Meet the Governors | Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy

Meet the Governors

Welcome to our Governors’ section.

Governors supervise the operation of the school, providing strategic challenge and support to the head and staff.

The scheme of delegation for governance functions between the MAT and the school can be found on the MAT’s website.

Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor, plus attendance at Local Governing Body (LGB) meetings for the last complete academic year.

As required by Ofsted, we have provided below the Governors’ Code of Conduct (revised and approved 25th Sept 2019). Governors are obliged to declare any pecuniary or related interests in the school including governance roles in other educational establishments and personal relationships – these are noted in the table below.

Name of Governor	Term of office (1)	Membership of MAT committees (2)	Attendance at 2018/19 LGB meetings	Positions of responsibility	Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest, including whether a governor at another school	Personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g. spouse, partner, relative
Trust Governors – appointed by the Multi Academy Trust
Mark Blenkin	27 Sept 2017	Standards	3/6	Safeguarding lead	None	None
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Foundation Governors – appointed by the Church of England (3)
Rev Manette Crossman	ex officio		1/6		Governor, Thurston Primary	None
Kathleen Sewter	10 March 2017		5/6	HT Performance	None	None
Vacancy
Parent Governors – elected by parents
Iain Halls	21 June 2019	Premises	1/1
Tim Coleman	1 Jan 2020	Premises	4/6		None	Sandra Coleman (Partner)
Elizabeth Mendes da Costa	1 Jan 2020				None
Kate Barry	1 Jan 2020				None
Staff Governor – elected by the staff
Jane Green	1 Jan 2020		6/6	Deputy Head	None	None
Headteacher
Claire Ratley	ex officio		6/6		None	None

Governors are appointed for a term of four years.
Nominated governors participate in the running of the MAT board and committees, sharing oversight of the four schools in the Trust.
The school’s alignment with Church of England values and expectations is supervised by the Foundation governors.

The following governors left the Governing Body during the 2019/20 academic year-

Name of Governor	Resignation date		Membership of MAT committees		Attendance at 2019/20 LGB meetings		Positions of responsibility		Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest, including whether a governor at another school		Personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g. spouse, partner, relative
Trust Governors – appointed by the Multi Academy Trust
Bruce Martin	31 Dec 2019	Finance		2/2		Chair Maths Lead		None		None
Sarah Verzijl	31 Dec 2019	HR		0/2		HT Performance		None		None
Tim Mendes da Costa	31 Dec 2019	Standards		1/2				None		None
Foundation Governors – appointed by the Church of England
Charles Gorer	26 Sept 2019				1/1				None		None
Parent Governors – elected by parents
Zoe Brennan	31 Dec 2019	HR		0/2		Vice Chair HT Performance		None		None
Juliet Konrath	31 Dec 2019			0/2		SEN lead Literacy lead		None		None
Staff Governor – elected by the staff
N/a

The following governors left the Governing Body during the 2018/19 academic year-

Name of Governor	Resignation date	Membership of MAT committees	Attendance at 2018/19 LGB meetings	Positions of responsibility	Relevant business interests that could present a conflict of interest, including whether a governor at another school	Personal relationship (if any) with members of school staff e.g. spouse, partner, relative
Trust Governors – appointed by the Multi Academy Trust
Neville Horn	21 December 2018	Finance	2/2	MAT director	None	None
Foundation Governors – appointed by the Church of England
Marie Smith	12 March 2019		0/3		None	None

Parent Governors – elected by parents
N/a
Staff Governor – elected by the staff
N/a

MAT Committees were established for the 2017/18 academic year, replacing local committees.

Code of conduct, attendance & pecuniary interests

As required by Ofsted, we have provided the Governors’ Code of Conduct (revised and approved 25th Sept 2019) and an Annual Statement of Attendance for your information, noting date of appointment/resignation and attendance at committee meetings in the academic year.

Governors are obliged to declare any pecuniary or related interests in the school including governance roles in other educational establishments. As at the most recent Governing Body meeting, there are none to report.

Code-of-Conduct-2017.pdf