Acorn Early Years Foundation
HR & Governance Committee 
Meeting Agenda

Date: Wednesday 24th August 2022

Time: 9:00 - 10:00am

Location: Teams

Attending:

• Vanessa Gwynn (Chair)
• Tracey Coley
• Zoe Raven (CEO)
• Sue (HR Manager)

Apologies:

None

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Meeting Minutes

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1. Approval of minutes from:
   • 3rd November 2021
     
     
     
2. Matters Rising & Rolling Actions
   - New parent trustee appointed (LF) to join the CLD committee, new chair appointed, and new chair of finance committee.
   - KPIs revised, but need to be agreed
   - SLT salary benchmarking to be c/f to fit in with next salary review in April 2023
   
   
3. Declaration of Interests
   
   
4. Recruitment
   - Further trustee recruitment needed, following Ruth’s retirement and Hannah’s departure. Process,
   timescale and interviewers to be agreed. Potentially including one parent trustee and one specifically
   with finance qualifications/experience   
   
   
5. KPIs
   - To review current KPIs relating to this committee and whether any further review is needed
   
   
6. Staff survey and update on general recruitment/retention/morale
   - To review the results of this year’s survey and current situation with staffing

    7. Trustee governance and trustee training
        - To prepare for governance review and consider whether trustee training required

    8. SLT salary benchmarking

        - To agree process for remuneration review of SLT in Spring 2023

    9. AOB

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Next Meeting Dates:

•  TBC