Trust & Governance

Trust & Governance

Prep Schools Trust 

Thriving schools, happy children

Cothill is part of the Prep Schools Trust, a family of flourishing schools bound by shared values and united in the pursuit of delivering exceptional academic performance and pastoral care in a beautiful setting. Collectively, they offer a set of distinctive and happy environments within which all pupils are given the opportunity and skills to develop and progress with confidence.

Prep Schools Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees who delegate management responsibility to the Chief Executive who leads the strategic development of the Trust and supports the Heads of each individual school.

Cothill also has a Local Advisory Group (LAG) whose primary function is pursuit of good governance and compliance with statutory regulations and, accordingly, to ensure that the Board of Trustees is:

- Fully informed about each school's affairs and

-therefore empowered to act properly in relation to each school.

The LAG is made up of:

-a Trustee Chair appointed by the PST Chair

-the Head of the School 

-Up to five members appointed by the LAG Chair in consultation with the Head. Threse members can be parents or non-parents.

-A representative from the Trust Office Executive Board will be in attendance ar all LAG meetings.