Batheaston Church School is a member of the Bath & Wells Diocesan Academies Trust (BWMAT). The accountable authority for the school is the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is the appropriate body for all the academies in BWMAT for the purposes of section 6 of the Education Act 2005 and, as such, is directly responsible for, together with BWMAT leaders, the quality of education and governance provided in the school. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has identified that each school in the Trust will have a dedicated committee to oversee the governance arrangements of the school on their behalf. This committee is called the Trust Local Committee (TLC) and it works closely with the Head Teacher and the school’s leaders in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for all pupils.
The role of the TLC is to provide confident, strategic leadership and to create a robust governance framework that enables oversight and assurance of the school’s safeguarding arrangements and its educational and financial performance. The TLC meets half-termly and its work reflects the Trust’s Scheme of Delegation that identifies the duties delegated to the TLC by the Board of Trustees. Members of the TLC work very hard to ensure that they know what it is like to be a learner in the school. They undertake a range of activity in relation to the core functions of governance and these activities enable them to understand the school’s strengths and areas for improvement.
| Name | Category | End of Term | Appointed by | Responsibilities |
| Sally Jefferies | Staff | Headteacher has no fixed term | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | Executive Headteacher |
| Nikki Macbeth | Staff | Head of School has no fixed term | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | Head of School |
| Erica Whitfield | Foundation appointed/Trust | 6th August 2027 | Foundation/sponsor members | Co-Chair of TLC/Safeguarding |
| Steven Wadley | Foundation appointed/Trust | 22nd February 2027 | Foundation Trust | Co-Chair of TLC |
| Lauretta Wilson | Foundation appointed/Trust | 1st February 2027 | Foundation/Trust | Vicar of St John the Baptist Church |
| Tim Davies | Foundation appointed/Trust | 27th March 2027 | Foundation/Trust |
