Governors

Our governors

• Chair of Governors: Mr R Burton
• Vice Chair of Governors: Mr N Gentle-King
• Cllr L Bridgen
• Mrs L Burton
• Mr T Johnson
• Mrs A Habashi
• Mr R Cruise
• Mr S Compton
• Staff Governor - Mr C Robinson

  Clerk to the Governors: Mrs D. Dudley

 Correspondence for the Governors may be sent c/o the School Office

Governance information

Please click on this link to view: Governors Full Names and Declaration of Pecuniary/Business and Personal Interests  

 Please click on this link to view: Governors Attendance Matrix  

 Please click on this link to view: Instrument of Governance

What governors and trustees do?
The governing board provides strategic leadership and accountability in schools. It has three key functions:

• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
• Holding the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils
• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction

Governors or trustees set the aims and objectives for the school or group of schools and set the policies and targets for achieving those aims and objectives. They monitor and evaluate the progress the school is making and act as a source of challenge and support to the headteacher. In action, this means:

• Appointing and performance reviewing the head teacher and senior leaders, including making decisions about pay
• Managing budgets and deciding how money is spent
• Engaging with pupils, staff, parents and the school community
• Sitting on panels and making decisions about things like pupil exclusions and staff disciplinary
• Addressing a range of education issues within the school including disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special needs, staff workload and teacher recruitment
• Looking at data and evidence to ask questions and have challenging conversations about the school

Governors and trustees must be prepared to adopt the Nolan principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. 

Governors and trustees should also be committed to their role and to young people; confident in having courageous conversations; curious with an enquiring mind; able to challenge the status quo to improve things; collaborative to build strong relationships; critical to improve their own work and that of the board; and creative in problem solving and being innovative.

Download our role description for governors 

Structure of the Governing Body

All governor meetings are Full Governing Body meetings and alternate the focus between Finance & Resources and Curriculum & Learning. There are also Subcommittees that can be convened as required as well as a Pay Subcommittee that meets annually.