Governance Structure

The Cadmus Governing Board (CGB) The Cadmus Governing Board provides strategic direction, sets the federation's vision, and holds ultimate statutory accountability. The board ensures sustained school improvement, financial sustainability, and rigorous due diligence for future growth. Rather than operating in isolation, the CGB relies on a closed-loop system of integrated assurance flowing up from the schools.

The current composition of the Cadmus Governing Board includes:

Parent Governors: 2 Vacancies
Local Authority (LA) Governor: Roland Roberts
Staff Governor: Fran Cattel
Chief Operating Officer (COO): Max Vlahakis
Co-opted Governors: Tom Nener, Ike Ihencho, Gurpal Pangli, Jasmine Samra, Bernadette Reilly, and Deb Rajana

Local Governing Committees (LGCs) Cadmus is firmly based on the principle that our schools are at the heart of their local communities. Each school is supported by its own Local Governing Committee. LGCs act as the vital quality gate between operational delivery and federation oversight. They serve as a critical friend to school leadership, scrutinising the impact of school-level actions, ensuring local statutory duties are met, and escalating risks or concerns to the federation level.

Federation Integration & Oversight (The COO) The Chief Operating Officer (Max Vlahakis) acts as the professional bridge between the individual schools and the Governing Board. The COO aggregates school-level data, identifies cross-federation trends, quality assures consistency, and ensures that the federation functions as a single, coherent organisation rather than just a collection of individual schools.

Operational Delivery: Headteachers and School Leaders Headteachers, Executive Headteachers, Heads of School, and their senior leadership teams lead the day-to-day operational delivery of the federation's settings. They implement statutory requirements, deliver high-quality teaching and safeguarding, and generate the accurate data and narratives that feed the entire governance system. By working collaboratively, these leaders share best practices and drive continuous improvement across the Cadmus Family of Schools.

Cadmus Governing Body

Name	Type of Governor	Position
Roland Roberts	LA Gov Walsall	Chair of Governors Cadmus
Bernadette Reilly	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Deb Rajania	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Tom Nener	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Ikechukwu Ihenacho	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Gurpal Singh	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Jasmine Samra	Co-opt	Cadmus family of schools
Max Vlahakis	Chief Operating Officer	Chief Operating Officer Cadmus
Gurdeep Sanghera	Clerk	Clerk Cadmus Family of Schools
Seema Kumar-Ford	Federation Business Manager	Cadmus Family of Schools
Vacancy	Parent Governor	TBC
Vacancy	Parent Governor	TBC
Francis Cattell	Staff Governor	Whitehall Junior

The Cadmus family of schools Local committees