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title: "Glossary of Terms"
url: "https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/glossary-of-terms"
school: "Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic MAT"
---

# Glossary of Terms

- **Academy**

    An independent school funded directly by central government. Since an
     Academy is not maintained by a local authority, it is free from local authority control, monitoring, support and intervention.
- **Academy Conversion Legal Costs**

    The costs of legal advice and the provision of documents necessary to establish an Academy.
- **The Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust (BEBCMAT)**
     A group of Catholic Schools within Blackpool
- **Board of Directors**

    A body responsible for all of the academies in a trust.  The majority of the directors in the BEBCMAT will be appointed by the Bishop of Lancaster.
- **Company**

    Apart from key statutes such as the Companies Act and the Academies Act 2010 a Multi Academy Company is governed by its Articles of Association as a company and by the contracts it enters into and is run in accordance with company/contract law.
- **Local Academy Board/Governing**

    Part of the governance and leadership structure of the MAT. The full Bodies scope and role are yet to be determined.
- **Multi Academy Trust (MAT)**

    A company formed to run two or more academies (schools).
- **National College for School Leadership (NCSL)**

    An executive agency of the Department for Education.
- **School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD)**

    The statutory pay and conditions document STPCD will be retained by the Trust (BEBCMAT).
- **Trust**

    A relationship, in this instance, between a family of Catholic Schools in which ‘trustees’ are legally responsible for holding assets. The assets – such as land, money or buildings – are placed in trust for the benefit of each school and all the schools.

### Governance

- [Board of Directors](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/board-of-directors)
- [Academy Improvement Plan & Annual Reports](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/academy-improvement-plan-annual-reports)
- [Glossary of Terms](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/glossary-of-terms)
- [Governance Arrangements](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/governance-arrangements)
- [Governing Bodies](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/governing-bodies)
- [Statutory Financial Information ](https://bebcmat.co.uk/governance/statutory-financial-information)

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