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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 2020/21 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 | ||||||
Emma Buckmaster | 01 January 2021 |
| 3/3 |
| None | None |
Maggie Dunn | 01 January 2021 |
| 3/3 |
| Member of the parish council | None |
Linda Mitchell | 01 January 2021 | Standards | 3/3 | HT Performance | None | Grandchildren attend the school |
Vacancy |
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Vacancy |
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Foundation Governors – appointed by the Church of England (3) | ||||||
Vacancy | ex officio |
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Susan Harrington | 1st April 2021 |
| 3/3 |
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Vacancy |
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Parent Governors – elected by parents | ||||||
Iain Halls | 21 June 2019 | Premises | 5/5 | Chair | None | None |
Elizabeth Mendes da Costa | 1 Jan 2020 |
| 4/5 | Safeguarding | None | None |
| Kate Barry | 1 Jan 2020 | HR | 4/5 | Vice chair | None | None |
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Staff Governor – elected by the staff | ||||||
Jane Green | 1 Jan 2020 |
| 5/5 | Deputy Head | None | None |
Headteacher | ||||||
Claire Ratley | ex officio |
| 5/5 |
| None | None |
The following governors left the Governing Body during the 2020/21 academic year-
Name of Governor | Resignation date | Membership of MAT committees | Attendance at 2020/21 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 | |||||||||||
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Foundation Governors – appointed by the Church of England | |||||||||||
| Manette Crossman | 2nd December 2020 | 1/1 | None | None | |||||||
Kathleen Sewter | 31st January 2021 |
| 2/3 | HT Performance | None | None | |||||
Parent Governors – elected by parents | |||||||||||
Tim Coleman | 31st December 2020 | Premises | 2/5 | Chair | None | Sandra Coleman (Partner) | |||||
Staff Governor – elected by the staff | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||
| Mark Blenkin | 15 Jan 2020 | Standards | 1/3 | Safeguarding | 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 |
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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 |
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| None | None |
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Parent Governors – elected by parents | ||||||
N/a |
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Staff Governor – elected by the staff | ||||||
N/a |
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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.