Governors
Roles & Responsibilities
The three core functions of a school governing body are:
1/ setting the vision,
2/ holding the headteacher to account for the school’s educational performance and
3/ ensuring money is well spent
“Governing boards are the strategic decision makers and vision setters in every school and academy. They play a vital role in ensuring the best possible education for every child by creating robust accountability for school leaders. Crucially, that means using and being familiar with objective data on the performance of pupils, teachers and finances to ask the right questions and ensure resources are allocated to school priorities. It also means ensuring that schools prepare pupils for life and the workplace by building their character and resilience and by implementing their Prevent duty to protect them from the risks of extremism and radicalisation. As we move towards an increasingly school-led system, the importance of boards’ role will only continue to grow.” –
John Nash Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools
Name |
Category of governor |
Appointed by |
Date of Appointment |
Term of office |
Committee membership |
Positions of responsibility |
Malcolm Milwain | Foundation | Zion Methodist Church | 16.09.2015 | 16.09.2020 |
Finance incl. Premises, Staffing and Pay;
Headteacher Performance Management
|
Chair of Governors for Hey with Zion, Springhead Infant School and St Thomas’ Leesfield School, Headteacher performance objectives |
Anne Schofield | Foundation | St Johns Church | 04.06.2012 | 13.03.2020 |
Curriculum & Standards
|
Vice Chair, Headteacher performance objectives
|
Reverend Lyn Woodall | Foundation Ex-Officio | St John's Church | 06.11.20185 | Open ended |
Curriculum & Standards
|
|
Reverend Natalie Hackett | Foundation Ex-Officio | Zion Methodist Church | 01.09.2019 | Open ended |
Safeguarding & Ethos |
|
Denise Elstub | Co-opted | St Johns Church |
02.09.2016 |
Open ended
|
School Council Governor; Curriculum & Standards;
Safeguarding & Ethos; SEND & Inclusion Governor
|
SEND |
Janet Morrish | Co-opted | School | 03.11.2016 | 07.11.2020 |
Finance incl, Premises, Staffing and Pay
|
Chair of Finance incl, Premises, Staffing and Pay
Financial Health;
Human Resources Education; Financial Health and Efficiency - Lead Governor;
Health & Safety Governor; School Council Governor; Healthy Food Governor
|
Sarah Patterson | Staff | School | 06.10.2014 | 05.10.2021 |
Curriculum & Standards;
Safeguarding & Ethos
|
Closing the gap lead for EAL children |
Sara Machin | Co-opted | School | 01.09.2015 | 31.08.2019 | Curriculum & Standards; Safeguarding & Ethos |
|
Andrew Clowes | Headteacher | School | 25.03.2015 | Open ended |
Finance incl. Premises, Staffing and Pay;
Curriculum & Standards;
Safeguarding & Ethos
|
|
Kate Sanderson |
Local Authority |
School |
Curriculum & Standards; Safeguarding & Ethos
|
Chair of
Curriculum & Standards;
Science Governor
|
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Elizabeth Birchenall |
Parent |
School |
22.03.2018 |
21.03.2022 |
Safeguarding & Ethos | Chair of Safeguarding |
Phillip Coates |
Parent |
School |
06.11.2018 |
15.11.2022 |
Finance, Premises and Staffing | |
Christian Bradley |
Parent |
School |
12.03.2019 |
11.03.2023 |
Finance, Premises and Staffing; Curriculum & Standards | |
Sara Machin |
Co-opted |
School |
19.11.2019 |
18.11.2023 | Curriculum & Standards; Safeguarding & Ethos | |
Tammy Faulkner |
Co-opted |
School |
19.11.2019 |
18.11.2023 | Finance, Premises & Staffing | |