The Governing Body

Bournemouth Collegiate School and the United Church Schools Trust

BCS is a member of the UCST group of 11 independent schools, which teaches over 8000 children nationwide and forms one of the largest providers of independent education in the country. The governance of the school is therefore undertaken through the UCST structure. The formal governing body of BCS (covering both the Preparatory School and the Senior School) is the Board of the UCST. This Board carries statutory responsibility for the educational and care provision at BCS, and oversees its budget and financial management.

The Chief Executive of the United Church Schools Trust is Sir Ewan Harper CBE MA

The Chief Executive and the Chair of the Board can be contacted through:

UCST/ULT
23 Chapel Street
Titchmarsh
Northamptonshire NN14 3DA

Tel: 01832 735 105

Email: admin@ult.org.uk

 

The members of the Board of the United Church Schools Trust are:

   The Rt Rev'd & Rt Hon The Lord Carey of Clifton ACD BD MTh PhD (Chairman)

 

   Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE ADC FRAeS RAF (Deputy Chairman)

   Mr Peter Anscombe FCIM MCMI

   Mr David Barnes FCA 

   Mr Stephen Brandon QC BA LLM FTII  

   Mr William Broadhead

   The Very Rev'd Philip Buckler MA 

   Professor Michael Clark BA PhD MIEEM

   Mrs Angela Crowe

   Mr David d'Arcy Hughes

   Sir Anthony Greener

   Mrs Lorna Keat

   Mr Peregrine Massey

   Mr Kenneth Anthony Moffatt 

   Mr Peter Smith MA

   The Rev'd Canon Stephen Taylor MBE MA 

   Dr Ralph Townsend MA DPhil  

   Mr Jerry Wooding OBE BSc CEng FRAeS 

The individual school Principals within the UCST group enjoy a very considerable freedom to create their own agenda and priorities, whilst working within the overall ethos and educational guidance of the group. While the Principals are wholly responsible for the detailed management of their schools, the UCST Governing Council is responsible for appointing head teachers, determining group-wide policies, approving budgets and monitoring the performance and progress of individual schools. UCST is run centrally in Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire.

To provide a strong local sense of management and strategy, BCS has a Local Governing Body (LGB) with its own Chair and governors drawn from across the Bournemouth and Poole communities. The LGB, which oversees both the Preparatory and Senior Schools, works with the Principal to assess school outcomes (educational and social), set strategic priorities, support school operational and extra-curricular needs, play a front-line role in areas such as Child Protection and Health and Safety, and offer a direct line of contact to pupils and their families. The LGB Chair is a member of the UCST Board, and thus represents the school on its formal governing body.

 

The members of the BCS Local Governing Body are:

    Andrew Barfield

    Michael Clark (Chair)

    Michael Connor

    Brian Cooley

    Nina Dunne (Deputy Chair) - designated Child Protection governor

    Kathleen Oliver - representing the Milton Mount Foundation

 

The Chair and Deputy Chair can be contacted through the school using the links on the Contact Us page of this web site.

The Principal, Mr Stephen Duckitt, can be contacted at: 

  Bournemouth Collegiate School  

  College Road  

  Bournemouth   

  BH5 2DY

  Telephone: 01202 423266

  Stephen.Duckitt@bournemouthcollegiateschool.co.uk