in Article 4(b) is merely incidental to their use for a main or predominant charitable purpose set out in Article 4(a) of the Articles. The Academy Trust shall provide 30 days notice to the Secretary of State, whether or not the circumstances require the Secretary of State’s approval, of its intention to: a) give any guarantees, indemnities or letters of comfort; b) off any debts owed to it or offer to make any ex gratia payments; c) make any sale or purchase of freehold property; or d) grant or take up any leasehold or tenancy agreement for a term exceeding three years.