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Co-opted governors; as determined by the governing body and no more than 1/3 where they are also eligible to be elected as staff governors when counted with the staff governor and Head Teacher.
The Governing Body sets the strategic direction, the vision and the ethos of the school. In doing so it has a number of key responsibilities:
The purpose of maintained school governing bodies is to ‘conduct the school with a view to promoting high standards of educational achievement at the school. This is achieved through:
The governors carry out these functions through its termly full meetings, visits to the school and the work of its two principal working parties:
Other committees are put together to deal with other functions including the Pay Review Appeal committee (PPA), The Way Forward committee (WFC) and the Headteachers Performance and Salary Review committee (HTPSR).
Governors, along with staff members, who regularly attend meetings of the Governing Body and its working parties must declare any business or personal interest that might influence any decision they may make especially in financial matters. Any governor with such an interest must declare it annually and notify the school of any changes that occur. Where there is a conflict of interest the governor must withdraw from the meeting and take no part in the discussions or vote. The agenda of each meeting requires governors and non-governors present to declare any interest they may have in any of the items to be discussed.
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Role | First name | Surname | Appointed by | Appointed | Term end | Teaching & Learning Sub-Committee |
School Business Sub-Committee |
Head Teacher | Mary | Berkeley-Agyepong | Ex-officio by virtue of office as Head Teacher | 01/09/2014 | 31/08/2099 | y | y |
Governor | Stephen | Beck | Co-opted Chair Teaching and Learning Sub-Committee |
08/12/2016 | 07/12/2024 | y | y |
Staff governor | Fauzia | Bashir | Staff | 26/11/2020 | 25/11/2024 | y | |
Governor | Alice | Bridle | Co-opted | 26/03/2019 | 25/03/2023 | y | |
Governor | Jane | James-Jones | Co-opted | 09/07/2019 | 08/07/2023 | – | y |
Governor | Nikita | Patel | Co-opted | 20/11/2018 | 19/11/2022 | – | y |
Vice chair | Adam | Powley | Co-opted Chair School Business Sub-Committee |
22/03/2017 | 21/03/2025 | – | y |
Governor | Lucy | Durrant | Co-opted | 26/11/2020 | 25/11/2024 | y | – |
Chair | Justin | Waite | LA appointed | 26/03/2019 | 21/03/2025 | y | y |
Governor | Jawaid | Syed | Parents | 26/11/2020 | 25/11/2024 | y | y |
Governor | – | – | Parent | Actively recruiting | – | – | |
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Name | Designation | Committee | Link Governor | Staff link |
Mrs Mary Berkeley-Agyepong | Head Teacher | All | – | – |
Mr Justin Waite | Chair
LA Appointed |
SB Chair | Health & Safety, Asset Management
Geography |
Louise Watts
Fauzia Bashir |
Adam Powley | Vice Chair
Co-opted |
SB | Finance
Science |
Louise Watts
Marcia Anthony Watts |
Fauzia Bashir | Staff | T&L | Art
DT |
Gailia Powell
Mark Sidwell |
VACANT | Parent | – | – | – |
Mr Jawaid Syed | Parent | SB | Music &
Healthy Schools |
Kiran Qureshi
Mary Berkeley-Agyepong |
Mrs Lucy Durrant | Co-opted | T&L | RE, P4C
History |
Helena Santos
Heather Selvadurai |
Ms Nikita Patel | Co-opted | SB Vice Chair | SEND
English |
Jo Wermig
Carol Butler |
Mrs Jane James Jones | Co-opted | SB | Safeguarding, PHSE, Mental Health and Wellbeing, LAC
RSE |
Tammy Scott Cree
MBA |
Mr Stephen Beck | Co-opted | T&L Chair
(TBC) SB |
Maths,
Computing Parental Engagement & Pupil Premium, More Able, Behaviour |
Helen Salthouse,
Mark Sidwell Mary Berkeley-Agyepong |
Mrs Alice Bridle | Co-opted | T&L Vice Chair
(TBC) |
Spanish & PE
Training and development Assessment |
Melania Gonzalez
Tammy Scott Cree |
Octavo Clerking Service
Mary Rider |
Clerk | – | – | – |
Mrs Tamryn Scott Cree | Deputy Head Teacher (Observer) | T&L Observer | – | – |
Ms Louise Watts | SBM
(Observer) |
SB – Observer | – | – |
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Governor Name |
Stephen Beck |
Mary Berkeley-Agyepong |
Lucy Durrant |
Alice Bridle |
Jane James-Jones |
Nikita Patel |
Adam Powley |
Justin Waite |
Jawaid Syed |
Current Employment | None | Winterbourne JGS | Sutton High School | Sage | Retired | – | Deutsche Bank | Network Rail | – |
Business | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | – |
Company Directorship | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | – |
Charity Trusteeships | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | – |
Membership of other Bodies etc | None | None | None | ICAEW | None | – | None | CIB Trainee RICS |
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Other conflicts | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | None |
Family/close connections | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | Daughter at school |
Company directorships etc | None | None | None | None | None | – | None | None | – |
Governorship at other schools | Bishop Thomas Grant St Piran’s |
None | None | None | None | – | None | None | – |