Governors
Welcome to our Governors’ section.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured, including the names, categories, responsibilities and terms of appointment for each Governor.
Business Interests
Finance Information
Please see link to the webpage that is dedicated to our school for the Schools Financial Benchmarking Service. Please just follow the prompts to find school's specific page.
https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/school/detail?urn=119409
INFORMATION ABOUT GOVERNORS
All governors can be contacted via school
LIST OF GOVERNORS, correct as of September 2020, all to serve a 4 year term of office
Judy Hales – Chair, Foundation, RD Charity Trustee, term of office ends December 2023
Rachel Leach – Vice Chair Co-opted, term of office ends March 2021
Catherine Hodgson – Head, governor since 2005, continues whilst employed as Head
Sarah Bowey – Staff, term of office ends November 2021
Kath Miller – Co-opted, term of office ends February 2022
Carl Culshaw – Co-opted, term of office ends February 2022
Simon Malcolm – Parent, term of office ends December 2021
John Clare – Parent, term of office ends June 2022
David Ensor – Foundation, RD Charity Trustee, term of office ends July 2022
Sharon Cook – LEA, term of office ends November 2023
FULL GOVERNING BOARD MEETINGS, normally meet half termly, i.e six times a year unless needed more frequently. Our governing body structure changed in 2019/20 from termly full governors meetings and separate committee meetings (Finance/Curriculum/Health & Safety etc) to involve all governors more fully in all aspects of governance.
Attendance since the change –
Judy Hales 3/3
Rachel Leach 2/3
Catherine Hodgson 3/3
Sarah Bowey 3/3
Kath Miller 2/3
Simon Malcolm 3/3
David Ensor 2/3
John Clare 3/3
Sharon Cook 3/3
Carl Culshaw 2/3
Apologies were sent, and accepted, by those who missed meetings.
Nominated governors – with special responsibility for a particular area -
SENCO – Catherine Hodgson
Child Protection and Safeguarding – Judy Hales
On Line Safety – Judy Hales
Prevent – Judy Hales
SEN – Kath Miller
LINK (GOVERNOR TRINING) – David Ensor
English – Sarah Bowey
Maths – Kath Miller
PE and Sport – Sarah Bowey
PHSE – John Clare
GOVERNOR’S BUSINESS INTERESTS AFFECTING SCHOOL – None by any governor
GOVERNOR’S FINANCIAL INTERESTS AFFECTING SCHOOL – None by any governor
GOVERNOR’S INTERESTS IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS – John Clare, Thrive Practitioner
MATERIAL INTERESTS BETWEEN GOVERNORS AND BETWEEN GOVERNORS AND STAFF – None by any governor