Governing Body

School Proprietor and Governance

Proprietor

The school proprietor is Bournemouth Collegiate School Limited. The chair of the proprietor body is Mr. Robert Niu who is both a director of Bournemouth Collegiate School Limited and the CEO of CATS Global Schools, the trading name of the parent company Bright Scholar (UK) Holdings Ltd.

Bournemouth Collegiate School Limited (Registered in England No: 11494533) is part of Bright Scholar (UK) Holdings Limited, trading as CATS Global Schools. Registered address: Suites 6-7 The Turvill Building, Old Swiss, 149 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge CB1 7BX, UK

Contact details 

Bournemouth Collegiate School Limited is registered at Suites 6-7, The Turvill Building, Old Swiss, 149 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7BX. Telephone +44 1223 341300.

Academic and Compliance External Oversight

The school is inspected by Independent School Inspectorate (ISI). ISI is appointed by the Department for Education to inspect association independent schools in England.

Our latest ISI report can be found here.

Governance

As a proprietorial independent school, the governance is provided by a body collectively known as the ‘CATS Global Schools Governing Body’.

CATS Global Schools (CGS) Governing Body incorporates the directors of each of the individual CGS Group proprietors, as well as the parent company, and has oversight of all schools within the group. The CGS Governing Body is responsible for ensuring all CGS schools are regulatorily compliant and their practice aligns with their stated missions and visions. The CGS Governing Body is also there to advise on the long-term strategic direction of the group of schools.

Governing Body Membership

The governors consist of all company directors, the Managing Director (Schools), each individual Head/Principal, additional senior central staff appointed for their experience, and independent member(s) to provide challenge and support.

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Local Governing Body (LGB)

In addition the school has a Local Governing Body (LGB). The LGB does not have executive authority but act as additional advisors. The primary role of the Local Governing Body is to hold the Head and the wider school accountable for the school values, ethos and vision. The LGB ensures that the values of the school and the ethos and core values of CATS Global Schools are upheld in the school’s plans and actions.

Current members are listed below:

• Mrs Jane Kilpatrick - Chair of LGB
• Mrs Gill Randall
• Mr Andy Brown